An ecosystem is a community of living and non-living things that interact with each other.

Animals, plants and their environment are interdependent on each other.

Animals need plants for food and oxygen and plants need animals for pollination and seed dispersal.

Our environment affects animals and plants because animals and plants need specific environments to survive.

On a piece of paper draw a line down the middle of the paper and draw a picture of three different living things in our ecosystem on the right side of the paper.

Next, draw three non-living things in our ecosystem on the left side of the paper.