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Science / Year 7 / Science Understanding / Biological sciences
Curriculum content descriptions
Interactions between organisms, including the effects of human activities can be represented by food chains and food webs (ACSSU112)
Elaborations
- using food chains to show feeding relationships in a habitat
- constructing and interpreting food webs to show relationships between organisms in an environment
- classifying organisms of an environment according to their position in a food chain
- recognising the role of microorganisms within food chains and food webs
- investigating the effect of human activity on local habitats, such as deforestation, agriculture or the introduction of new species
- exploring how living things can cause changes to their environment and impact other living things, such as the effect of cane toads
- researching specific examples of human activity, such as the use of fire by traditional Aboriginal people and the effects of palm oil production in Sumatra and Borneo
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms
Human impact, Food webs