Topic 6 Habitats

A place where a plant or animal lives.

• swamp

• diversity

• tundra

• habitat

A characteristic of a living thing that helps it survive in its habitat.

• wetland

• habitat

• adaptation

• marsh

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The different kinds of plants and animals in one place.

• habitat

• adaptation

• diversity

• swamp

Tundra

• Wetland with plants that are mostly grasses.

• Cold, flat habitat near the North Pole.

• Land habitat covered in water.

• Wetland with plants that are mostly trees.

Marsh

• Wetland with plants that are mostly grasses.

• Cold, flat habitat near the North Pole.

• Land habitat covered in water.

• Wetland with plants that are mostly trees.

Wetland

• Wetland with plants that are mostly grasses.

• Cold, flat habitat near the North Pole.

• Land habitat covered in water.

• Wetland with plants that are mostly trees.

Swamp

• Wetland with plants that are mostly grasses.

• Cold, flat habitat near the North Pole.

• Land habitat covered in water.

• Wetland with plants that are mostly trees.

How is a wetland different from a grassland?

• Grassland has soil.

• Grassland has both land and water.

• Wetland does not have grasses.

• Wetland has both land and water.

What is true about this habitat?

• Water is often salty.

• Many land plants and animals live there.

• Water can flow quickly or slowly.

• Habitat has plants that are live trees.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What adaptation does a fish have that helps it survive in a water habitat?

• blubber

• fur

• gills

• webbed feet