Habitats of GeorgiaDanielle Ruff

CES3rd Grade

What are Habitats and Environments?Where Things Live

Fish live in waterBirds live in trees and fly through the airMost plants grow where there is soil, water,

and sun.Living things can be found almost

everywhere on Earth.Pg. 266

Where Things LiveEverything that surrounds a living thing makes up

its environment.Plants and animals use things from it environments

to meet their needs.Many living things may share an environment and

its resources.FoodWaterOxygenSpace

If the environment has too little of any of these things, the living things compete with one another to get what they need.

Pg. 267

Parts of an EcosystemAn ecosystem is made up of all the living and

nonliving things that interact in one place.Georgia has many different ecosystems.

There are many kinds of living things in an ecosystem.However they don’t all live in the same part of

the ecosystem.The place in an ecosystem where a plant or

animal lives is its habitat.A habitat includes both living and nonliving

things.Pg. 268 &269

Living Things and Their HabitatsMost living things can survive only in a

certain habitat.A polar bear, for example, could not find the

water it needs in a desert.A living things habitat gives it everything it

needs to survive.Pg. 270

Changes to EcosystemsAll living and nonliving things in an

ecosystem interact.When one part of an ecosystem changes, it

can affect all the other parts.People can change ecosystems.

When we cut down trees or drain wetlands, we destroy the habitats of many living things.

These living things must find new places to live.

Pg. 271