Where do Animals Live?

Where do Animals Live?

Animals live in many different types of places depending on their needs.

4 types of HABITATS (vocabulary words)

• DESERT (DRY)

• WETLAND

• OCEAN

• RAINFOREST

OCEAN habitat

• Scientists estimate that about one million species of animals live in the ocean.

• the ocean is made up of salt and water.

• plants live in the ocean too!

• 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by the ocean.

Multiple Choice

The ocean is made up of?

• SALTWATER

• FRESHWATER

• BLUEWATER

WETLAND habitat

A wetland is an area where the land does not drain water efficiently. the ground is full of water and a wetland. Examples of wetlands include swamps, marshes or box. These different habitats have different types of wetlands and different kinds of soil, plant life and animals.

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DESERT habitat

• very dry

• almost no rain year round

• cactus, shrubs, and tress with prickly leaves live in the desert.

• Animals with scales like lizzards and snakes call the desert home. Small mammals like rats and other animals like camels also live here.

Multiple Select

What types of plants live in deserts?

• Cactus

• Roses

RAINFOREST habitat

• rains almost EVERY DAY!

• millions of different animals an plants live here.

• full of color and life!

• birds, insets, monkeys, and tigers are some of the rainforest's most famous residents.

Multiple Choice

who sits at the top of the Rainforest food chain?

• butterfly

• bats

• jaguars