Habitats: where living things make their home
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What you will learn
By the end, you can name different habitats and say how a living thing is suited to its home.
A camel could not live at the bottom of the sea, and a fish could not survive in a desert. Every living thing has a habitat — a home that gives it food, water and shelter — and it is built to fit that home.
Read the explanation
A habitat is the place where a living thing makes its home. It provides food, water and shelter. Different habitats suit different living things: a cactus stores water to live in the desert, a polar bear has thick fur for the ice, and a fish has gills to breathe underwater. A living thing is adapted when its body and habits fit its habitat.
- A habitat gives food, water and shelter.
- Living things are adapted to their habitat.
- A cactus stores water for the desert.
- A fish breathes with gills underwater.