Summary
Compares watery habitats — oceans, rivers, ponds — and the plants and animals suited to live in each.
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Discussion questions
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A habitat is an animal's home. Water habitats give animals what they need, and those animals have body features suited to living there.
- What do fish have that lets them live underwater?
- How is a pond habitat different from the ocean?
- Why can't a land animal like a dog live underwater?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: habitat, aquatic, ocean, adapt.
Try it: Draw a water habitat. Add two animals and label one body part that helps each one live there.