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==Key Stage 1==
===Meaning===
: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Habitat'''
: Plural [[Noun]]: '''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-habitatHabitats|micro-habitats]] where the creature survives best. Like [[Mushroom|mushrooms]] that live on a [[tree]] in a [[forest]], [[woodlice]] that live underneath a rotting log in the [[forest]] or [[Meerkat|meerkats]] that live underground in [[grassland]].
===Examples===
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|[[File:PolarBear.png|center|200px150px]]|[[File:Seaweed.png|center|200px150px]]|[[File:Camel.png|center|200px150px]]|[[File:Monkey.png|center|200px150px]]
|-
|[[Polar Bearstyle="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |Polar bears]] live in an [[arctic]] '''habitat'''.| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |The '''habitat''' for [[seaweed]] is the [[coast]].|[[Camelstyle="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |Camels]] live in a [[desert]] '''habitat'''.| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |The '''habitat''' that [[Monkey|monkeys]] live in is a [[forest]].
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|[[File:Buffalo.png|center|200px150px]]|[[File:WaterLilyMountainGoat.png|center|200px150px]]|[[File:Trout.png|center|200px150px]]|[[File:Octopus.png|center|200px150px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |One type of [[animal]] that lives in a [[grassland]] '''habitat''' is [[buffalo]].|[[Pondstyle="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |Ponds]] Mountains are an ideal '''habitat''' for [[Water Lily|water lilies]]mountain goats and snow leopards.| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |The best '''habitat''' for a [[trout]] is a [[lake]] or [[river]].| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |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 [[Season|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==
===Meaning===
A [[habitat]] is the physical environment of an [[ecosystem]] where a [[community]] of [[organism]]s live.
===About Habitats===
: [[Organism]]s within a [[habitat]] are [[adaptation|adapted]] to suit that [[habitat]].
: 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]].
: [[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.
===References===
====AQA====
:[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 '']
:[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 '']
:[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 '']
:[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 '']
:[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 '']
====Edexcel====
:[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 '']
:[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 '']
====OCR====
:[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 '']
:[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 '']