One Big Community

The people where you live form a community, right? Well, the plants and animals in a pond habitat form a community, too. They all play a part in keeping the community healthy.

All members of the community have a job. The plants are food for many animals and put oxygen in the water for pond animals to breathe. Animals that eat plants are food for other animals.

If there are too many or too few of one member of the community, it can change life for all. Some groups may disappear from the community.

Concept webs show how certain ideas or facts are connected to each other. Can you see how each piece of the pond habitat is important to keep the pond community in balance?View Larger Image

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