4 types of HABITATS (vocabulary words)

• DESERT (DRY)

• WETLAND

• OCEAN

• RAINFOREST

OCEAN habitat

• Scientists estimate that about one million species of animals live in the ocean.

• the ocean is made up of salt and water.

• plants live in the ocean too!

• 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by the ocean.

WETLAND habitat

A wetland is an area where the land does not drain water efficiently. the ground is full of water and a wetland. Examples of wetlands include swamps, marshes or box. These different habitats have different types of wetlands and different kinds of soil, plant life and animals.

DESERT habitat

• very dry

• almost no rain year round

• cactus, shrubs, and tress with prickly leaves live in the desert.

• Animals with scales like lizzards and snakes call the desert home. Small mammals like rats and other animals like camels also live here.

RAINFOREST habitat

• rains almost EVERY DAY!

• millions of different animals an plants live here.

• full of color and life!

• birds, insets, monkeys, and tigers are some of the rainforest's most famous residents.