Different Habitats Worksheet

There are many different places where we can find living things. The place that a plant or animal is best suited to and where it is most likely to find everything it needs to survive is called its habitat.

A habitat is where a living thing makes its home. For an animal such as a whale, it can be as big as the ocean, or for a tiny insect it might be the damp soil under a rock.

Try to answer the questions in this worksheet and find out what you know about the many habitats to be found in the world.

What is a habitat?

The things plants and animals have to do to say alive

The place where a living thing has its home

The place where an animal shelters at night

A collection of plants and animals living in the same place

True or false, living things can be habitats for other living things.

true

false

Some habitats are a part of other bigger habitats. Match up the smaller habitats to the bigger ones.

Column A	Column B
Coral reef	Ocean
Oasis	Mountains
Lake	Desert
Rock pool	Seashore
Garden	City

Is the following statement true or false?

Only one kind of living thing can be found in each habitat.

true

false

Most living things are suited to one particular type of habitat. In which TWO of these habitats would you NOT expect to find fish?

a river

a desert

an oak tree

a coral reef

a rock pool

A cactus is a type of plant that has spiny leaves to prevent water loss and a thick stem it can store water in. Which habitat is it suited to?

grassland

mountain

polar

desert

rain forest

ANSWERS

Question 1

What is a habitat?

CORRECT ANSWER

The place where a living thing has its home

ANSWERS

Question 2

Which of these places is NOT a habitat?

CORRECT ANSWER

the Moon

EDDIE SAYS

Only the Moon is not a habitat because nothing lives there. Living things can be found in all the other places.

ANSWERS

Question 3

True or false, living things can be habitats for other living things.

CORRECT ANSWER

true

EDDIE SAYS

It is true. Think, for example, of all the insects and other small creatures that live in an oak tree. The oak tree is their habitat.

ANSWERS

Question 4

Some habitats are a part of other bigger habitats. Match up the smaller habitats to the bigger ones.

CORRECT ANSWER

Column A	Column B
Coral reef	Ocean
Oasis	Desert
Lake	Mountains
Rock pool	Seashore
Garden	City

ANSWERS

Question 5

Is the following statement true or false?

Only one kind of living thing can be found in each habitat.

CORRECT ANSWER

false

EDDIE SAYS

A habitat can be home to very many different plants and animals. In a woodland habitat, for example, you might find countless insects and spiders, a variety of plant life, birds, deer and other animals.