1. Rocks and soils: What’s the connection?

2. What’s the connection?

3. Which image shows the Peak District?

6. The Dark Peak

7. The White Peak

8. Which animals live in the White Peak? Which animals live in the Dark Peak?

9. Red grouse Mountain Hare Nuthatch Dipper

10. Dark Peak Red grouse Mountain Hare

11. Nuthatch White Peak Dipper

12. What’s the connection? Nuthatch Red grouse White Peak Dark Peak

13. Nuthatches nest in ash trees.

14. Ash trees can grow in ALKALINE soil.

15. Nuthatches nest in ash trees. Ash trees can grow in ALKALINE soil. LIMESTONE produces alkaline soil.

16. Red Grouse eat heather seeds.

17. Heather needs ACID soil.

18. Red Grouse eat heather seeds. Heather needs ACID soil. GRITSTONE produces acid soil.

19. The rock determines the type of soil.

20. The soil determines the plants that grow on it.

21. The rock determines the type of soil. The soil determines the plants that grow on it. The plants determine the animals that live there.