Unit B Chapter 1

Habitats for plants and animals

Environment

• Living and nonliving things in a place

habitat

• Place where an animal finds the food, water, and shelter it needs to live

Desert

• Environment that gets little rain

forest

• Environment that gets enough rain and warmth for many trees to grow

rain forest

• An environment with much rain

tundra

• Cold and windy environment

Pond

• Small body of fresh water

adaptation

• Anything about an animal that helps it live in its environment

camouflage

• Way an animal looks that helps it hide

migrate

•Travel to faraway places

hibernate

• Go through the winter in a deep sleep

estivate

• Stay in a deep sleep during the summer

Food Chain

• The order in which animals eat other plants and other animals