Habitats support a wide range of plants and animals that depend on each other

You should know how animals and plants in two different habitats are suited to their environments (e.g.. desert or hedgerow)

You need to know in general how animals have developed for living in different situations that some animals are nocturnal that the activity of living things can be related to the time of day and season of the year - hibernation and migration

you need to know detailed features of at least one animal and one plant in a chosen and named habitat - which should include size, shape, colour  and, where possible, methods of movement, feeding and protection, as  well as how they are adapted to the conditions of their natural habitat at different times of the day, and in different seasons of the year. This game below will help you do do this

This video will help you with the Mojave Desert worksheet.

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This video covers how animals are adapted to cold and hot places

This video discusses how animals are adapted to the Australian outback

This video covers general features but does not go into much detail

This video covers general features but does not go into much detail

This video is similar to the previous one but covers desert plants

The next two videos covers life in the polar regions

This video shows more Habitats

This video describes how plants are adapted for harsh environments

The final video in this list is a song to summarise what adaptation is all about

Recording data

you need to know how to measure at least one physical factor (e.g. temperature, light intensity) in the habitat.

You need to describe simple methods of estimating the population size of one type of organism by means of a quadrat.

Introduction to sampling techniques.

Using a Tulgrenfunnel

Using a sweep net

Setting a pitfall trap

Pond dipping

Tree Beating

Using a pooter

You need to know how predation and competition for resources affect the size of populations (e.g. bacteria, growth of vegetation)

These two videos show the flora and fauna of rock (tide) pools

Food chains and webs

You need to know the following:-

how to place organisms in order in a food chain, and how food chains show feeding relationships in a habitat

know about one simple food chain in one of the habitats studied

the relationship between predator and prey

the terms producer, consumer (herbivore, carnivore, omnivore)

how nearly all food chains begin with a green plant

These 3 videos help to demonstrate different food chains.  which is your favorite?

You should know the difference between food chains and food webs

These 3 videos show how food chains are inter linked to form food webs

You should know how toxic materials can accumulate in food chains

Biomes

 Biomes are large geographic regions in many locations with similar kinds of communities and climates. Climates are one of the most important factors that determine the kind of organisms in a biome. Certain plants need more precipitation than others and some need less in order to survive. There are two water biomes called freshwater and saltwater. There are also six land biomes called tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, grassland, and dessert. All of which you will learn about on this web site. There are certain kinds of animals that live in a biome. This is determined by what kind of plants are found there. For example, bison that live in the grassland could not live in any other biome because their would not be enough grass. The biomes change with latitude. The closer to the Equator the the warmer, and the farther away the cooler.

There are several biomes found throughout the world. This web site might well help you.

Adaptations summary sheet