Science: Florida Habitats Wetlands Ocean Beach and Backyard
Exploring plants, animals, and places where living things meet their needs
Science: Florida Habitats Wetlands Ocean Beach and Backyard
Exploring plants, animals, and places where living things meet their needs
Science - Grade 2-3
- 1
A habitat is a place where a plant or animal lives. Name one thing an animal needs from its habitat.
Think about what you need to live and stay safe.
An animal needs food, water, shelter, or space from its habitat. - 2
Circle the habitat where you would most likely find an alligator: ocean, wetland, beach, or backyard. Explain your choice.
An alligator would most likely be found in a wetland because wetlands have shallow water, plants, and animals that alligators need. - 3
Which Florida habitat has salty water and animals like dolphins, sea turtles, and fish?
This habitat is very large and covers much of Earth.
The ocean habitat has salty water and animals like dolphins, sea turtles, and fish. - 4
Look at these beach animals: ghost crab, sea turtle, and shorebird. Choose one and describe one way it is suited for living at the beach.
A sea turtle is suited for the beach because it can crawl onto the sand to lay eggs. A shorebird is suited for the beach because it has a beak that helps it find food in sand or shallow water. - 5
A student sees a butterfly, lizard, oak tree, and grass in a yard. What habitat is the student observing?
This habitat is close to where many people live.
The student is observing a backyard habitat because those plants and animals can live in a yard near homes. - 6
Write wetland, ocean, beach, or backyard for this clue: This habitat is where land meets the sea and often has sand, shells, and shorebirds.
The habitat is the beach because a beach is where land meets the sea and often has sand, shells, and shorebirds. - 7
A wetland has many plants growing in or near water. How do these plants help animals?
Animals use plants for more than eating.
Wetland plants help animals by giving them food, hiding places, nesting places, and shade. - 8
Sort each living thing into the habitat where it best fits: dolphin, frog, sea oats, and squirrel.
A dolphin best fits the ocean, a frog best fits a wetland, sea oats best fit the beach, and a squirrel best fits a backyard. - 9
Why should people stay off sand dunes at the beach?
Sea oats and other dune plants help hold sand in place.
People should stay off sand dunes because dunes protect the beach from waves and wind, and plants on the dunes can be damaged by footsteps. - 10
Name one way a backyard habitat can help wildlife.
A backyard habitat can help wildlife by having trees, flowers, water, or safe places where animals can find food and shelter. - 11
A bird has long legs and a long beak. It walks in shallow water looking for fish and insects. Which habitat is it using, and why?
Look for the clue about shallow water.
The bird is using a wetland habitat because wetlands often have shallow water where birds can walk and find fish or insects. - 12
How are the ocean and a wetland alike?
The ocean and a wetland are alike because both are water habitats, and both can provide food and shelter for animals. - 13
Choose one Florida habitat from this worksheet. Write one rule people can follow to protect it.
Think about actions that keep plants, animals, water, and sand safe.
People can protect a Florida habitat by picking up trash, staying on paths, not feeding wild animals, keeping pets away from wildlife, or leaving plants and animals where they are.