Canadian Ecosystems

Canada is very big, and there are many

different ecosystems 生态系统 across
the country!

This is why there are 700 000 animal

species 动物物种 in Canada!
Ecosystem: The area where all living things
(like animals and plants) live.
Can you think
of other
ecosystems?
A forest is an ecosystem where bears live well.
Do you know any animals that live
in Canada?
Most Popular Canadian Animals

Moose Loon Beaver

Grizzly
Lynx
Bear
Beaver
Beavers are rodents 啮齿动物 (like mice and rats).

Long teeth
Long claws

Big tails
 Beaver – Habitat 栖息地
Beavers live near lakes 湖泊
all across Canada.

They build their own homes, which

are called dams 堤，坝 .
 Beaver – diet 饮食
Beavers are herbivores 食草动物 . They eat plants like wood and
tree bark 树皮 .
Beaver – review

1
Eats wood and
tree bark. 2
Live near lakes.

Has long teeth,

3
claws and a big
tail.
4
Builds a home
called a dam.
 Lynx
Lynxes look like big cats.

Long, grey fur.

Pointy ears

Beard 胡须
 Lynx – Habitat 栖息地
Lives in forests all across Canada.

Stays under fallen trees or bushes.

Lynx – Diet 饮食
Hunts and eats hares 野兔 and birds.

Only hunts at night.

Lynx – review

1
Long, grey fur
and pointy ears. 2
Eats hares and
birds.

3
Lives in forests
under the trees. 4
Hunts at night.
Grizzly Bear
One of the largest Canadian animals

About 1,8m tall.

Can weigh 称重 up to 270kg!

Grizzly Bear – Habitat 栖息地
Meadows 草地
Forests

Tundra 苔原
Grizzly Bear – Diet 饮食
Animals Berries

Plants Fish
Grizzly Bear – review

One of the largest Lives in forest,

1
Canadian
animals. 2
meadow and
tundra.

3
Eats animals
4
Eats plants
Loon
A bird that looks like a duck.

Red eyes

Black head and

neck

Great
swimmers
Loon – Habitat 栖息地

Near lakes surrounded by forests.

Loon – Diet 饮食
Carnivores – eat many fish
Loon – review

1
Duck-like bird
2
Red eyes, black
head and neck.

Lives near
3
lakes with
forests.
4
Eats fish -
carnivores
Moose
Moose are the largest deer 鹿 .

Big shoulders

Males have
large antlers 鹿
角 that fall off Brown fur
in the winter.

Thin legs
Moose – Habitat 栖息地
Near lakes and forests.

Moose are excellent swimmers!

Moose – Diet 饮食
Moose are herbivores 食草动物 . They eat
plants.

1 Moose 2 Moose

What is the plural for Moose?

Moose – review

1
Largest deer.
2
Males have big
antlers.

3
Live near lakes
and forests. 4
Herbivore –
eats plants.
Canadian animals
Grizzly bear Loon
Canada is very big. There One of the largest A duck-like bird.
Canadian animals. Red eyes, black head and neck.
are many different
1,8m tall and can Lives near lakes and forests.
ecosystems! Carnivores – eat fish.
weigh up to 270kg.
Lives in forests,
700 000 animal species meadows and tundra.
live in Canada! Eats other animals, Moose
berries, plants and fish. Largest deer. Big shoulders,
Beaver brown fur, thin legs.
Males have antlers.
Has long teeth, claws and big tails. Herbivores –
Builds dams near lakes. eat plants.
Eats wood and tree bark.
Is a rodent (like mice
and rats). Vocabulary Chinese Definition
ecosystem 生态系统 The area where all living things
Lynx (like animals and plants) live.
Looks like big cats.
herbivore 食草动物 Plant-eating animals.
Long, grey fur, pointy ears
and a beard. carnivore 食肉动物 Meat-eating animals.
Lives in forests under trees.
habitat 栖息地 The place where animals or plants
Hunts hares and birds. usually live.
diet 饮食 The food animals usually eat.