Vocabulary
Habitat
A place where a an animal or plant lives
Polar bears have thick layers of fat and fur that help them stay warm. This fat and fur will help polar bears live in a place that is very -
A duck living near a pond.
Survives
Name two characteristics of a savannah and one animal that may live here.
Warm
Wide open spaces
Covered with several different types of grasses
giraffes, zebras, and elephants lions, hyenas, and leopards.
Survive
To remain alive and in existence
Scorpion Adaptations: Thick waxy outer covering, Active only after sunset, Drinks little water
Where is a scorpion best adapted to survive?
A. cold and wet
B. windy and dark
C. hot and dry
D. cloudy and cool
Hot and dry
An African Elephant in the Ocean
Cannot survive
Name two characteristics of a forest and one animal that may live here.
Thickly growing trees, bushes, vines, fungi, and other plants
Rivers
Big rocks
Deer, Wolf, Bear, Moose, Rabbits, Foxes, Raccoons, Squirrels, Chipmunks, Woodpecker
Adaptation
Any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive
One type of fox has brown fur during part of the year. During another part of the year, the fox has white fur. This change in fur color helps the fox hide in a habitat that has__________.
Lots of snow
A Polar bear in the desert
Cannot survive
Name two examples or characteristics of fresh water environments and one animal that may live here.
Not salt water
lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, springs and wetlands
Snails, worms, turtles, frogs, alligators, beavers, otters, snakes, and many types of insects
Evidence
Information that supports an idea
Ducks eat plants that grow in the pond, can fly and swim in water, lay eggs in a nest by the pond
If the duck was taken away from the pond, it might not be able to live. The duck might not live because it would not have enough______
Food
Sea Kelp in the ocean
Survives
Name two characteristics of a tundra and one animal that may live here?
cold temperatures
cold dessert
low precipitation
Many plants have a wax type of fuzzy, hairy coating on them which helps to shield them from the cold and the wind.
the Arctic hare, the polar bear, the Arctic fox, the caribou, and the snowy owl
Organism
A single, self-contained living thing
Why does a brown bear hibernate?
To conserve energy and helps bears survive long cold winters when food is scarce.
Arctic Fox in the Tundra
Survives
Name two characteristics of the dessert and one animal that may live here?
Very hot during the day and very cold at night
Low precipitation
Very sandy
Windy
insects, scorpions, reptiles and spiders camels, gazelles and donkeys