HABITAT AND ECO-SYSTEMS

WHAT IS HABITAT?

• place where animals get what they need to survive
• Each kind of animal has a specific kind of habitat
• Animals require different amounts of space
• A habitat is a place for living things
• Includes water, food, and shelter

FOR EXAMPLE,

• A Starfish's habitat is rocky tidals along the Pacific Coast
• A moose's habitat involves a forest, (Evergreen Forest)
• Each animal has a different kind of habitat
• Habitat involves trees, plants, fresh water, and dirt
• A habitat can also be a place for humans

WHAT IS AN ECO-SYSTEM?

• Surrounded by plants,animals,and other living things
• An eco-system can also include non-living supplies
• Can be as big as puddle and forest
• Nature works with other living things and depend on each other
• Each organism has its own way to help out the eco-system

Examples of EcoSystems

A swamp, prairie, ocean, and forest all belong in an ecosystem. All ecosystems have organisms that help the ecosystem.

HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS

• Water for the animals to drink
• Nature
• Trees ( can be some animals shelter)
• Food for animals to eat and survive
• Shelter for animals to live in

WHAT MAKES THE ECOSYSTEM HEALTHY

• Decomposers- organic materials
• Producers- food chain
• Consumers- gets energy and keeps organisms healthy
• Water and food
• Nature to keep it healthy

I think ecosystems and Habitats keep animals healthy and help them survive by giving them food and water.