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This billabong and the land around it are home to
many animals and plants. It is their habitat. They
eat, sleep and have their offspring (babies) here.
Plants use water, nutrients and energy from the sun
to grow. Animals eat the plants. Other animals eat
the animals that eat the plants. Biologists draw food
chains to show who eats what. Many food chains in
a habitat make a food web.
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must get enough food, live long enough to have offspring and
not get caught by the animals that want to eat you.
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In our billabong this is one food chain.
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In our billabong this is one food web. It is
made up of many food chains.
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TADPOLE
FISH
HERON
the pond and be easy to eat so you will get one point. But the
tasty algae grows on the surface. To get this you might risk
your life and avoid the fish and the heron who are looking for
dinner - YOU! For algae you will get two points. You must
earn twenty points to be a success.
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The growth meter will tell you if you are eating enough. The
health meter will tell you if you are moving too much without
eating enough food.
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to eat as well as avoid being eaten to stay
alive! Try again.
safe but you have to be quick! You have
become the fish's dinner! You must start again,
or have a go as another animal.
more points but you have to be quick! You
have become the heron's dinner! You must
start again, or have a go as another animal.
been caught. You can now go off and have a
family. Select Continue to have a go as
another animal.
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easy to eat so will get one point. Other foods, like
dragonflies at the surface, or yabbies at the bottom, are worth
two points. To get to this you must avoid the heron and the
crocodile you are looking for a tasty fish dinner! You must
earn twenty points to be a success.
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growth meter will tell you if you are eating enough. The health
meter will tell you if you are moving too much without eating
enough food.
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eat as well as avoid being eaten to stay alive!
Try again.
surface by the cat. You must start again, or
have a go as another animal.
crocodile. You must start again, or have a go
as another animal.
surface by the heron.You must start again, or
have a go as another animal.
been caught. You can now go off and have a
family. Select Continue to have a go as
another animal.
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food for youand your offspring. Fish are worth two points but
tadpoles and dragonflies won't give you much energy so they
are worth one point. When you get three points you must
fed your offspring. When you have feed all three offspring
and have twenty points you will be a success.
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Select the nest when you want to feed your offspring. The
growth meter will tell you if you are eating enough. The health
meter will tell you if you are moving too much without eating
enough food.
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eat as well as avoid being eaten to stay alive!
Try again.
crocodile. You must start again, or have a go
as another animal.
been caught. You can now go off and have a
family. Select Continue to have a go as
another animal.
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Glossary
Billabong
A billabong is a pond that has been formed with water from a river.
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a colourless gas. For humans, carbon dioxide is a waste gas
collected from our blood in the lungs. We get rid of carbon dioxide from our bodies in the air we breathe
out. Carbon dioxide is absorbed from the air by plants and used in photosynthesis to help them grow. Carbon
dioxide is made up of molecules. Each molecule ties together one atom of carbon and two atoms of oxygen.
Environment
The environment is the world which affects our survival. For people, the environment
includes air, water, weather, roads, buildings and all of our surroundings.
Food chain
A food chain is a group of living things, where each one is eaten in turn by
another.
Food web
A food web is a group of living things in which some of the living things are eaten by
others. A food web is made up of several or many food chains.
Habitat
The natural home of plants and animals. Animals eat, sleep and breed in their habitat.
Heron
A heron is a wading bird with long legs and a long, pointy beak.
Mating
Mating behaviour is where animals come together to make babies.
Nutrients
Nutrients are carbon-based compounds that the body needs to grow and repair itself.
Eating a healthy diet will give your body the nutrients it needs. Plants need nutrients too.
Predator
A predator is an animal that catches and eats other animals. For example, crocodiles are
predators of platypuses and other small animals.
Survive
To survive is to stay alive. Living things need food, water and other things to stay
alive.
Tadpole
A tadpole is an early stage in a frog or toad's life. Tadpoles grow legs then slowly
grow into adult frogs or toads.
Tadpoles
Tadpoles are an early stage in a frog or toad's life. Tadpoles grow legs then slowly grow
into adult frogs or toads.