HABITAT VS ECOSYSTEMS

WHAT IS A HABITAT?

• A place where an animal or plant has a special home
• In the habitat, an animal needs:
• Water
• Cover
• Food and a place to raise young

EXAMPLES OF A HABITAT

• If you talk about an animal's house, it is called a neighborhood
• An animal's habitat is a special place that is like a human's house
• For example, a pengin lives in Antartica because it's habitat is used to the cold
• A seastar lives underwater and on land because it could eat and breathe
• A racoon loves on land mostly inside of trees for protection of a safe place to raise young

WHAT IS AN ECOSYSTEM?

• A group of animals, plants, and other living things
• They all live together in the same area
• Everything does not have to be living
• There is not a limit to an ecosystem's size
• Each ecosystem has it's own special role to play

EXAMPLES FOR AN ECOSYSTEM

• Tundra
• Grassland
• Savanna
• Tropical Rainforest
• Alpine

A HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM

• For a healthy ecosystem you need:
• Water
• Plants
• Food
• Shelter

EXAMPLES OF A HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM

• The forests are a very healthy ecosystem because:
• It has a lot of shelter
• There is a lot of food
• There is living plants and animals
• There are places that animals could make young

COCLUSION(CLOSING THOUGHTS)

• WHAT I LEARNED:
• A habitat is a special place where animals have what they need
• Animals need food, shelter, and a place to raise their young
• An ecosystem is where living and nonliving things are in the same area
• An ecosystem has no limit to the size