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1] There are many different habitats like forests and grasslands, mountain slopes and deserts. 

2]Different habitats are home to different animals in the world.

3]They live well together because they all do things to help keep the whole habitat healthy and in balance.

4]Animals like cockroaches are really important in a habitat—they eat the dead plants and recycle the nutrients back into the soil, which helps the plants to grow.

5]Fruit bats help to spread seeds by eating the fruit and passing the seeds out in their droppings.

6]Sadly people are causing many habitats around the world to disappear. Forests are being burnt down, lakes and rivers polluted and the polar ice caps are melting.

7]Without our help, these habitats and the animals that live in them could become extinct.

8]When it comes to making a home, animals we share this planet have ingenious and resourceful ways to keep themselves warm and protected in the wild.

9]Most animals live in one type of environment because they are best suited to it.

10]We say they are 'adapted to this environment'. For example, animals such as frogs, newts, and ducks have webbed feet to help them swim in the water.

11]While some of these master builders prefer living in their own space and on their terms, animals like weaver ants find safety and security in numbers.

12]There are many different types of habitats and many different kinds of adaptations to fit into each.

13]If the habitat changes, it may no longer be suitable for the animals and plants that live there.

14]Perhaps they just don’t want to do all the work of building themselves.

15]Because of the complex links between the plants and animals this can have many different effe

16] You’ll even come across an incredible habitat that they dwarves the creations of man. 

17]Because of the complex links between the plants and animals this can have many different effects.

18]Climate change is making some habitats warmer, and so many animal species are moving to cooler areas.

19]The North American Beaver for example has constructed the largest ever animal -made infrastructure on the planet. So large that it can be seen from space.

20]However some species are not able to move and the populations are getting smaller. Scientists think that 10% of species may become extinct because of these changes. Other habitats have been cleared to make them into farm land. In Australia for example, 80% of the eucalypt forests have been cleared for farming over the last 210 years. This is threatening the survival of forest animals such as the koala.

21]Just as animals adapt to the places they live, so do plants.

22]Plants are adapted to a wide variety of habitats. As a result, each plant has certain characteristics.

23]Some are adapted to living on land while others live in water.

24]Plants that grow on land usually have stiff stems to hold them upright, while water plants tend to have less rigid stems because the water supports them.

25]Plants that live in dry climates like the desert have few or no leaves, and may, like cacti, store water when rain occurs. Their adaptations cut down water loss.

26]Plants that grow in shaded areas have large leaves to capture as much sunlight as possible, or climb towards the light.

27]errestrial habitat types include forests, grasslands, wetlands and deserts. Within these broad biomes are more specific habitats with varying climate types, temperature regimes, soils, altitudes and vegetation types.

28]Many of these habitats grade into each other and each one has its own typical communities of plants and animals. 

29]A habitat may suit a particular species well, but its presence or absence at any particular location depends to some extent on chance, on its dispersal abilities and its efficiency as a coloniser.

30 Freshwater habitats include rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, marshes and bogs.

31]the water velocity, its temperature and oxygen saturation are important factors, but in river systems, there are fast and slow sections, pools, bayous and backwaters which provide a range of habitats.

32]Similarly, aquatic plants can be floating, semi-submerged, submerged or grow in permanently or temporarily saturated soils besides bodies of water.

33]Marginal plants provide important habitat for both invertebrates and vertebrates, and submerged plants provide oxygenation of the water, absorb nutrients and play a part in the reduction of pollution.

34]Marine habitats include brackish water, estuaries, bays, the open sea, the intertidal zone, the sea bed, reefs and deep / shallow water zones.

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