CONTENTS Habitats and Biomes Adaptations Oceans Rivers Ponds and Lakes Wetlands Woodlands IO 12 14 16 18 Conifer Forests Rain Forests Deserts Grasslands 20 22 Scrublands 24 26 Tundra Under Threat 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32
HABITATS AND BIOMES A habitat is the place where a particular group of plants and animals live Habitats provide living things with everything they need to survive such in as water shelter and food Habitats can be very small such as a leaf or large a such as a forest Most habitats are smaller than biomes A habitat can be as small as a leaf on a
The Amazon rain forest in South America is a huge biome A biome is a large area with a certain type of climate Climate is the usual pattern COMPAREAND S of weather found in a place For CONTRAST example deserts have a hot dry What are the climate Biomes include oceans similarities rain forests grasslands and and differences deserts Each biome can include between biomes and many different habitats
