Habitats
A habitat is a place where a living thing gets what three things it needs?
Food, water, and shelter.
What is an adaptation?
A body part or behavior that helps a living thing survive.
What is one reason animals live in groups?
For protection
What is an ecosystem?
A community of living and nonliving things working together.
Fossils are the ______ or ______ of plants and animals that lived long ago
Remains or traces.
What habitat has very little rainfall and can get very hot during the day?
The desert.
A polar bear’s thick fur is an example of what kind of adaptation?
A physical adaptation.
Lions live in groups and hunt together. What are these groups called?
Pride
A wildfire is an example of what kind of change—natural or human-caused?
natural
Fossils can give us clues about what past habitats were like. True or False?
True
What is the name of the habitat where trees lose their leaves in the fall?
Deciduous forest.
When animals move from one place to another during a season, what is that behavior called?
Migration
Dolphins are mammals that live in ocean habitats. They live in groups called what____?
pods
What do we call it when people cut down too many trees in a forest?
Deforestation.
If scientists find fossils of the same animal on two continents, what might that mean?
Those continents were once connected or had similar habitats
What habitat is covered in salt water and is home to animals like dolphins and sharks?
The ocean
How do desert plants, like cacti, store water?
In their thick stems
How does living in a group help animals find food?
They can search together and share food.
How can a drought change a habitat?
It reduces water, making it hard for plants and animals to survive.
What does the word extinct mean?
having no surviving members
Why do different animals live in different habitats?
Because each habitat provides the specific things they need to survive.
Why do some animals use camouflage?
To hide from predators or sneak up on prey.
In the meerkat group, how do they work together to care for the young?
Several helpers watch the young while others look for food.
Why might an animal move to a new habitat?
Because its original habitat changed and can’t meet its needs anymore.
How can fossils help scientists understand why an animal went extinct?
Fossils show how the habitat changed over time.