Habitats and Environments

What does habitat mean?

• Only plants live here

• Only animals live here

• The place where a plant or animal gets the food, water, and shelter it needs to live

• Nothing lives here

A ............ is a dry place with a lot of grass.

• Desert

• Rain forest

• Forest

• Grass land

Water that has land all around it is a ......... .

• Ocean

• Lake

• Rain forest

What adaptation helps a raccoon climb trees?

• its striped tail

• the mask around its eyes

• fur on its body

• its sharp claws

What does adaptation mean?

• A body part or behavior that helps an animal survive

• The place where an animal lives

• Fresh water with land all around it

• A Large, deep body of salt water

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What adaptation do fish need to live in the water?

• Lungs

• Smooth skin

• Gills

• Fur

Look at this picture.

Why does a cactus live in

a desert?

• A cactus needs a dry environment.

• A cactus needs a wet environment.

• A cactus needs a

  cold environment.

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All the living things and non living things around you make up your .......... .

• House

• Environment

• Shelter

• Home

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What does SHELTER mean?

• A place where an animal can be safe.

• A place where animals and plants live.

• A place where plants grow

• A dry and hot place.

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What might happen if you released a desert hare into a rain forest environment? Why?

• It would adapt to the rain forest enviroment because it can get more food.

• It would look for a cooler shelter because it's too hot in the rain forest.

• It would probably die because it could not find the things it needs to survive.

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