U7: Characteristics of the Environment

Key Learning Points:

• The environment is made up of all the living and non-living things around us that affect our lives.


• We need to study the characteristics of the environment because it affects the survival of organisms.


• The 7 characteristics are "S.O.F.T. L.A.W.":

Soil

Other organisms

Food

Temperature

Light

Air

Water

• "W.A.L.T.S." are physical characteristics.

• We can use devices such as dataloggers to capture / record data regarding physical characteristics.