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Ecosystem Web Exploration

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📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice

1. Which of these is a producer in a native New Zealand forest?

Kōwhai (tree)

Tui (bird)

Wētā (insect)

Stoat (mammal)

2. In a food web, arrows usually show:

The flow of energy from one living thing to another

The path animals walk in a forest

Which animals are the oldest

3. Which is a predator?

Morepork / Ruru (owl)

Fern

Lichen

4. Check all the roles that are part of an ecosystem:

Producers (make their own food)

Consumers (eat other organisms)

Decomposers (break down dead matter)

Polluters (cause ecosystems to grow)

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Activity

Learning Intentions (LI): Understand how living things connect in a food web. Ka ako: ngā hononga i waenga i ngā kararehe me ngā tipu.

Achievement Objectives (AO): Living World — describe simple food webs and interactions. Success criteria: I can name producers/consumers, draw a simple food web, and suggest one action to protect it.

5. In one sentence, what is a food web?
6. Draw a simple food web using these species: Kōwhai (plant), Tui, Wētā, Morepork, Bacteria. Label at least one arrow.
7. Explain one way people can practise kaitiakitanga (guardianship) to help the ecosystem.
8. Name two threats to New Zealand ecosystems:
9. Self-check: Tick the statements that match your work today.

I can label producers and consumers in a food web.

I drew a simple food web with at least one arrow.

I suggested one way to help (kaitiakitanga).

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