Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Ecosystem(habitat and envirment)

hi everyone here is the Ecosystem(habitat and envirment)

Jack and sam
plants need light, water air and soil
A habitat is more than just a home. It's the environment that supplies everything that living things need to survive.
For animals, their habitat must supply their food, water, air and space.
There are many different habitats on the Earth. These vary in the landforms, sources of water, and climate conditions. Plants and animals are specially adapted to live in their habitats. Animals suited to live in the desert (very dry, either hot or cold) would have a difficult time living in the tropical rain forest (warm and very wet).



koala is my favourite animal. Koalas live in societies, just like humans, so they need to be able to come into contact with other koalas. It is because of this they need to have areas of suitable eucalypt forest which are large enough to support a healthy koala population and to allow for expansion by maturing young koalas.These are very important trees.
Koala populations only occur if suitable habitat is available and because Koala's are very fussy eaters and have strong preferences for different types of gumleaves, then the most important factor which make habitats suitable are the presence of tree species preferred by koalas (usually eucalypts, but also some non-eucalypts) growing in particular associations on suitable soils with adequate rainfall.
Research has shown that socially stable koala populations occur only when there are favourite tree species present. Different species of eucalypts grow in different parts of Australia, so a koala in Victoria would have a very different diet from one in Queensland. Koalas like a change, too, and sometimes they will eat from other trees such as wattle or tea tree.
Each koala eats approximately 200 to 500 grams of leaves per day. The teeth are adapted to deal with for this. The sharp front incisors nip the leaves from the branches and the molars(back teeth) are shaped to allow the koala to cut and shear the leaves rather than just crush them.

1 comment:

Kylie Booker said...

Outstanding work boys, you have some very thorough research here.

Well done

Ms Booker