God’s

Creation
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Praise the LORD, my soul!
O LORD, my God, how great you are!
You are clothed with majesty and glory;
2
you cover yourself with light.
You have spread out the heavens like a tent
3
and built your home on the waters
above.[a]
You use the clouds as your chariot
and ride on the wings of the wind.
4
You use the winds as your messengers
and flashes of lightning as your servants.
5
You have set the earth firmly on its
foundations,
and it will never be moved.
6
You placed the ocean over it like a robe,
and the water covered the mountains.
7
When you rebuked the waters, they fled;
they rushed away when they heard your
shout of command.
8
They flowed over the mountains and into
the valleys,
to the place you had made for them.
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You set a boundary they can never pass,
to keep them from covering the earth again.
10
You make springs flow in the valleys,
and rivers run between the hills.
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They provide water for the wild animals;
there the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12
In the trees near by,
the birds make their nests and sing.
13
From the sky you send rain on the hills,
and the earth is filled with your blessings.
14
You make grass grow for the cattle
and plants for us to use,
so that we can grow our crops
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and produce wine to make us happy,
olive oil to make us cheerful,
and bread to give us strength.
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The cedars of Lebanon get plenty of rain—
the LORD's own trees, which he planted.
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There the birds build their nests;
the storks nest in the fir trees.
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The wild goats live in the high mountains,
and the rock badgers hide in the cliffs.
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You created the moon to mark the months;
the sun knows the time to set.
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You made the night, and in the darkness
all the wild animals come out.
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The young lions roar while they hunt,
looking for the food that God provides.
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When the sun rises, they go back
and lie down in their dens.
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Then people go out to do their work
and keep working until evening.
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LORD, you have made so many things!
How wisely you made them all!
The earth is filled with your creatures.

Psalm 8:6
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You gave people charge of everything you
made, putting all things under their authority
– the flocks and the herds and all the wild
animals, the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean currents.
Learning Intentions:
• Living Places
Success Criteria:
• I can identify the different habitat requirements of
animals
• I can identify and explain the adaptations of different
animals
• I can discuss the different environmental conditions
Living Places
Terms

Habitat
(Habitat requirements)
Abiotic &Biotic factors
Distribution
Environment
Adaptations
Biosphere
Ecosystem
 • The type of environment or a place where an organism lives
• Organism:
Habitat • Any living thing, animals, plants, fungi etc.
Habitat
Examples
A tropical rainforest
Habitat Examples

An arid desert
Habitat Examples

Farm land
Habitat
Examples

A shallow seabed
Habitat
Example
s
A river bed
Habitat
Example
s
A grassy plain
Habitat
Examples

A snow-capped mountain
Habitat
Requirements
An organism will only live in a
habitat that is able to meet all of
its needs.
Habitat Requirements

•An organism will only live in a habitat that is able to

meet all of its needs.
Biotic factors Abiotic factors
• Living things • Non-Living things
Distributio
n
•The part of the world that
the organism lives in.
 Distribution:
Can be represented by a map or a description in
words.
Examples:
Words Map

The Green Tree Frog is

native to northern and
eastern regions of
Australia and to southern
New Guinea. Distribution
is limited mostly to areas
with a warm, wet tropical
climate. Distribution of Green Tree Frog (in
black) on the Australian continent
Environment
 Environment:
This includes the temperature, amount of water, wind, air quality, type of
soil, saltiness of water and other organisms that live there.
Examples:
Hot, brightly lit, wind- Cool, wet and rocky.
swept and arid.
More Examples

Cold, dark, saltwater.

Cold, icy, windy, wet.

Lush, moist, sheltered.

Adaptations

•Characteristics of an organism
that help it to survive and
reproduce in its habitat.
 Adaptations:
Adaptations ensure organisms are able to find
food, avoid predators, make a home for themselves and
reproduce.
Examples:
More
Example
s
The
Biospher
e
The
Biospher
e
Ecosystem
s
Individual - One living thing or organism.
Population - A group of individuals of a given
species that live in a specific area and time.
Community - All the populations from
different species in a specific area and time.
Ecosystem -A community of living organisms,
non-living components, and the interactions
they have with each other.
Environment – All the factors in an organism’s
surroundings that affect it’s survival.
Habitat – The place (or type of place) that an
organism lives
Population
•A population of giraffes.
Communit
y
•All of the populations of
various organisms living in
the same
•place at the same time.
 •Biotic factors (living components)
•Abiotic factors (non-living components)
•The interactions between these factors

•An ecosystem consists of a community of organisms,

Ecosystems the environment the organisms live in and any
interactions between them.

•All organisms, including humans have an ecosystem,

the place where you live, eat, shelter, survive,
reproduce and interact with others in your
environment.
Ecosystem
s
For an ecosystem to
remain healthy, all the
living and non-living
factors must interact in a
balanced way.
Examples:
Ecosystems
examples