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Animal Habitats
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Grasslands
FACTS:
- Receive more rain than deserts but less precipitation than forests
- Most of the plants here are grasses, which don’t need as much water as forest vegetation.
- Grasslands are usually found in the dry interior of continents, between the mountains and deserts.
ANIMALS:
- zebras
- gazelles
- wildebeests
- cheetahs
- lions
- leopards
- emu
- ostriches
- antelope
- rabbits
Deserts
FACTS:
- The driest places on Earth—they get fewer than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain a year.
- Even though many deserts can reach temperatures of well over 100°F (37.8°C) during the day in summer, they can get cold at night.
ANIMALS:
- Kangaroo Rats
- Desert Foxes
- Snakes
- Tortoises
Temperate Forest
FACTS:
- Regions of the world where it's not extremely hot or cold (called temperate regions), the forests are full of trees with wide, thin leaves.
- Some temperate forests have trees with needles rather than leaves.
- It’s warm in the summer, but it gets cool in the fall, and cold in the winter. Most temperate forests don’t get as much rainfall as tropical rainforests, but they do get enough rain—about 30 to 60 inches each year—to grow big trees.
- the animals that live in temperate forests have adaptations that allow them to survive in different kinds of weather.
ANIMALS:
- Squirrels
- Chipmunks
- Bobcats
- Grizzly bears
- Timber Wolves
- Migratory Birds
- Monarch Butterflies
Ocean
FACTS:
- Oceans are areas of salty water that fill enormous basins on the Earth’s surface.
- Even though Earth has one continuous body of saltwater, scientists and geographers divide it into five different sections.
- Oceans are deep as well as wide. On average an ocean is a little over two miles deep.
- Oceans help keep Earth’s climate habitable. By moving water around the globe, the oceans help to keep places from getting too hot or too cold.
ANIMALS:
- invertebrates like jellyfish and shrimp
- bristlemouth
- zooplankton
- great white sharks
- manta rays
- seals
- porpoises
Polar
FACTS:
- cover the top and bottom of planet Earth at the North and South Poles
- There isn’t any land here, just a group of continually shifting ice sheets.
- In the Arctic, the average winter temperature is about around minus 22°F.
- You won’t find trees in Antarctica, but some types of small shrubs, lichens, mosses, and algae are able to grow in the harsh climate.
ANIMALS:
- Polar Bears
- Arctic Foxes
- Walruses
- Humpback Whales
- Penguins
- Narwhals
Mountain
FACTS:
- Some mountains form when the big slabs of rock—called tectonic plates—that make up the Earth’s crust crash into each other.
- Mountains are on every continent.
- Mountains often have extreme climates, and the animals that live there have some amazing adaptations.
ANIMALS:
- Mountain Lions
- Grizzly Bears
- Mountain Goat
- Marmot
Freshwater
FACTS:
- Rivers, creeks, lakes, ponds, and streams are all freshwater habitats.
- Freshwater accounts for only three percent of the world’s water.
ANIMALS:
- Snails
- Worms
- Turtles
- Frogs
- Marsh Birds
- Alligators
- Beavers
- Otters
- Snakes
- Insects
Rainforest
FACTS:
- Rainforests are lush, warm, wet habitats.
- The rainforest has four layers.
- Most rainforests are found along or near the Equator, where it tends to be hot. But some rainforests grow in temperate regions where it’s cooler.
ANIMALS:
- Vampire Bats
- Anacondas
- Bengal Tigers
- Tree Frogs
- Dragonflies
- Sloths