Living Things and Their Habitats

Living things, or organisms, live in different habitats. A habitat is the natural environment where an organism lives. Organisms have specific adaptations that help them survive in their habitats.

Types of Habitats

There are various types of habitats, including:

Terrestrial habitats (land habitats)
Aquatic habitats (water habitats)
Desert habitats
Forest habitats
Grassland habitats
Pond habitats
Ocean habitats

Adaptations for Survival

Organisms have specific adaptations to help them survive in their habitats. Some examples of adaptations include:

Camouflage
Long claws for digging
Gills for breathing underwater
Ability to store water
Webbed feet for swimming

Importance of Preserving Habitats

It is important to preserve habitats to protect the diverse range of organisms that live there. Human activities such as deforestation, pollution, and habitat destruction can harm habitats and the organisms that depend on them for survival.

Study Guide

What is a habitat?
List three types of terrestrial habitats.
Explain one adaptation that helps an organism survive in its habitat.
Why is it important to preserve habitats?

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Vocabulary/Answer key

What is science?

The resources above cover the following skills:

LIFE SCIENCE

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Obtain information from literature and other media to illustrate that there are many different kinds of living things and that they exist in different places on land and in water (e.g., woodland, tundra, desert, rainforest, ocean, river).

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE

Earth’s Systems

Make observations from media to obtain information about Earth’s events that happen over a short period of time (e.g., tornados, volcanic explosions, earthquakes) or over a time period longer than one can observe (e.g., erosion of rocks, melting of glaciers).

Collect and evaluate data to identify water found on Earth and determine whether it is a solid or a liquid (e.g., glaciers as solid forms of water; oceans, lakes, rivers, streams as liquid forms of water).