Where do I live?
It is a place where animals and plants live.
What is a HABITAT?
Animals and plants have certain structures to survive in a habitat. It is a way a plant and animal look.
What are STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS?
A way an animal behaves to survive in a habitat.
What is BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATION?
A forest is a habitat for animals that use _______ for food and shelter.
PLANTS
What kind of habitat is a pond?
A FRESHWATER habitat
A habitat provides it together with water and food.
What is SHELTER?
Give an example of a structural adaptation of a plant in a desert and how it helps.
Waxy leaves - prevent moisture loss
Thick stems - store water
Huge roots - collect water
How do animals stay out of the heat during a day in the desert?
They SEEK SHELTER
Which animals live in the rainforest?
Giraffes, rabbits, or monkeys?
monkeys
A plant needs a habitat with lots of sunlight, open space, and some rain. Which habitat is the best?
Grassland
WEATHER and DANGER
Give an example of a structural adaptation of an animal in a desert and how it helps.
Big ears - cool an animal
Padded feet - protect from hot sand
Long eylashes - protect from sand
This behavioral adaptation means an animal is active at night.
What is NOCTURNAL?
How do rainforests and grasslands differ?
Grasslands have FEWER TREES.
What is a rainforest like?
warm and wet
Animals use plants for both shelter and ____ to survive.
FOOD
Give an example of a structural adaptation of a plant in a rainforest and how it helps the plant.
Big leaves - absorb sunlight
Vines - climb treas to reach sunlight
Leaves tilted downwards - let water run off
It is a sleep state of an animal that helps them survive a cold winter.
What is HIBERNATION?
Name 3 animals that live in a pond habitat.
Toads, fish and dragonflies.
How do waxy leaves help plants to survive in a desert?
They prevent loss of moisture
Some animals can survive in more than one habitat. How can you explain it?
Both habitats meet the animals' NEEDS.
Give an example of a structural adaptation of an animal in an ocean and how it helps the animal.
Fins - help them swim
Gills - help them breathe underwater
It is a sleep state of an animal that helps them survive during a hot day in a desert.
What is ESTIVATION?
The arctic has a lot of snow and ice but no precipitation. So, it is a ________
Desert
Why do vines climb up trees?
To reach the sunlight