Vocabulary
A place where a plant or animal lives
Habitat
A type of forest that grows in warm, sunny areas
Tropical Rain Forest
A large body of salt water - some are warm, and others are cold.
The Ocean
These are an adaptation that help fish breathe underwater
Gills
What is yours but mostly used by others?
Your name
How many different plants and animals live in a place
Diversity
This land habitat is dry because they get very little rain
Desert
A habitat that can cover both land and water
Wetland
Leaves fall off of the trees in the _____, and the grow back in the ______.
winter; spring
This goes up, but never comes back down
Your age
The 2 type of wetland habitats
Marshes and swamps
This land habitat has frozen soil and can be found near the North Pole
Artic Tundra
A _____ has plants that are like grasses.
A _____ has plants that are like trees.
marsh; swamp
This habitat has very little diversity
Tundra
What has hands and a face, but can’t hold anything or smile?
A clock
Characteristics of a living thing that help it survive in it's habitat
Adaptations
In the United States, this habitat is often called a prairie. It's temperatures can be cold OR warm.
Grassland
The fresh water in these habitats can flow quickly or slowly. They have a lot of plant and animal diversity.
Rivers and streams
These plants have waxy coverings that help them retain water.
Cacti
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
Forest, desert, tundra, and grassland
The land habitat that has the most diversity
Forests
Wetlands
The three places plants and animals can live in the ocean.
Deep in the ocean; near the surface; near the shore
I have cities, but no houses. I have forests, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map