1. Environments and Habitats
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Environments and Habitats
Miss Reynolds
Third Grade

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How do the characteristics and changes of an environment influence the diversity of organisms that live there?
Essential Question

3. Different environments
Adaptations: characteristics of animals that help them survive in a specific environment.
Different environments
Different animals

4. Habitat natural environment of an organism
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Habitat natural environment of an organism

5. Oceans Angelfish Shark Largest habitat in the world Lobster Clown fish
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Oceans
Angelfish
Shark
Lobster
Clown fish
Largest habitat in the world

6. Rainforest
No dry season
Rains year round

7. Desert Extremely dry Less than 6 inches of rain per year Few plants
Hard place to live

8. Polar Regions Coldest region Arctic animals live on the land
Antarctic animals live near the water

9. Grasslands Areas with tall-growing grass
Too dry for many trees to grow

10. Freshwater Lakes, rivers, marshes, wetlands, and swamps
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Lakes, rivers, marshes, wetlands, and swamps
Water source: Evaporation of the ocean and rain

11. Forests Two types of temperate forests: evergreen and deciduous
Deciduous: trees lose leaves
in winter

13. References Skyenimals.com
Standard 3.L.5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how the characteristics and changes in environments and habitats affect the diversity of organisms.
3.L.5A.1 Analyze and interpret data about the characteristics of environments (including salt and fresh water, deserts, grasslands, forests, rain forests, and polar lands) to describe how the environment supports a variety of organisms.
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