Friday, February 22, 2008

Unit 1. Habitats


A habitat is an environment that provides an animal with the food, water, temperature, and protection it needs. A habitan is where an organism lives.There are large habitats. Large habitats would include coral reefs, deserts, forest, islands lakes, mangroves, oceans ans coast, parairies, rangeland, rivers and wetlands. Hower ther are samlls habitats, including organism within an aquarium.
It is the place where the animal is naturally found. Examples of habitats are jungles, forests, deserts, oceans, and lakes. A habitat can be described by listing the climate, the terrain, and the plants and animals that live there .
  1. Answers the following questions:

  1. What is a habitat?

  2. What different kinds of habitats can you name?

  3. What characteristics do you have to mention to describe a habitat?

  4. Describe the habitat of a dolphin. Underline every adjective you use.

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