A food web is a system of overlapping food chains that includes all the plants and animals in a habitat.

Name one animal that lives in the Arctic habitat and describe what it eats.

A polar bear lives in the Arctic and eats seals (or whale carcass if necessary).

Why is a polar bear's natural habitat in the Arctic instead of the desert?

A polar bear's body is adapted for cold environments and its food (seals, fish) is found in the Arctic, not the desert.

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I can describe different types of habitats and the plants and animals that live there.

A habitat is a place where an animal lives and finds what it needs to survive.

Animals need food, water, shelter, and space in their habitat.

A food web shows how plants and animals are connected because they eat each other.

This lesson includes 5 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Animals need food, water, shelter, and space in their habitat to survive. True or False?

2. What is a food web?

3. In the forest habitat described in the video, which of these is a decomposer?

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Home Sweet Habitat: Crash Course Kids #21.1

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