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🦫 Habitats and What Animals Need

Every animal needs food, water, shelter, and air. See how each habitat gives its animals exactly what they need to live.

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~15 min

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🔬 Science

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Ages 6–12

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What you’ll learn

What Every Animal NeedsLearn that every animal needs food, water, shelter, and air to survive.Every animal needs food for energy, water to drink, shelter to stay safe, and air to breathe. A good habitat provides all of these needs so its animals can live and grow.
Habitats ProvideSee how real habitats provide food, water, and shelter for the animals that live there.Habitats give their animals what they need in their own ways. A beaver finds food, water, and shelter along its river and even builds a lodge and dam, while a clownfish finds food, water, and a safe anemone home in a coral reef.
The Right HomeUnderstand that animals are suited to their habitats and match animals to the right homes.Animals live where they can get what they need and where their bodies fit best. A camel is built for the desert and a polar bear for the cold, and each habitat meets the same big needs, food, water, and shelter, in its own way.

Questions this course answers

Which of these is something every animal needs?

Every animal needs food and water, along with shelter and air, to stay alive.

Why do animals need shelter?

Shelter is a safe place to rest, hide, and raise young, away from weather and danger.

How does a coral reef give a clownfish shelter?

A clownfish shelters inside a sea anemone, whose sting keeps bigger fish away.

Why is a polar bear suited to the cold polar habitat?

A polar bear has thick fur and a layer of fat that keep it warm in the icy cold.

Which habitat is the right home for a camel?

A camel is suited to the desert, where it can survive the heat and go a long time without water.

Grounded in trusted sources

National Geographic Kids
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Explorers
Britannica Kids
BBC Bitesize

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