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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

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. 

Dd

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.

Ee

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. 

Ff

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. 

Ii

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. 

Jj

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. 

Kk

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. 

Ll

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. 

Mm

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.

Nn

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.

Oo

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.  

Pp

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. 

Qq

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.

Rr

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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