For my grandmother, Abuelita.
Thank you for being my inspiration.

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Habitats

By Jasmine Martinez

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Page 4 A is for Adapt

Page 6 B is for Biome

Page 8 C is for Climate

Page 10 D is for Desert

Page 12 E is Endangered

Page 14 F is for Forest

Page 16 G is for Grasslands

Page 18 H is for Habitat

Page 20 I is for Insects

Page 22 J is for Jungle

Page 24 K is for

Page 26 L is for Land

Page 28 M is for Mountains

Page 30 N is for Niche

Table of Contents

Page 32 O is for Ocean

Page 34 P is for Prairies

Page 36 Q is for Quaking Bods

Page 38 R is for Rain forest

Page 40 S is for Species

Page 42 T is for Tundra

Page 44 U is for

Page 46 V is for Vegetation

Page 48 W is for Wetlands

Page 50 Xis for

Page 52 Y is for Yellowstone

National Park

Page 54 Z is for Intertidal Zone

A a

A is for adapting which means to adjust.

Animals will live in places that are made right

for them. For example, animals will live in the

temperature and weather they like, or because

of the other types of animals they want to

interact with. Sometimes the environment they

are in is not perfect so the animals have to

adapt to live and survive in that certain area.

For example, polar bears have a thick fur now

because of the extremely cold weather they

live in.

B b

B is for biome which is a large piece of land

with similar characteristics. Biomes have

similar weather conditions, soil, and organisms

like plants and animals. Plants and animals

adapt to live in their own biome. Some

examples of different biomes are the prairies,

wetlands, the tundra, deserts, and grasslands.

C c

C is for climate which is the average type of

weather that occurs in a certain area. Weather

can be different everyday but climate does not

change for a long time. Different habitats and

parts of the world have different types of

climates. For example, Miami, Florida has a

tropical and hot climate because for most of

the year it is hot and it has been that way for

thousands of years.

D is for desert which is a type of biome. A

desert is known for being extremely hot, but

deserts can also be very cold. For example,

Antarctica is the largest desert in the world but

it is not hot, it is extremely cold. What makes

a desert is its extremely dry weather because

it hardly ever rains. In deserts it will only rain

about 16 inches in an entire year!

Since it does not rain a lot it causes dry soil

and makes it hard for many plants and animals

to live in this type of habitat.

E is for endangered animals which are

animals that are low in numbers and could

possibly become extinct. If an animal were to

become extinct it would mean that animal no

longer exists anymore because there are no

more alive anymore. Many animals have

become endangered because humans have

destroyed there habitats and there home. For

example, the Northern Spotted Owl is now an

endangered species because humans keep

tearing down its home.

F is for forest which is a habitat for many

different types of animals. Some animals that

live in this habitat are skunks, foxes, and

raccoons. This habitat consist of mainly

different types of trees. Some trees have

leaves which change color and fall. There are

also evergreen trees which stay the same year

round. Forest are also known for their very rich

soil, which is why forest have more plants than

deserts, which have very dry soil.

G g

G is for Grasslands which is a specific type of

habitat. Grasslands are normally windy and have a

dry climate. Because of the dry climate these

animals have learned to adapt to this habitat by

learning to live with little water at times.

Grassland's typically do not have many trees but a

large land of grasses. Because of the amount of

grass, grazing animals are common. Grazing

animals are animals that mainly eat plants like

grass. Since there are not many trees to use for

protection and shelter, many animals that live in

this habitat live underground to escape the cold

and for protection like prairie dogs and gophers.

H h

H is for habitat which is a place in the

environment where plants, animals, and

organism call home. It is where that animal,

plant, or organism can live comfortably. A

habitat is different for each animal, plant, or

organism. For example, a lizard's habitat is

somewhere warm and a polar bear's is

somewhere cold, but if they switch places they

will not live long or comfortably because that is

not the type of habitat for that animal.

I is for insects which are very tiny animals

that live in many different habitats. Insects

usually have a tiny body and six legs and

sometimes two antennas. There are over 6

million types of different insects. Although

people sometimes find insects to be annoying

they are very important to the habitat they live

in. For example, in forest since there are a lot

of plants insects are necessary to keep them

alive by continuing the process of pollination.

J is for jungles which is a habitat with land

that has a lot of plants. Jungles are found in

tropical warm areas where there is

precipitation and sunlight. Jungles typically

have a lot of tangled plants on the ground

which is why it is necessary that the sunlight

can be seen through the taller trees. Without

the sunlight, the plants on the ground would

no longer be able to survive in that habitat.

K is for kelp forest which is type of habitat that can

be found in the ocean. Kelp forest are areas

underwater with large amounts of kelp. Kelp is

another word for large seaweed.

Kelp forest are found in the more shallow parts of

the ocean. Typically fish and other creatures that

cannot live on land will live in a kelp forest, such as

seals and shrimp. Overfishing in kelp forest is

becoming a problem because fishermen are taking

away the carnivores that eat the herbivores, and the

herbivores are eating too much kelp, which could

possibly make it endangered in the future.

L is for land which is what humans and air

breathing animals walk on every day. Land is

any part of the earths surface that is not

covered in water. Some habitats do not have

land like the ocean. However, some habitats

consists of land and small bodies of water like

a pond or a lake.

M is for mountains which is a type of habitat

that can be found in different parts all over the

world. Mountain are part of land that are

elevated creating a very steep hill. The type of

weather and animals that live on mountains

change depending on how high up it is on the

mountain. Snow leopards are an example of an

animal that have made mountains their habitat.

Snow leopards can survive in mountains

because they are strong enough to climb and

run through the steep hills and can stand the

cold when up high on the mountain.

N is for niche which is something everything

in a habitat has. A niche is the role that every

individual animal or plant has. In every

habitat, there is a purpose for every plant an

animal that lives there which the purpose

would be their niche. For example, the niche of

a bumble bee is to pollinate flowers and to

create honey.

O is for ocean which is a large biome that

consist of many different types of habitats for

many different animals. The deeper in the

ocean you go you will find different sea

creatures and vegetation than in the shallow

water. The temperature of the ocean and the

animals are different for different places

around the world. There are different names

for the different parts of the ocean. There is

the Atlantic Ocean , Pacific Ocean, Indian

Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and the Antarctic Ocean.

P is for prairies which is a biome that is

sometimes used the same as grasslands.

Prairies and grasslands are the same type of

habitat just can be called either or. Prairies

have grasses that have adapted to the dry

environment that it has. The animals that live

on the prairie have also adapted. Since there is

no where to hide since there are no trees,

animals like the coyote can just run from

danger while animals like a ferret just burrow

underground.

Q is for quaking bogs which is part of the

biome called the wetlands. A bog is a wetland

covered in a layer of old plants, that looks like

a green coating. A quaking bog is a bog that

has water underneath and shakes when a

person steps on it almost feeling like a water-

bed.

R is for rain forest which is a habitat very

similar to a jungle. The difference between a

rain forest and a jungle is that rain forest do

not have as much plants on the ground. Rain

forest do not have as much plants on the

ground because rain forest do not have as

much sunlight shining through the trees as

jungles do so the plants on the ground cannot

grow. The tall trees also help protect the

animals and smaller plants closer to the

ground by protecting it from wind and keeping

the warmth inside at night.

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