That an Ecosystem Is Made up of Plants and Animals

Year 8 Unit 4: Ecosystems and the Tropical Rainforest
This unit will last until Easter: Tick each of the bullet points when you can explain or do them
You will understand many of the following:

that an ecosystem is made up of plants and animals
the way the 4 ecosystems taught about are actually made by the climate they have
that ecosystems are made up of plants, animals and the non-living environment (air, water etc)
that the rainforest is at ever increasing risk as Brasil develops its economy

You should also be able to do many of these:

Show on a map where the TRF ecosystems are in the world generally and specifically where Brasil’s is.
Explain what the climate in Brasil’s TRF is
To define all the words in the vocabulary box below.
Explain how and why are we destroying the rainforests of the world
To begin to explain why protecting the TRF is vitally important to the future of the world
Explain what the link is between rainforests and global warming
Show how plants and animals have adapted to the TRF ecosystem

Key words to learn
Ecosystem, vegetation, decomposer, nutrient, climate, global warming, biome, rainforest, adapt, environment, tundra, deciduous forest, hot desert, tropical rainforest, biodiverse, emergents, canopy, shrub layer, lianas, buttress roots, epiphytes, logging, plantation, protest, billion, oil palm, indigenous, descendants, slash and burn, conflict, soya beans, economy, sustainability, / Year 8 Unit 4: Ecosystems and the Tropical Rainforest
This unit will last until Easter: Tick each of the bullet points when you can explain or do them
You will understand many of the following:

that an ecosystem is made up of plants and animals
the way the 4 ecosystems taught about are actually made by the climate they have
that ecosystems are made up of plants, animals and the non-living environment (air, water etc)
that the rainforest is at ever increasing risk as Brasil develops its economy

You should also be able to do many of these:

Show on a map where the TRF ecosystems are in the world generally and specifically where Brasil’s is.
Explain what the climate in Brasil’s TRF is
To define all the words in the vocabulary box below.
Explain how and why are we destroying the rainforests of the world
To begin to explain why protecting the TRF is vitally important to the future of the world
Explain what the link is between rainforests and global warming
Show how plants and animals have adapted to the TRF ecosystem

that an ecosystem is made up of plants and animals
the way the 4 ecosystems taught about are actually made by the climate they have
that ecosystems are made up of plants, animals and the non-living environment (air, water etc)
that the rainforest is at ever increasing risk as Brasil develops its economy

You should also be able to do many of these:

Show on a map where the TRF ecosystems are in the world generally and specifically where Brasil’s is.
Explain what the climate in Brasil’s TRF is
To define all the words in the vocabulary box below.
Explain how and why are we destroying the rainforests of the world
To begin to explain why protecting the TRF is vitally important to the future of the world
Explain what the link is between rainforests and global warming
Show how plants and animals have adapted to the TRF ecosystem