Life in Different Environments

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Objective

I can describe how living things live in different natural environments.

Part 1 of 3

Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    A forest is a natural environment with many trees, where deer live and find food.

  2. 2

    Camels live in the hot and dry desert, using their humps to store fat.

  3. 3

    Fish live in the ocean and use their gills to breathe underwater and fins to swim.

Part 2 of 3

Practice

7 questions

1

Name one of the natural environments mentioned in the reading passage.

2

Which animal lives in the desert and has humps that store fat?

Part 3 of 3

Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

Describe two ways a camel is able to live in the desert, based on the reading passage.

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