Habitat Vocabulary
Name and use vocabulary for where living things are found — habitat, environment, microhabitat, conditions, woodland, ocean, desert, rainforest, pond — and use terms to describe what animals need to survive: food, water, shelter, space, and suitable conditions
What a learner can do afterwards
- Match animals to their habitats and explain the match using 'adapted to', 'conditions', or 'shelter'
- Correctly use 'habitat' and 'microhabitat' to describe different scales of environment with examples
- Name at least three contrasting habitats and describe what makes each distinctive
The lesson
A habitat is the place where a plant or animal lives. A good habitat gives a living thing everything it needs: food, water, shelter, and space. Every habitat also has its own conditions, like how hot, cold, wet, or dry it is.
A camel lives in the desert, where it is hot and dry with little water. A camel's body is adapted to these conditions, so it can go a long time without drinking. A polar bear lives in icy, freezing places. Its thick fur keeps it warm there. A polar bear could not survive in the desert, and a camel could not survive on the ice, because the conditions do not match what each animal is adapted to.
A microhabitat is a tiny spot inside a bigger habitat, like under a rock or inside a rotten log. When you explain why an animal lives somewhere, use words like 'conditions,' 'adapted to,' and 'shelter' instead of just saying 'because it's hot' or 'because it's cold.'
A habitat is a home with the right food, water, shelter, and conditions for a living thing to survive there.
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