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12 How Nature

Works in Harmony

Intended Learning Outcomes

How Do We Experience and Understand Our Surroundings?
What Are the Different Types of Interac ons Among Organisms and Their
Surroundings?
Who Eats Whom?
What Happens to Waste in Nature?
How Does One Change Lead to Another?
How Do Interac ons Help Keep Ecosystems in Balance?
What are the Benefits of an Ecosystem?

Stepping Stones

Read the descrip ons and connect each animal to the habitat where it can live
comfortably. Then, write one reason for your choice.
Animal Choose the Why this habitat
correct habitat suits the animal?
1. Camel Forest/Desert/Ocean __________________
2. Penguin Ocean/Antarc ca/Grassland __________________
3. Elephant Desert/Forest/Grassland __________________
4. Shark Ocean/Grassland/Desert __________________
5. Zebra Antarc ca/Grasland/Forest __________________
Science
Bytes

Testimony
When animals move
outside their natural
habitats, it o en means In the regions of Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, and Chhattisgarh,
the balance of nature has elephants often wander into farmlands and nearby villages. This generally
been disturbed. happens when their natural habitats do not have enough food or
Protec ng forests and
maintaining wildlife vegetation. In search of food such as bananas and sugarcane, elephants
corridors help animals sometimes enter agricultural fields. This can cause damage to crops and, at
find food and shelter
without entering human times, lead to harm for both people and domestic animals.
areas. Every small step to Changes in weather conditions, including variations in rainfall and
preserve natural habitats
helps keep the temperature, also affect plant growth. The situation becomes worse when
environment clean. trees are cut down to make space for roads and buildings. As a result,

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