Habitats: Where Plants and Animals Live

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Habitats Where Plants and Animals Live

• Second Grade Life Science
• By LeAnna Crysel

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Objectives

• At the end of this module you will be able to
  define the four land habitats
• Standards 2nd Grade Life Science
• 2.0 Interactions between living things and their
  environment
• 5.0 Diversity and Adaptation Among Living Things

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Directions

• This icon will take you back one page
• This icon will take you to the next page
• This icon will bring you to the
  directions page (this page)
• This icon will take you to the Habitat Menu
• This icon will take you to the quiz

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Habitat Menu

• Habitat
• Woodland Forest
• Rain Forest
• Desert
• Arctic

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Habitat
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• A habitat is a place where plants and animals can
  meet their needs. Different plants and animals
  live in different habitats.

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Habitat
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• There are four types of land habitats
• Woodland forest
• Rain forest
• Desert
• Arctic

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Woodland Forest
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• A woodland forest is a habitat that gets enough
  rain and sunlight for trees to grow well.
  Animals may use the trees for food and shelter.
  Some may make their homes in trees. They eat
  nuts and insects found there.

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Rain Forest
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• A rainforest is a habitat where it rains almost
  every day. It is warm in many rain forests.
  Because of the heavy rainfall, trees and plants
  grow well. Trees and plants also serve as food
  and shelter for many animals.

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Desert
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• A desert is a dry habitat. It gets less rain in
  a year than most plants and animals need to live.
  A cactus is an example of a plant that lives in
  the desert. It survives in this habitat by
  storing water in the thick stems.

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Arctic
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• The arctic is a very cold place near the North
  Pole. Snow is on the ground for much of the
  year. The snow melts for only a short time in
  the summer. In summer, plants grow very low to
  the ground to serve as food for the animals that
  live there.

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Summary

• You have now learned about the four land
  habitats. You may choose to take the quiz now,
  or return to the habitat main page to relearn the
  information by clicking on the icons below.

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Quiz Menu

• Question One
• Question Two
• Question Three
• Question Four
• Question Five

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Question One

• Which habitat would a polar bear live in?
• a) Rain Forest
• b) Arctic
• c) Woodland Forest

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Correct!

• Polar Bears live in the Arctic habitat. They are
  able to survive in the cold weather because of
  their fur coat.

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Try Again!

• Hint
• Polar Bears have a thick coat to keep them warm
  in cold temperatures.

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Question Two

• Which habitat would a pine tree grow in best?
• a) Desert
• b) Arctic
• c) Woodland Forest

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Nice Job!

• Pine Trees can be found
• in woodland forests because they
• are able to survive in warm as well
• as cold weather.

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Oops!

• Hint
• Pine trees can survive in
• warm and cold weather.

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Question Three

• Which habitat is closest to the North Pole?
• a) Rain Forest
• b) Desert
• c) Arctic

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Excellent!

• Since the arctic has snow almost year round, it
  is closest to the North Pole. The desert and
  rain forest have are warm and therefore are
  further away from the North Pole.

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Incorrect

• Hint
• The North Pole is very cold.

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Question Four

• Which habitat would a tree frog live in?
• a) Desert
• b) Arctic
• c) Rain Forest

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Fabulous!

• Tree frogs live in the rainforest. They would
  not be able to survive in the arctic because of
  the cold temperatures and would not survive in
  the desert because of extremely hot temperatures.

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Try Again!

• Hint
• Tree Frogs like to live in a wet and warm
  environment.

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Question Five

• What plant would grow in the desert?
• a) Maple Tree
• b) Rose
• c) Cactus

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Great!

• Cactus can survive in the desert because they are
  able to store water inside during the long
  periods of time where there is no rain fall.

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Oops!

• Hint
• Deserts do not have a lot of rainfall,
• so this plant can survive for a long period of
  time without water.

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Resources

• McGraw-Hill Second Grade Life Science book
• Big Box of Art
• Clip Art

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Congratulations!

• You have now finished the habitat lesson. You may
  either return to other sections of the lesson by
  clicking on the icons below or you may exit the
  lesson by clicking on the exit button below.

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