Key Stage 1
Meaning
The place where a creature lives.
- Noun: Habitat
About Habitats
There are lots of different habitats. Some important ones to know are:
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 the arctic.
- Seaweed lives on the coast.
- Camels live in the desert.
- Monkeys live in forests.
- Buffalo live in grassland.
- Water lilies live in a pond.
- Trout live in a river.
- Octopuses live in the sea.
Used in a Sentence
- 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.
- Ponds are an ideal habitat for water lilies.
- The best habitat for a trout is a lake or river.
- An octopus cannot survive long outside its natural habitat; the sea.