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
ADAPTATIONS Different habitats and biomes have different conditions S These include various things such as how hot or cold it is whether it is wet or dry and whether the ground is Sad made up of soil sand or rock The plants and animals living in a habitat have special features that help them live there These features are called adaptations An octopus A can change color BER it hide on S to help the ocean
Adaptations are special features that help an animal This mountain plant's leaves do not drop off when they die They stay on the plant to help keep it warm Survive in its habitat Some plants have adaptations that help them live on mountains where it is cold and windy Others have adaptations to help them live in ponds and lakes Most birds have wings to fly but a penguin's wings are adapted for swimming Most living things have adaptations that help them survive in one or two types of habitat They would not survive in
