Living Things and Their
Environment
HABITAT
A HABITAT is
where a plant or
animal lives.
The HABITAT provides the plant or animal with
FOOD and SHELTER and enables them to produce and rear their
young in safety.
Where would the
habitat be for the animals below?
Why do you think
they would live there?
Click on each one
to find out.
Unlike us,
plants and animals cannot change their clothes to suit the environmental
conditions where they live. So they have ADAPTED to
their HABITAT.
Certain animals and plants
are able to live in the extreme of heat of deserts. Some are able
to live in the intense cold of the polar regions. Some live in
dense forests and some on wide open plains.
Some habitats are large.
Some habitats are small
- a garden wall or underneath a stone is a habitat for some species.
They
can all live where they do, because over millions of years they
have developed specific features to help them to suit their HABITAT.
Click the polar
bear to find out how it has adapted to its environment.
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