LIVING THINGS IN THE

ENVIRONMENT
 FOOD CHAINS IN A LOCAL HABITAT
• A HABITAT IS AHOME IN THE ENVIRONMENTFOR
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
• FOOD CHAINS DESCRIBE THE FEEDING
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

• THE ARROW MEANS ‘IS EATEN BY’.

 FOOD CHAINS BEGIN WITH PLANTS
• PLANTS ARE PRODUCERS
BECAUSE THEY MAKE THEIR
OWN FOOD.
• THE PLANTS TAKE IN ENERGY
FROM THE SUN AND USES IT TO
CHANGE WATER AND CARBON
DIOXIDE INTO SUGAR AND
OXYGEN.
• PLANTS TAKE IN NUTRIENTS
SUCH AS IRON AND
MAGNESIUM DISSOLVED IN
WATER IN THE SOIL.
 COSUMERS IN THE FOOD CHAINS
• ANIMALS AND HUMANS CANNOT MAKE
THEIR OWN FOOD. THEY EAT PLANTS SO AN
ANIMAL IS CALLED A CONSUMER. WHEN
ANIMALS EATS A PLANT IT GETS ENERGY
FROM THE SUGAR STORED IN THE PLANTS.
 CONSUMERS – PREDATORS AND PREY
• PREDATORS ARE CONSUMERS THAT EAT OTHER
ANIMALS.
• ANIMALS EATEN BY PREDATORS ARE CALLED THEIR
PREY.

• THE VENUS FLYTRAP GROWS IN SOIL WHICH HAVE

FEW NUTRIENTS.SO, IT TRAPS FILES TO GET
NUTRIENTS.IT IS A CARNIVOROUS PLANT.
 FOOD CHAINS IN
DIFFERENT
HABITATS
• THERE ARE
MANY HABITATS
ON EARTH.
• HOT AND WET
CLIMATES
(TROPICAL
FORESTS)
• DRY CLIMATES
(DESERTS)
• GRASSLANDS
(SAVANNAH,
PRAIRIES)
 FOOD CHAINS IN AN OCEAN HABITAT
• ALMOST THREE
QUARTERS OF THE
EARTH’S SURFACE
OCEAN.
• THERE ARE MANY
TYPES OF PRODUCERS
LIKE SEAWEEDS,
PLANKTONS.
MARINE FOOD WEB
QUIZ TIME
DEFORESTATION HAPPENS
WHEN WE DESTROY FORESTS
BY CUUTING DOWN TREES.
THE MAIN REASONS ARE:
• TO COLLECT WOOD FOR
FURNITURE AND AS FUEL
• TO CLEAR LAND FOR
FARMING, CITIES AND
MINING
BENEFITS OF FORESTS
 DEFORESTATION

• LOSS OF HABITAT
IN A PATCH OF RAINFOREST 6 KM SQUARE, THERE CAN
BE 1500 KINDS OF PLANT,400 KINDS OF BIRD, 150
KINDS OF BUTTERFLY AND 100 KINDS OF REPTILE.
• MEDICINES
A LOT OF MODERN DURGS WERE MADE FORM
FOREST PLANTS.
REMOVING CARBON DIOXIDE AND GIVING
US OXYGEN
MAJOR CAUSES OF AIR PLLUTION
• WASTE DISPOSAL IS A PROBLEM
• LANDFILL SITES ARE HUGE PILES OF RUBBISH NEAR
TOWNS THAT ARE LATER COVERED WITH SOIL.
• WE SHOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF RUBBISH
TO HELP ENVIRONMENT