habitats and ecosystems for kids

1. ICT- ECOSYSTEMS- BLOG

2. Habitats
• An animal's living place is called its habitat.
• Different plants and animals require different
living conditions to thrive, eg. goldfish need
freshwater while whales, sea water.

3. • Animals and plants are adapted to the
conditions of the habitats in which they live.
Most animals are only adapted to live in one
or two habitats. A walrus could not live in a
desert. A rattlesnake could not live for very
long in the arctic

4. Types of habitat
• Forest Habitat
(rain forest, temperate forest, chaparral, and taiga)
• A type of habitat that covers a large area where many
trees, plants, and animals live.
• Forest plants provide shade and protection for many
different types of animals.

5. Types of ecosystems
• Desert Habitat:Desert covers more than one-third of
the world's land and are very hot and dry or cold.
Deserts are characterized by dry conditions (usually
less than 10 inches per year; 25 cm) and a wide
temperature range. The dry air leads to wide daily
temperature fluctuations from freezing at night to over
120 degrees during the day.

6. The Tundra
• Tundra (Artic) Habitat
• Where is the Tundra Habitat?
• The tundra habitat is at the top of the world, near the North Pole.
• How much of the earth is Tundra?
• About one fifth of the earth's land is Tundra
• What is the ground like?
• The ground is permanently frozen 10 inches to 3 feet (25 to 100 cm)
down so that trees can't grow there
• How do plants grow on the solid ground?
• The bare and sometimes rocky ground can only support low
growing plants like mosses, heaths, and lichen. During the brief
summers, the top section of the soil may thaw out allowing plants
and microorganisms to grow and reproduce. However, these plants
and microorganisms become dormant during the cold winter
months.

7. Ecosystems
• An ecosystem is the combination of a habitat,
the living things which live there, and the
interaction between them.