Pond Habitat

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• A pond is an aquatic habitat.• Living things in a pond live in water.

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Aquatic Plants• Some aquatic plants float with their roots

hanging down in the water. These are called floating plants.

• Some aquatic plants grow completely under water and these are called submerged plants.

• Some aquatic plants have some parts growing in water and some parts above the water surface. These are called partially submerged plants.

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Find out more about the types of plants in the pond…http://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/Special-Pages/Record-List.aspx?OptionId=53&DataSourceIDNo=1

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The animals live in different parts of the pond.

These animals shown below are frequently found on or near the water surface of the pond.

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Backswimmerhttp://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/backswimmer.aspx

Tadpole  by brian.gratwicke used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

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Pondskater  by swh  used under a

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There are some larger animals that can be found near the pond.

Sometimes they enter the pond too.

Damselfly  by rene j used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

Swan  by  tengwee used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

Frog  by Trevor Dennis used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

Dragonfly  by Strange Ones used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

Garden Habitat

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Some of the animals live among the plants in the garden and some live in the soil.

The animals shown below are commonly found living among the plants in the field.

GrasshopperSource: Microsoft Clip Art

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Garden SnailSource: Microsoft Clip Art

BeeSource: Microsoft Clip Art

ButterflySource: Microsoft Clip Art

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These animals live in the soil in the garden.

EarthwormBy Arthur Chapman used under a

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Woodlouseby Marko_K  used under a

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Termiteby Velo Steve  used under a

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Find out more about the garden habitat by exploring…http://www.nparks.gov.sg/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129&Itemid=128

If we look closely at some plants, we can find many small living things that live and reproduce on the plants.

Many of these living things may even spend their whole life on a single plant.

We can consider such a single plant a habitat.

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Tree Habitat

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The banana plant is a good example of a single plant habitat.

Many living things live and reproduce on the banana plant.

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These animals are usually found on the leaves of the banana plant.

CaterpillarSource: Microsoft Clip Art

Slugby rhonddawildlifediary used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

AntbyNicolas Lannuzel used under a

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SnailSource: Microsoft Clip Art

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Find out more about the single plant habitat…http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/AnimalHomes/TreeHomes.htm

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Seashore Habitat

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A seashore consists of rocky ledges with pools of salty water, pebbles and other non-living things such as air and sunlight.

The plants and animals interact with one other and with their habitat (the non-living surroundings).

Depending on its situation, a rocky shore may be in an exposed or sheltered area.

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StarfishSource: Microsoft Clip Art

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CrabSource: Microsoft Clip Art

Find out more about the types of animals that you can find at a seashore habitat…http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/news/chekjawa/ria/text/shore.htm

Find out more about the seashore habitat…http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/pub/seashore/text/001.htm

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Mangrove Swamp Habitat

The habitat consists of various groups of different plants and animals in the area, which in this case, is the mangrove. http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/text/1002.htm

Find out more about the type of animals in a mangrove habitat…http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/news/chekjawa/ria/text/mangrove2.htm

Find out more about the type of plants in a mangrove habitat…http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/news/chekjawa/ria/text/mangrove.htm

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1. What are the similarities and differences among the habitats?

2. What are the conditions found in the habitats?

3. Are the living things in the habitats unique in each habitat?

4. Do you think a living thing living in one habitat could be found in another habitat?

Questions for class discussion

1. Suggest 2 benefits that the food producer could provide for the animals in the same habitat.

2. Suggest 2 benefits that the animals could provide for the plants in the same habitat.

Questions for class discussion