What's an ecosystem?

Unir: grasslands. tropical rainforest. temperate forests. ponds. coastal. mangroves. urban ecosystem.

Grasslands: Grasslands are areas with long and short grasses. There aren´t many trees. Horses, rabbits and mice live there.

Forets: Forests are areas covered in trees. They provide oxygen that living things need for respiration. Tropical rainforest are hot, humid and rainy. Most of the trees are evergreen, which means they don´t lose their leaves. Monkeys, jaguars, frogs and parrots live there. Temperate forests have got deciduous trees which lose their leaves in winter. Foxes, bears, owls, squirrels and eagles live there.

Ponds: Ponds are freshwater ecosystems. Some plants grow under the water. Frogs, fish, ducks and many types of insects live in ponds. Plants next to the pond provide shelter for frogs and birds.

Coastal ecosystems: Coastal ecosystems appear where the sea meets the land. They can be beaches, coral reefs or mangroves. There are a lot of different plants and animals that live there, including fish, turtles and birds.

Urban ecosystem: An urban ecosystem consists of all the living and non-living things in a town or a city. These can include buildings, roads, parks, gardens and rivers or streams. Foxes, cats, pigeons and rats live there.

Unir: In an ecosystem, all living things need food. Food chains show how living things in an ecosystem get energy. Plants are producers, which means they produce their own food. Animals are consumers, which means they eat, or consume, other living things for food.

Unir: Producers. Consumers. Herbivores. Carnivores.

Unir: grass. grasshopper. mouse. owl. algae. fish. seal. shark.

Food chain / cadena alimentaria. grass. grasshopper. mouse. owl.

Food chain / cadena alimentaria. algae. fish. seal. shark.