Grade 5

Ecosystems, food webs, and balance

Understand how plants, animals, and decomposers depend on one another inside an ecosystem.

Category: World Around Us 11 min Advanced
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A food chain shows one path of energy, but a food web shows many connected paths. If one part changes, other parts can be affected too.

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Green plants make food using sunlight, so they are producers.

ecosystem role

Producers begin many food chains.

Example: Plants are producers because they make their own food.

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A rabbit may eat grass, and a fox may eat the rabbit.

food chain link

Each step shows energy moving through living things.

Example: This is part of a food chain.

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If too many insects disappear, birds that depend on them may struggle to find enough food.

balance idea

Changes in one group can affect another group.

Example: Food webs are connected and sensitive to change.

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Big idea: Ecosystems stay healthier when many living things and habitats remain in balance.

summary

Balance helps the system keep working.

Example: Ecosystem health depends on relationships between living things.

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