2.+Habitats+and+homes

Habitats and Homes

This activity uses human settlement as an analogy to introduce the concept of habitats and ecosystems. In this case a home is a habitat and a town is like an ecosystem, ie it is made up of lots of habitats and people that rely on interaction with one another for survival.

A habitat is the specific place a plant or animal lives, eg under a rock, in a tree hollow, in a rotting log.

An ecosystem describes a community of plants and animals interacting with each other and their surrounding environment eg a grassland ecosystem or woodland ecosystem. media type="youtube" key="pD1q6xW2ojY?rel=0" height="390" width="480"

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