Vocabulary 1
What is a scavenger?
An animal that will eat leftover parts of food left by other animals.
What habitat would we find a dolphin in?
Ocean habitat
A habitat has food, water, and shelter.
True
Tell me the weather in an arctic habitat.
Very cold and windy
This habitat is made up of salt water and a star fish lives in this habitat.
Ocean
Give 3 examples of a shelter.
Teacher will decide!
Would putting a black piece of paper on the whiteboard be camouflage? Why or why not?
No, because it does not blend in-it stands out.
The desert habitat is very cold and rains often.
False
Tell me the weather in a desert habitat.
Very hot and dry and does not rain very much.
You can find animals like the zebra, elephant, and giraffe here.
Savanna
What is a tundra?
A treeless area in a specific part of the Arctic.
What is an omnivore?
An animal that eats both plats and animals.
Shallow water is great to learn to swim in.
True.
Tell me the weather in the Savanna.
Very warm weather- rainy summer and dry winter.
This habitat experiences all four seasons.
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Use the word destroy correctly in a sentence about habitats.
Teacher will decide!
What is a canopy in the forest?
It is a covering over the forest created by the trees being very close together.
The climate of a place is the type of weather it has over a long period of time.
True
Tell me the weather in a temperate deciduous forest.
4 seasons, warm summer and cold winter, and has lots of rain all year long
Where can you find the Kapok tree?
The Tropical Rainforest
What is the difference between a carnivore and herbivore?
A carnivore eats only other animals. A herbivore eats only plants.
What does it mean to adapt to something?
It means to change to fit a new situation. Ex: Animals in the Arctic habitat have had to adapt to the cold weather.
Bears will hibernate during the summer.
False
Tell me the weather in the tropical rainforest.
Hot and humid and rains a lot all year long.
What habitat is found in streams, rivers, lakes, and ponds?
Fresh water