Presentación hecha por los alumnos de 4º de primaria del colegio marista "El Pilar" de Vigo.

1. HABITATS

2. A HABITAT
A habitat is a place where living things live:
animals, plants, fungi, humans, microorganisms…
LIVING THINGS LIVE

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A habitat provides
FOOD,
WATER,
SPACE
and SHELTER
to all the living things.

5. DESERT

6. CLIMATE
In the desert it is very HOT
during the day. (40°-50°)
And really COLD at night. (-5°)

7. The soil is very SANDY and sometimes there
are sandstorms.
Deserts are very DRY because it rains very little.

8. Not many plants or animals live here.
Plants and animals have adapted to survive with
little water.
Most of desert animals get their water from
the food they eat.

9. WHAT ANIMALS LIVE IN THE DESERT?
Scorpions, spiders, camels, dromedaries, lizards, snakes...

10. Many animals sleep during the day, because it is
too hot, and are active at night.
They
come out
at night
to eat

11. Many plants have thick leaves in the desert
to retain water.
There are a lot of kind of cacti.

12. THE TUNDRA

13. CLIM
ATE
It is very cold and windy.
It is freezing. (-30°C in winter
5°C in summer)
It rains very little.

14. There is snow and ice
on the ground
most of the year.
It is hard for plants to grow in the tundra.
There are no trees.
Only a few plants grow in the summer.

15. There are six months of daylight
and six months of darkness

16. Animals have thick white fur to protect them
from the cold and to camouflage.

17. The Arctic Tundra
The Antarctic Tundra

18. Animals in the Arctic
Caribou Bowhead whale
Beluga
Musk oxen

19. Polar bear
Snowy owl
Arctic wolf
Arctic fox
Animals in the Arctic

20. Animals in the Antarctic
Weddell seal
Southern
elephant seal
Leopard seal
Penguins

21. Animals in the Antarctic
The Blue whale
(length up to 30 m)
Orca (or killer whale)
(length up to 8 m)
Humpback
whale (length up to 15 m)

22. The grassland

23. Glasslands are areas where the vegetation is
dominated by grasses and
some flowers that grow
among the
grasses.

24. Climate
Temperate grasslands have
warm and
humid summers (±15°C)
and cool and dry
winters (±5°C).

25. Grasslands animals
Ant Bison Grasshopper
Prairie dog Fox Grey wolf

26. Grasslands
animals
Skunk
Hare
Rabbit
Mouse
Earth worm

27. THE SAVANNAH

28. CLIMATE
It is quite hot during the day
and warm at night.
It rains very little
and it only rains in the summer.
SUMMER

29. There are only two seasons in the savannah:
there is a wet summer and a dry winter.
It is difficult for animals
to find water in winter.

30. There are few trees
and the plants are mainly grasses.
Baobab

31. Animals in the Savannah

32. Animals in the savannah
Hyena
Elephant
Zebras
Cheetah

33. Animals in the savannah
Oryx
Flamingos
Rhino

34. The Forest

35. CLIMATE
In a forest it is warm and cool in summer (±15°C)
And cold in
winter (±5°C)

36. Forests are large areas rich in vegetation,
especially tall trees and grass.

37. There are different types of
evergreen and deciduous
trees,
bushes and grasses.
Forest Plants
Fir tree
Pine tree
Maple
tree
Maple tree leaves on
the ground
Bush and grasses

38. When autumn arrives
the leaves turn
redred, orangeorange and yellowyellow.
Once winter comes
the trees lose their
leaves.

39. In the forest there are different ANIMALS:
Foxes, mice, owls, birds, rabbits, snails, bears…
Forest animals

40. There are a lot of mushrooms in the forest.
Mushrooms absorb nutrients from dead matter.
Fungi

41. RAINFORESTS or JUNGLES

42. CLIMATE They are very wet
because it rains almost every day.
They are very warm (about 20-30°C)

43. They have very dense vegetation : very tall
trees and many plants on the ground.

44. Many types of trees,
flowers,
vines,
carnivorous plants,
lianas,
and
very tall trees
live here.

45. Animals in the jungle.

46. Animals in the jungle.
Parrots
Butterfly
Panther
Toucan
Snake
(Python)
Frog

47. Orangutans
Animals in the jungle.
Gorillas
Insects Monkeys

48. OCEANS AND SEAS

49. Oceans and seas are saltwater habitats.
They cover about 70% of
the Earth´s surface.

50. Dolphin, whales,
seals…
Many fish and some mammals live here.

52. There are invertebrate animals too
Jellyfish
Starfish
Anemones
Zooplankton

53. Many plants live in the ocean
Seagrasses
Seaweds
Phytoplankton

55. RIVERS

56. Rivers are streams of running water
flowing towards an ocean, a lake or
another river.

57. A lake is a body of water that is
surrounded by land.
There are millions of lakes in the
word.
The most important rivers in Spain

58. There are thousands of rivers
throughout the world.
The most important rivers are:Amazon
River (The
largest)

59. Nile River (The longest: 6,516 kilometers long)

60. Mississippi River (The largest in North America)

61. Many animals live in and around the rivers and lakes.
The river banks are habitats for mammals, birds,
reptiles, amphibians and insects.

62. PONDS

63. A pond is a small area of fresh water.
It doesn’t have moving water.

64. In a pond some animals live in the water (fish, crayfish,
tadpoles, etc.),
some live above the water (ducks, insects, etc.),
and others live in the area surrounding the pond (raccoons,
earthworms, etc.).

65. Fish, frogs , turtles , birds ,
dragonflies and mosquitoes.
The most common animals in and near the
pond are:

66. Many plants grow in and around a pond.

67. Adaptacións de animais
Os animais teñen que adaptarse a o seu
habitat para sobrevivir

68. Hay 2 tipos de adaptacións
Adaptacións
físicas
Adaptacións de
comportamento

69. Adaptacións físicas
Algúns animais usan o seu corpo para
camuflarse dos depredadores e para cazar.

70. Adaptacións de comportamento
Os animais cambian o seu comportamento para
sobrevivir.Por exemplo o oso inverna por que ve
que non ten comida.

71. Esperamos que os haya
gustado.
AUTORES:
Alumnos de 4ºB