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Content description VCSSU121

Science / Levels 9 and 10 / Science Understanding / Biological sciences
Content description
Ecosystems consist of communities of interdependent organisms and abiotic components of the environment; matter and energy flow through these systems
Elaborations
  1. exploring interactions between organisms, for example, predator/prey, parasites, competitors, pollinators and disease vectors
  2. using modelling to examine factors that affect population sizes, for example, seasonal changes, destruction of habitats, introduced species
  3. investigating how ecosystems change as a result of environmental change, for example, bushfires, drought and flooding
Code
VCSSU121
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