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The place a creature lives.
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==Key Stage 1==
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===Meaning===
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A '''habitat''' is the place where a creature lives.
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: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Habitat'''
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: Plural [[Noun]]: '''Habitats'''
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===About Habitats===
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There are lots of different '''habitats'''. Some important ones to know are:
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: Arctic
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: Coast
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: Desert
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: Forest
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: Grassland
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: Mountain
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: River
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: Sea
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Each '''habitat''' can have [[Micro-Habitats|micro-habitats]] where the creature survives best. Like mushrooms that live on a [[tree]] in a forest, woodlice that live underneath a rotting log in the forest or meerkats that live underground in grassland.
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===Examples===
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
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|[[File:PolarBear.png|center|150px]]
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|[[File:Seaweed.png|center|150px]]
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|[[File:Camel.png|center|150px]]
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|[[File:Monkey.png|center|150px]]
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|-
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| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |Polar bears live in an arctic '''habitat'''.
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| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |The '''habitat''' for seaweed is the coast.
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| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |Camels live in a desert '''habitat'''.
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| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |The '''habitat''' that monkeys live in is a forest.
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|-
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|[[File:Buffalo.png|center|150px]]
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|[[File:MountainGoat.png|center|150px]]
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|[[File:Trout.png|center|150px]]
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|[[File:Octopus.png|center|150px]]
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|-
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| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |One type of [[animal]] that lives in a grassland '''habitat''' is buffalo.
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| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |Mountains are an ideal '''habitat''' for mountain goats and snow leopards.
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| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |The best '''habitat''' for a trout is a lake or river.
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| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |An octopus cannot survive long outside its natural '''habitat'''; the sea.
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|}
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==Key Stage 2==
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===Meaning===
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A '''habitat''' is the type of place where creatures live.
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===About Habitats===
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: A '''habitat''' might not have the same conditions all the time.
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: '''Habitats''' can change throughout the year.
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*Desert '''habitats''' can have a wet season when it rains.
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*Arctic '''habitats''' can get warmer in summer and all the ice and snow can melt.
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*Grassland '''habitats''' can have a wet season where the flood and a dry season where the animals don't have enough water.
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: Most '''habitats''' change temperature and rainfall in different [[Season|seasons]].
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: When a '''habitat''' changes the creatures that live in that '''habitat''' must be able to cope with the change.
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: If the change is too big or happens to quickly some types of creature in that '''habitat''' may die.
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==Key Stage 3==
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===Meaning===
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A [[habitat]] is the place where an [[organism]] is best suited to live.
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==Key Stage 4==
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===Meaning===
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A [[habitat]] is the physical environment of an [[ecosystem]] where a [[community]] of [[organism]]s live.
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===About Habitats===
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: [[Organism]]s within a [[habitat]] are [[adaptation|adapted]] to suit that [[habitat]].
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: The [[organism]]s that are best suited for a [[habitat]] are more likely to survive and [[Reproduction|reproduce]]. This is called [[Survival of the Fittest|survival of the fittest]].
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: [[Habitat]]s can be changed by [[human]] activity. Global warming is changing the [[habitat]]s of different [[organism]]s faster than they can [[Evolution|evolve]] [[adaptation]]s to suit the new environment.
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===References===
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====AQA====
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158754/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158754&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=27ad53b0283feeff7fc5ae04a9e205f365 ''Habitat, pages 64-5, 324-5, 362-3, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA '']
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945563/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945563&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=9a1d023a374038e6072f33c4f3cf808b ''Habitats, page 106, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946381/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946381&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=5ec5fc3f6429e30c1d9ab9bca2bccf93 ''Habitats, page 255, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA '']
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945954/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945954&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=100574c08fbbb64318256eb79ed61a76 ''Habitats, page 315, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA '']
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945598/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945598&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ad276ad49df77ab4b40ab4fd0fe09975 ''Habitats, page 83, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
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====Edexcel====
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120193/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120193&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=572df39392fb4200db8391d98ae6314e ''Habitats, page 124, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel '']
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120207/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120207&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=22455ff53961978667722edaa64c0be5 ''Habitats, page 176, GCSE Biology, Pearson, Edexcel '']
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====OCR====
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359810/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359810&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=d768d99f1a06f7c12fab40e5aef85a55 ''Habitats, page 130, Gateway GCSE Biology, Oxford, OCR  '']
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:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945695/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945695&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ceafcc80bcad6b6754ee97a0c7ceea53 ''Habitats, page 41, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR '']

Latest revision as of 15:37, 11 December 2019

Contents

Key Stage 1

Meaning

A habitat is the place where a creature lives.

Singular Noun: Habitat
Plural Noun: Habitats

About Habitats

There are lots of different habitats. Some important ones to know are:

Arctic
Coast
Desert
Forest
Grassland
Mountain
River
Sea

Each habitat can have micro-habitats where the creature survives best. Like mushrooms that live on a tree in a forest, woodlice that live underneath a rotting log in the forest or meerkats that live underground in grassland.

Examples

 
 
 
 
Polar bears live in an arctic habitat. The habitat for seaweed is the coast. Camels live in a desert habitat. The habitat that monkeys live in is a forest.
 
 
 
 
One type of animal that lives in a grassland habitat is buffalo. Mountains are an ideal habitat for mountain goats and snow leopards. The best habitat for a trout is a lake or river. An octopus cannot survive long outside its natural habitat; the sea.

Key Stage 2

Meaning

A habitat is the type of place where creatures live.

About Habitats

A habitat might not have the same conditions all the time.
Habitats can change throughout the year.
  • Desert habitats can have a wet season when it rains.
  • Arctic habitats can get warmer in summer and all the ice and snow can melt.
  • Grassland habitats can have a wet season where the flood and a dry season where the animals don't have enough water.
Most habitats change temperature and rainfall in different seasons.
When a habitat changes the creatures that live in that habitat must be able to cope with the change.
If the change is too big or happens to quickly some types of creature in that habitat may die.

Key Stage 3

Meaning

A habitat is the place where an organism is best suited to live.

Key Stage 4

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