https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de Important vocabulary related to habitats en-us 2018-06-05 17:41:39 UTC 2023-01-19 23:06:52 UTC hello@padlet.com tools4teachers_ https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de/wish/265703568 Desert habitats are the driest places on Earth—they get fewer than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain a year]]> 2018-06-05 17:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de/wish/265703568 tools4teachers_ https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de/wish/265704157 Rivers, creeks, lakes, ponds, swamps and streams are all freshwater habitats. Freshwater accounts for only three percent of the world’s water. (The rest is saltwater.) But despite that tiny amount, freshwater habitats are homes for more than 100,000 species of plants and animals.]]> 2018-06-05 17:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de/wish/265704157 tools4teachers_ https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de/wish/265704814 Rain forests are lush, warm, wet habitats. Most rain forests are found along or near the Equator, where it tends to be hot. But some rain forests grow in temperate regions where it’s cooler. There are rain forests in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Central and South America.]]> 2018-06-05 17:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de/wish/265704814 tools4teachers_ https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de/wish/265706725 Polar habitats cover the top and bottom of planet Earth at the North and South Poles. It's cold at the poles. In the Arctic, the average winter temperature is about around minus 22°F. At the South Pole, it is even colder. The lowest temperature ever recorded—minus 129°F—was in Antarctica.]]> 2018-06-05 17:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de/wish/265706725 tools4teachers_ https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de/wish/265707715 An ecosystem is made up of all the living things in a region and how they interact with each other and the non-living components in their environment. ]]> 2018-06-05 17:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de/wish/265707715 tools4teachers_ https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de/wish/265708294 Organisms that eat (consume) other living things for energy ]]> 2018-06-05 18:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de/wish/265708294 tools4teachers_ https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de/wish/265708956 Use energy from the sun to make their own food ]]> 2018-06-05 18:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tools4teachers_/uqp49wmjm3de/wish/265708956