Scott Foresman Science 1.2 Genre Comprehension Skill Text Features Science Content Nonfi ction Picture Clues • Labels • Glossary Habitats ISBN 0-328-13737-5 ì<(sk$m)=bdhdhe< +^-Ä-U-Ä-U 13737_01-04_CVR_FSD.indd Cover113737_01-04_CVR_FSD.indd Cover1 5/9/05 6:19:09 PM5/9/05 6:19:09 PM Scott Foresman Science 1.2 Genre Comprehension Skill Text Features Science Content Nonfi ction Picture Clues • Labels • Glossary Habitats ISBN 0-328-13737-5 ì<(sk$m)=bdhdhe< +^-Ä-U-Ä-U 13737_01-04_CVR_FSD.indd Cover113737_01-04_CVR_FSD.indd Cover1 5/9/05 6:19:09 PM5/9/05 6:19:09 PM 1. What is a habitat? 2. What are three ways to describe oceans? 3. Plants and animals have ways to live in their habitats. Write to explain some ways grassland plants and animals live there. Use words from the book as you write. 4. Picture Clues Look at the pictures on pages 4–5. What do they tell you about the forest at different times of the year? What did you learn? Vocabulary desert forest habitat ocean wetland Picture Credits Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd). Opener: (T) Digital Vision; 2 (TR, BL) Getty Images, (CL, CR) Digital Vision; 3 (CR) Mike Hill/Alamy Images; 5 Getty Images; 8 (Bkgd) Digital Vision; 10 (CR) Mike Hill/Alamy Images; 11 Getty Images; 12 (T, C) Getty Images; 13 Tom Bean/Corbis; 15 (TL, C) Digital Vision, (TR) Getty Images. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the copyright © of Dorling Kindersley, a division of Pearson. ISBN: 0-328-13737-5 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V010 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 13737_01-04_CVR_FSD.indd Cover213737_01-04_CVR_FSD.indd Cover2 5/9/05 6:19:22 PM5/9/05 6:19:22 PM by Mary Katherine Tate 13737_05-20_FSD.indd 113737_05-20_FSD.indd 1 5/9/05 6:20:51 PM5/9/05 6:20:51 PM 3 A habitat has air. A habitat has food. A habitat has water. A habitat has shelter for some animals and plants. There are different kinds of habitats. Some habitats are on land. Some habitats are in water. Habitats All plants and animals need a place to live. A habitat is a place where plants and animals live. 2 Forest Grassland Ocean Desert Wetland 4 5 Forests Change A habitat can change. Habitats can be different at different times of the year. Forest plants get a lot of sunlight in the summer. They get less light in the winter. Forests A forest is a land habitat. A forest has lots of trees. Forests have what some plants and animals need. Forest in summer Forest in winter 6 7 Wetlands Change Wetlands are different at different times of the year too. Wetlands get a lot of rain in the summer. They get less rain in the winter. Wetlands A wetland habitat is covered with water. Wetlands have what some plants and animals need. Wetland in summer Wetland in winter 9 Deserts A desert is a land habitat. It is very dry. It gets very little rain. Deserts have what some plants and animals need. Oceans An ocean is a water habitat. It has salt water. It is big and deep. Oceans have what some plants and animals need. 8 10 11 Living in Habitats Plants and animals in habitats have ways to live. Animals in deserts do not need much water. Living things in deserts have ways to live in sandy, dry places. Some desert rats can live a long time with no water. They can get water from seeds. Some plants can grow in sand. Grasslands A grassland is a land habitat. There are grasslands all over the world. Grasslands have what some plants and animals need. One kind of grassland is a prairie. A prairie has tall grasses and other plants. Kangaroo rat 12 13 Living in a Grassland Grasslands are big and open. They do not have much shelter for big animals. Some animals do not need it. Some prairie animals stay in large groups. This helps them stay safe. Grasslands Change Grasslands can be different at different times of the year. Prairies can be hot in the summer. They can be cold in the winter. Grassland in summer Grassland in winter Bison 14 15 There are many different habitats. Different plants and animals live in different habitats. Habitats have what some plants and animals need. Some grasses in grasslands can take lots of water from the ground. They can get the water they need when it is dry. Different Places 16 desert a dry habitat forest a habitat with many plants and trees habitat a place where plants and animals live ocean a saltwater habitat wetland a habitat that is covered with water Glossary 13737_05-20_FSD.indd 1613737_05-20_FSD.indd 16 5/9/05 6:22:31 PM5/9/05 6:22:31 PM 1. What is a habitat? 2. What are three ways to describe oceans? 3. Plants and animals have ways to live in their habitats. Write to explain some ways grassland plants and animals live there. Use words from the book as you write. 4. Picture Clues Look at the pictures on pages 4–5. What do they tell you about the forest at different times of the year? What did you learn? Vocabulary desert forest habitat ocean wetland Picture Credits Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd). Opener: (T) Digital Vision; 2 (TR, BL) Getty Images, (CL, CR) Digital Vision; 3 (CR) Mike Hill/Alamy Images; 5 Getty Images; 8 (Bkgd) Digital Vision; 10 (CR) Mike Hill/Alamy Images; 11 Getty Images; 12 (T, C) Getty Images; 13 Tom Bean/Corbis; 15 (TL, C) Digital Vision, (TR) Getty Images. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the copyright © of Dorling Kindersley, a division of Pearson. ISBN: 0-328-13737-5 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. 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