Transcript Unit 6a - Interdependence and Adaptation

Unit 6A: Interdependence and
adaptation
Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation
Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation
Why do you think one of the plants is healthy and one is not?
Do you think they have been in different environments?
What does a plant need to grow well?
Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation
Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation
Fertiliser
Added to soil to help plants grow
Nutrients
Essential foods needed by plants and animals
Producer
A living thing which produces its own food
Predator
An animal that kills and eats other animals
Prey
An animal that is eaten by a predator
Food Chain A sequence of organisms in a feeding relationship
Key
Used to determine the identity of a plant or animal
Consumer
An animal that feeds on other living things
Suited
An animal or plant suited to its surroundings fits in well
Plant food
Liquid or pellets which provide plants with essential
nutrients
Unit 6A: Interdependence and adaptation
Unit 6A: Growing Healthy Plants
What will happen to the unhealthy plant if it is put on the windowsill
for a few days?
Plant Part
Observations
Leaves
Stem
Petals
Roots
Unit 6A: Growing Healthy Plants: L.O. 1, 2, 3, 4: N.C. 2.1b, 2.3a, 2.3b
Unit 6A: Growing Healthy Plants
Plant requirements
Cupboard
Light
Air
Moisture
Unit 6A: Growing Healthy Plants: L.O. 1, 2, 3, 4: N.C. 2.1b, 2.3a, 2.3b
Windowsill
Unit 6A: Growing Healthy Plants
Healthy plants need water and sunlight
Water is
taken in
by the
roots
Unit 6A: Growing Healthy Plants: L.O. 1, 2, 3, 4: N.C. 2.1b, 2.3a, 2.3b
Sunlight is
taken in
by the
leaves
Unit 6A: Fertilisers
Plant nutrients
Plants take in nutrients along with
the water they take in through
the roots
How do animals get the nutrients
they need into their systems?
Unit 6A: Fertilisers: L.O. 5: N.C.
Unit 6A: Interdependence
What is interdependence?
Unit 6A: Interdependence: L.O. 7, 8: N.C.
Unit 6A: Food Chains
Rosebush
Producer
Greenfly
1st consumer
Ladybird
2nd consumer
3rd
Construct your own food chain using the following information:
Owls eat mice
Mice eat seeds, leaves and fruit
Foxes eat owls
Your chain must begin with the producer
Unit 6A: L.O. 9,10
Bird
consumer
Unit 6A: Soils
Different soils are really important for the type of plants
that can be grown in them.
You have 2 soil samples to look at.
Using a hand lense or a magnifying glass record as many
things as you can about the soil.
Observation
Soil sample 1
Colour
Pieces of rock
Water
Stickiness
Bits of plant/animals
Unit 6A: L.O. 14,15
Soil sample 2
Unit 6A: What are the soils good for?
Now you have studied both soils, what do you think each
would be good for?
Things you will need to consider are:
Would water be able to drain
out of the soil?
Do you think it would be a good environment
for plants/animals to live?
You need to explain each of your answers in as much
detail as possible.
Unit 6A: L.O. 14,15
Unit 6A: Different Habitats
Woodland
Seashore
Wasteland
Riverbank
For each of the habitats what plants and animals would you
expect to find?
Habitat
Woodland
Seashore
Wasteland
Riverbank
Animals /Plants
Unit 6A: L.O. 16, 17
Unit 6A: Different animals, different habitats
Choose one of the animals above then answer the questions below in
as much detail as possible.
What habitat does the animal live in?
Is it hot or cold?
Is there much vegetation in the habitat?
What special features help the animal survive in its
habitat?
Unit 6A: L.O. 16, 17
Unit 6A: Food Chains
Construct as many food chains as you can from
the animals and plants shown in the pictures
Unit 6A: Keys: L.O. 6: N.C. 2.4a
Unit 6A: Summary
Plants and animals
rely on each other
Need light to
grow
Air
Use
Water
Suited to
habitat
Light
Begin with plant
(producer)
Food
chains
Interdependence
and Adaptation
Need
leaves
Different
animals
Different plants in
different soils
Different
plants
Water and nutrients taken
in through the roots
Suited to
environment
Roots anchor the
plants
Unit 6A: Summary