What is a habitat?

How are cactus adapted to survive in a desert?

Fill up the blanks.

(a) The presence of specific features, which enable a plant or an animal to live in a particular habitat, is called __________.

(b) The habitats of the plants and animals that live on land are called __________ habitat.

(c) The habitats of plants and animals that live in water are called __________ habitat.

(d) Soil, water and air are the __________ factors of a habitat.

(e) Changes in our surroundings that make us respond to them, are called__________.

Which of the things in the following list are non-living? Plough, Mushroom, Sewing machine, Radio, Boat, Water hyacinth, Earthworm.

Give an example of a non-living thing, which shows any two characteristics of living things.

Which of the non-living things listed below, were once part of a living thing?

Butter, Leather, Soil, Wool, Electric bulb, Cooking oil, Salt, Apple, Rubber.

List the common characteristics of the living things.

Explain, why speed is important for survival in the grasslands for animals that live there. (Hint: There are few trees or places for animals to hide in grasslands habitats.)