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Interdepending & Adapting

Welcome everyone to Lauryn & Laurens PowerPoint Presentation. We hope you learn a lot aboutinterdepending & adapting after you have read through this. Enjoy!

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What Is Symbiosis?

There a 3 main types of symbiotic relationships (symbiosis); these are mutualism, parasitism and commensalism.

Mutualism is when both species benefit. Here is an example. Egyptian Plovers (crocodile birds) hang around crocodiles mouths, cleaning the crocodiles teeth. The crocodile would have the benefit of clean teeth, while the birds enjoy eating scraps from the teeth.

Parasitism is when one species benefits by harming the other.

Commensalism is when one species benefits while the other is unharmed/unaffected.

To find out more about the symbiotic relationships click here

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The Food Chain

Producers Grass Flowers Plants

Primary Consumers Cows Rabbits Birds Fish These animals only eat plants, they are called Herbivores.

Secondary Consumers Lions WolvesThese animals only eat meat, they are called Carnivores.

Decomposers Bacteria Fungi

Plankton

Shrimp

Fish

Even Bigger Fish

Bears

Here is an example of some animals that build a food chain in/around the river:

Human Symbiosis

In your body, there are many different 'systems' that are important. We are only going to tell you about the areas that are relevant to our project.

The respiratory system: Changes the unhealthy carbon dioxide into regular good oxygen that we breathe.

The circulatory system: Spreads blood all over the body causing oxygen and nutrients to run everywhere.

All these systems depend on each other. Your brain could not survive without blood. Your blood that goes to the brain couldnt do this, if it werent for the respiratory system. The blood would never be able to even reach the brain without the circulatory system as well. And on and on and on and on and on.

Sea Anemone: OWWW! Stop it! You're choking me! Why can't you just put me on the ground and let me be? (annoyed) Boxer Crab: Hey! (angrily) I don't think you should've said that. Without me, you wouldn't have any food; you'd probably starve. Anyways, what's a little pinch compared to life and death?! Sea Anemone: What do you mean by 'life and death? I can get my own food all by myself! (proudly)Boxer Crab: Well, not really. We actually help each other. You see, I would probably be dead by now because I wouldn't have anything to protect me with. My special claws, which are immune to your poison, holds and waves you around to threaten the predators. If they dont leave, then I use you to attack!Sea Anemone: (hands on hips) How does this benefit moi?!Boxer Crab: Those who attack, I eat and so do you. (points to self, then to Sea Anemone)Sea Anemones: Oh I get it! So if your claws weren't able to hold me, I would starve and you would be uhhhhhh like dead.

If you want to find more about how the boxer crab and the sea anemones depend on each other click here

The Boxer Crab & The Sea Anemone

What type of symbiosis is this?

Organism

Environment

Features

How features help itto survive

Polar Bear

FreezingAir &Water

Thick, warm fur:madeof hollow hairswhich trap air

Keeps them warm inthe cold air and water

White SnowEverywhere

White fur

Camouflagesthemwhen they prance ontheir prey

VeryThin Ice

Furry, large feet andbellies

Easierto walk and slideon the ice

SurroundedbyWater

Longneck, thin skulland huge, flat frontfeet

Makes them greatswimmers

SlipperyGround

Black footpadscovered in bumps (Papillae)

Keeps them fromslipping

Not Much FoodSource

Sharp Claws

Catchtheir preyquickly & easily

Polar Bear

Different Organisms

Polar Bears

Kangaroos

Thick Warm FurFurry Large Feet and Fat BelliesBlack Foot Pads

Sharp Claws

Powerful Hind LegsGreat HearingAmazing Lung Capacity

Alligators

Webbed FeetPlated Skin

Ability To Camouflage

Good Swimmers

A Strong, Powerful Tail

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Polar BearThick Warm Fur is for warmthWhite Fur is so they can camouflage in the snowSharp Claws are for catching their prey easilyHuge, Flat Front Feet and Long Neck makes them strong swimmersLarge, Furry Feet and Fat Bellies is for walking and sliding easily on ice Black Foot Pads are for balancing; not slipping

KangarooPowerful Hind Legs is for balancing while hopping & kicking the predators awayVery Powerful Legs makes them strong swimmers Sharp Claws is for boxing predatorsGreat Hearing helps them to hear intently if a predator is comingAmazing Lung Capacity is for making it easier to run (doesnt get tired)A Strong, Powerful Tail is for balancing

AlligatorWebbed Feet is for swimming and diggingDark Green Plated Skin is for protective armor & for camouflaging in the leaves, trees, bushes, etc Strong Powerful Tail is for controlling which way they go

What The Features Are Used For

A Lions Story

Go to the next page and see what happens!

Follow the paw prints- start at the star!

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If you want to find out what Leo thought about the food he found click here

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Feast Time! Uh-Oh! Is that rumbling noise from stomach, or the ground? Yikes! I think its the ground. BEARS! Oh well, I guess the feast will have to wait. AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Moral: Curiosity almost killed the big cat!

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What We Found Interesting

The one fact that surprised us about polar bears was that they could actually walk easily on very thin ice, even with its heavy weight.

Nothing was really interesting about alligators, but there was one cool fact. It was that they have plated skin.

When finding information about kangaroos, there was one very interesting fact. It was that kangaroos are very good at swimming.

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HabitatRainforest

Girelephtoucion-The Wild Thing

If you want to make your OWN crazy animal click here

What Do Humans Depend On?

Humans rely on the ocean because the ocean gives homes to animals, and humans eat those animals, so if the ocean did not provide animals homes, then humans would starve.

Humans also believe that plants will grow for us- so we can eat- but as humans, we need to take care of the plants/crops so they will eventually grow as food for us.

When its cold, you shiver, right? Well, when you shiver, your body is actually getting warm. The muscles in your body move quickly back and forth, so thats how your body adapts to cold weather.

When you sweat, your body is cooling down. Sweat (water) comes out of your body from holes, and you cool off when the sweat dries.

References

http://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/landbiomes/http://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/savanna/http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/symbiosis/ http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/science/science2e.htm All Found On Wednesday, September 2nd 2009

Stage One

http://www.ms-starship.com/sciencenew/symbiosis.htmhttp://www.aquariaworld.co.uk/invertebrates/boxer_crab.htmAll Found On September 2009

Stage Two

Stage Three

http://explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa092900a.htm http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/polar_bear.php http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/polar_bear.html http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/bear-facts/polar-bears-in-motion/ http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=4750All found on August 2009

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_kangaroos_protect_themselves_from_predators http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_are_kangaroos_very_strong_swimmershttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_some_adaptations_of_kangarooshttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_adaptation_does_a_alligator_havehttp://www.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/kangaroo/http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_kangaroos_hind_legs_used_forhttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_some_adaptations_of_the_kangaroohttp://www.nps.gov/arpo/naturescience/upload/Alligator%20poster%20pdf.pdf All Found On Sunday, October 2009

Stage Four

http://www.mbgnet.net/ http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=4750 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_lions_have_loose_belly_skin&alreadyAsked=1&rtitle=Why_do_they_have_loose_belly_skinhttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_lions_have_a_rough_tonguehttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_lions_have_long_retractable_claws_on_there_forepawshttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_purpose_of_a_male_lions_mane http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_are_the_eyes_of_a_lion_on_the_sides_of_their_head&alreadyAsked=1&rtitle=Why_are_the_eyes_of_a_lion_set_in_the_front_of_its_head_rather_than_on_the_sides All Found On Friday, October 2nd 2009

Stage Five

http://www.skwirk.com.au/p-c_s-1_u-20_t-204_c-682/features-of-a-rainforest/nsw/features-of-a-rainforest/global-environments-rainforests/what-is-a-rainforest http://www.early.k12.ga.us/eces/The%20Rainforest/page2.html http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_animal_page.htmAll found on Monday, 26th October 2009

Stage Seven

http://www.google.com/https://www.msu.edu/~hunter57/webquest/intro.htmlhttp://www.brainpop.com/http://wiki.answers.com/

Throughout The Research

Optional Stage

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-80636769/adaptable-you-people-adapt.html Found On Saturday, 31st October 2009