Ecosystems and Habitats

The natural home or environment where plants and animals live is called a

• climate

• habitat

• ecosystem

• carnivore

Oceans are the largest animal habitats on Earth?

• True

• False

Marshes, bogs and swamps are a type of wetlands?

• True

• False

A large open area covered with natural vegetation or grass is called the

• Ocean

• Rainforest

• Grasslands

• Arctic

Which is the place where a member of a population lives and finds food?

• space

• habitat

• shelter

• population

What defines a habitat?

• A place with water

• A place where an organism lives

• A polluted area

• A dry land area

A habitat is the place where an animal lives. Which animal's habitat is probably not in the desert?

• an insect

• lizard

• desert rat

• bear

The place where an organism lives is its _________.

• habitat

• abiotic

• ecosystem

• community

An area of wet, swampy, and marshy land is called what?

• Grasslands

• Arctic

• Wetlands

• Forests

A thick, dense forest with heavy rainfall is called what?

• Tundra

• Rainforest

• Ocean

• Polar Region