1. Living Places Ch 5 page 184 - 188 Note to Teachers –
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2. 5.1 Living Places – page 184/5
Organisms – any living things (Plant & Animal)
Habitat – all organisms have a preferred living environment eg wetlands, marine, desert, rainforest – where all of their living needs are met.
These Habitat requirements include:
Food
Water
Shelter and living space
Suitable Temperature
Mating partners for reproduction
Respiration gases eg oxygen and carbon dioxide

3. Needs of Living Things (Organisms) pg 185
These needs can be broken into two main categories:
Biotic factors: living factors in the environment – partners, food and competitors
Abiotic factors: non-living factors in the environment – rain, gases, light, wind, temperature and soil.
The number and type of organisms that can live at in one time in a given environment depend of the availability and competition over the available resources.
Adaptations: evolved characteristics that help an organism to survive in its environment

4. Read the section on Adaptations P 185/6 then choose a different Australian plant/animal/bird/fish and list 3 environmental factors that have influenced 3 adaptations of that organism.

5. Adaptations p 186 Animal adaptations Plant adaptations
Camouflage – hide from predators or ambush prey.
Mobile – to avoid predators or catch prey.
Catch and eat food
Take in oxygen
Reproduce
Spines and thorns – protect from grazing animals.
Roots to take in water
Large leaves to capture light or water
Absorb carbon dioxide
Reproduce

6. Environmental Conditions pg 187
Environment: the term used to describe all the conditions that affect a plant or animal in its habitat
Ecologists: scientists who study the interactions between living things and their environment
Biosphere: the place where all life exists; consists of Earth and its atmosphere
Ecosystem: a system formed by organisms interacting with each other and their non-living surroundings in a balanced way

7. Interdependent: depending on each other for survival
Symbiosis: another name for interdependence
Commensalism: an interaction between two organisms where one of them benefits but the other one is not affected – Clown fish and sea anemones
Mutualism: an interaction between organisms where both the organisms benefit from the relationship and neither is harmed – fungus and algae (lichen)
Parasitism: an interaction where one type of organism (the parasite) lives on or in another type of organism (the host); the host is usually harmed or even killed – tape worms and heart worms.
Select commensalism, mutualism or parasitism, then write a short paragraph to explain a another different example of this relationship.
Draw up a page sized Frayer Model in your note book of your chosen relationship and give at least 2 examples for each category.
[next slide page is a template] – downloadable file on the Yr 7 Biology Wiki.

9. 5.1 REVIEW QUESTIONS PG 190-191 Remembering: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5
Understanding: Q7
Applying: Q8
Analysing: Q12
Evaluating: Q14, Q15, Q17
Creating: Q18