Habitats Flashcards

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Habitat

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the place or type of place where a plant or animal naturally or normally live or grows

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Food Chain

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A series of types of living things in which each one uses the next lower member of the series as a source of food

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Hurricane

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a kind of tropical storm

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How do flowers spread their seeds

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Wind, water, and animals.

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What animals live in a cold, arctic habitat?

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Polar bears, penguins, arctic fox, beluga whale, oxen.

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What animals live in a deciduous forest habitat?

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Rabbits, foxes, raccoons, squirrels, bears, deer

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What animals live in a desert habitat?

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Desert fox, antelope, camel, lizard, snake, lions, scorpions, hippo

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What animals live in a rain forrest?

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sloths, tigers, monkey, frogs, snakes,

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Describe a arctic habitat

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Very cold, very few trees, short grasses and bushes.

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Describe a deciduous forest habitat

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A good amount of rain or snow and many trees grow here.

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Describe a rain forest habitat

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Get a lot of rain, lots of tall trees that form a canopy. Located near the equator

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Describe a desert habitat

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Hot, dry, few plants and animals. Many nocturnal animals.

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How does a cactus adapt to its environment

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Waxy coating to keep in water

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How does a rabbit adapt to its environment

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Sends blood to it’s ears to cool off in the summer

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How does a camel adapt to its environment

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Store fat away from it’s body in the sumner to stay cool

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How does an arctic foxes fur help it adapt to its environment

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It’s white and thick in the winter. The fox sheds and fur turns brown in the summer.

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What are the three zones in the ocean

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Sunlit (top part of the ocean), twilight (middle part), midnight (deepest part)

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Where does a sloth live and why?

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Sunshine and food

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What ocean zones can a fish live

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sunlit, twilight and midnight

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What ocean zones can a turtle live

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Sunlit

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What ocean zones can a dolphin live

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Sunlit, twilight

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Describe a forest habitat

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Thick growth of trees and bushes that cover a large area

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Describe what happens in the tropical rainy season

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A period of time with lots of rainfall, rivers may overflow, lots of bugs, warm and humid, animals may move to drier areas.

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Describe what happens in the tropical dry season

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A period of time with low rainfall. Trees use up their saved water, grasses dry up and animal may migrate to different areas

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Describe a rain forest

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Tropical forest that receives a lot of rain and has very tall trees

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What are the layers of the rainforest

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Canopy - thick leary tops of trees, most animals live here (monkey, sloths, and birds)
Understory - layer between canopy and floor, less sunlight plants with large leaves (insects, snakes, jaguars)
Forest floor - less sunlight, fewer plans (lizards, insects, fungi)