HabitatsSea Desert Jungle

Forest Grasslands Tundra

The Habitats

• The Ocean• The Desert• The Jungle / The Rainforest• The Forest• The Grasslands (Savannah)• The Tundra

Habitats are where animals and plants live.

What is a Habitat?

• A habitat is where animals and plants live.• Habitats can have a lot of or a little

different plant and animal life. • All habitats are either hot, cold, or

temperate in temperature.• All habitats are either dry, wet, or both.

The Ocean• The sea is the biggest habitat.• The sea is mostly water.• Animals: Fish, Mammals• Biggest animal in the world lives in the sea:

The Blue Whale.• Many small plants.• Can be very cold.

Coral Reef

Seahorse

Starfish

Angel FishShark

Blue Whale

The Desert• The desert is very dry. • Very little rain.• The desert sometimes covered in sand.• The desert has very little plants and animal

life.• Animals: Reptiles, Mammals, Birds, Insects• Plants: Cactus• The desert gets very hot in the day and

very cold at night.

Snake

Lizard

Fox

Camel

Cactus

Jungle• Jungle or Rainforest• A lot of rain. The jungle is very wet.• A lot of different plant and animal life.• Animals: Reptiles, Mammals,

Amphibians, Birds, Insects• Plants: Vine, Tree• The Jungle is hot.

Snake

Parrot

ButterflyFrog

Monkey

Ibis

Hummingbird

VineTree

Forest• Some rain, mostly dry.• Many different animals and plants• Animals: Mammals, Reptiles, Birds,

Insects, Amphibians• Plants: Trees• The Forest is temperate.

Grasslands• Grasslands, also called Savannah• Very dry, little rain, some water.• Some plant and animal life.• Animals: Mammals, Birds• Plants: Grass, some trees• Grasslands are very hot!

Elephants

Tundra• The Tundra is very dry, rains and snows.• The Tundra is very cold.• The Tundra is in the mountains.• Some plants, few animals.• Animals: Mammals• Plants: Grass• In the Tundra many animals are white.

Polar Bear

Snow Fox

Snow Owl

Snow Rabbit

Wolf

Elk

Vocabulary

• Habitat – Where animals and plants live.

• Ocean• Desert• Jungle/Rainforest• Forest• Grasslands• Tundra

Animals – Things that can move and eat.

Plants – Things that make their own food.

Temperature – How hot or cold it is.

Temperate – Medium temperature.

Coral Reef – Ocean floor structures.

Cactus – Desert plants.

Vines – Long plants in the jungle.