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Lesson⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild JungleHow Habitats Support Life
How Habitats Support Life.
🎯 Your mission
Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.
⚡ The twist
What the body does in one minute is wilder than any cartoon.
Mind = Blown
🦠 You have more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: how does the body solve this problem?
What You'll Learn
Habitats provide everything an organism needs to survive: food, water, shelter, and space. Different habitats like forests, deserts, and oceans support different types of life.
Key Words
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Steps
Look at the vocabulary words and write a definition for each in your own words.
Create a detailed food web for a local ecosystem. Include at least 8 organisms and use arrows to show energy flow from producers to top predators.
Observe what happens and describe it in detail.
Record your observations in your science journal with measurements and descriptions.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is a habitat?
Where you see this in real life
This is why plants grow toward windows and why scabs form.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Watch a plant or pet for 5 minutes today and write down what you noticed.
For the dinner table
“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”
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