Habitats 1
What is a habitat?
The natural home of a plant or animal
What is diversity?
Many kinds of plants and animals living in a habitat
Where does a frog live?
A. Grassland
B. Desert
C. Wetland
D. Tundra
C. Wetland
What is a river?
A moving body of fresh water that flows into another body of water
What is a life cycle?
The way plants and other living things grow and change.
What is an adaptation? Give me one example of adaptation.
A trait or feature of a living thing that helps it survive in its habitat.
(ex. Fish have gills)
A dry area that receives very little rain
What is a desert?
What is a tundra?
A very cold, flat habitat near the North Pole
Which habitat has the most diversity?
tropical rainforest
What are the 4 things that animals need?
food, shelter, oxygen (air), and water
What is a wetland?
A land habitat that is often covered with water.
marsh and swamp
An animal that hunts other animals for food.
What is a predator?
What is a community?
A group of different species in the same habitat that interact with each other
What are the 5 things that plants need?
sunlight, air, water, space, and nutrients
What is a grassland?
A large, open area of land covered with mostly grass
What is the ocean?
The largest body of water. The largest habitat on earth.
What is a forest?
A large habitat covered with mostly trees
Marshes have more grass. Swamps have more trees.
What is the material that helps living things grow?
nutrient
What are herbivores?
Animals that eat only plants
What are carnivores?
Animals that eat only meat
What are the four basic needs that a habitat must have for animals and plants to survive?
food, water, shelter, and air
Name one adaptation of an animal or plant living in a desert habitat.
ex. camel, cactus
What do you call when something scatters in different directions? (ex. dandelions)
disperse