An example (6 marks) of a UK ecosystem to show the balance between producers, consumers, decomposers, food chain, food web and nutrient cycling: Silk Mills Nature Reserve, Taunton Basic Info Example food chains include: Local nature reserve opened 2010 (Producer) – (Consumer) – (Consumer) 10ha (hectares in size) Grassland, rivers, hedgerows and woodland Bramble – Lesser Stag Beetle – Kingfisher Producers (plants) Oak Tree Oak Tree – Butterflies – Bats Bramble Grass Elm Potential Question: Invertebrates Lesser stag beetle Using your own knowledge, explain how Butterflies (gatekeepers, holly blue) nutrient cycling can be changed by people Birds (6 marks) Kingfisher Coot Mallards Moorhen Mammals Bats (Pipistrelle, Long bat) Deer
An example (6 marks) of a UK ecosystem to show the balance between producers, consumers, decomposers, food chain, food web and nutrient cycling: Silk Mills Nature Reserve, Taunton Basic Info Local nature reserve opened 2010 10ha (hectares in size) Grassland, rivers, hedgerows and woodland Producers (plants) Oak Tree Bramble Grass Elm Invertebrates Lesser stag beetle Butterflies (gatekeepers, holly blue) Birds Kingfisher Coot Mallards Moorhen Mammals Bats (Pipistrelle, Long bat) Deer Example food chains include: (Producer) – (Consumer) – (Consumer) Bramble – Lesser Stag Beetle – Kingfisher Oak Tree – Butterflies – Bats Potential Question: Using your own knowledge, explain how nutrient cycling can be changed by people (6 marks)
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