EcosystemsThe living and non-living parts of a place, and how energy…5th GradeAn ecosystem is every living thing in anarea plus the non-living things they dependon — soil, water, air and sunlight.Producers make their own food from sunlight.Consumers eat other living things — herbivores, carnivores, omnivores.Decomposers break the dead down and return nutrients to the soil.A food web is many food chains linked together.Energy is lost as heat at every step, so chains are rarely longer than five.Remove one species and everything connected to it is affected.LOOK FOR ITPond: pondweed → tadpole → dragonfly larva → fish → heron.Habitat is where something lives. Niche is the job it does there.Two different questions.Ecosystemswww.littleactivity.com

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Science · 5th Grade

Ecosystems

The living and non-living parts of a place, and how energy moves through them.

How to use it

Map an ecosystem you can visit — a pond, a hedge, even a lawn.

Free · print-ready PDF · US Letter and A4

Grade
5th Grade
Ages
10–11
Subject
Science
Pages
1

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