Habitat

What is a habitat?

• turning energy from the sun into food

• the natural environment of an organism (plant or animal)

• the traits that an organism has on its body

• when a place changes and living things must move

What are nonliving things in a habitat?

• food and predators

• carnivores and herbivores

• soil, weather, and the amount of light

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What does adapt mean?

• to change

• to stay the same

How do humans change habitats?

• making beaver dams

• erupting volcanoes

• building cities and roads

• flooding and rainstorms

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What are some NATURAL ways that habitats change? (CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER)

• Beaver dams

• Flooding

• Building a highway

• Logging-humans cutting down trees

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A place where plants and animals live and grow naturally is called a ______________.

• shelter
• tree
• habitat
• organism

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NGSS.3-LS4-3

A habitat with big open spaces of grass and very little rain and trees is called a ___________.

• forest
• desert
• grasslands
• tundra

A habitat with with ice covered land and cold temperatures is called a ___________.

• tundra
• desert
• forest
• grassland

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A habitat with lots of rainfall and trees that can be found near the equator is called a _____.

• forest
• desert
• rainforest
• grassland

A habitat in a large body of water is called an ____________.

• desert
• tundra
• ocean
• rainforest

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4