habitat
WHAT IS A HABITAT?
Animals come in a variety of different shapes, sizes and colours, classified as ‘species’. Each animal species lives in, or ‘inhabits’ a place that provides what it needs to survive, such as nourishment, shelter, an appropriate climate, space and an opportunity to meet potential mates. The area that provides all these essentials is an animal’s ‘habitat’.
Plants and animals are found in many different places throughout the world. They may inhabit: land or water; hot, dry deserts or the icy Antarctic; underground or the high branches of a tropical tree; mountain tops, the bottom of the deep ocean or the surface of a pebble in a shallow stream. Each living thing – or ‘organism’ - is suited to thriving in its particular habitat.
ARCTIC TUNDRA
Frozen regions within the Arctic Circle where it is dark for up to half of the year. Read more
TEMPERATE WOODLANDS
Woodlands where most trees are ‘deciduous’, growing leaves in spring and losing them in autumn. Read more
SAVANNAH GRASSLANDS
Hot, dry grassy plains that often support large numbers of grazing herd animals. Read more
TROPICAL RAINFORESTS
Hot, damp forests that provide homes for more species of plant and animal than any other place on earth. Read more
DESERTS
Some of the hottest and driest places on earth. Only a few species are able to survive in these conditions. Read more
HEATH AND MOORLANDS
Flat land covered mostly with heather. A habitat created and managed by people. Read more
MOUNTAINS
Varied habitat that generally has a warmer climate at the bottom and colder climate at the top. Read more
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