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A fish tank,

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an aquarium,

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and an ocean.

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What do these three places have in common?

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Yes, they all hold fish and water.

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More scientifically,

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they are all habitats.

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A habitat is a place where an animal or plant lives.

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Habitats provide plants and animals with four

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important things they need to survive.

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Can you name those four important things?

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Yes, that's right.

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Food, water, air, and space to live, grow,

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and stay safe.

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A crocodile in a river habitat needs food to eat,

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water to drink, and air to breathe.

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It finds all of those right at the surface of the river.

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Crocodiles swim through plant that also need food, water, and air.

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The plants get energy from the sun,

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nutrients from the soil, and the water they need from the river.

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The river habitat in which the crocodile and plants

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live is the space they both need to live,

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grow,

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and stay safe.

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Habitats can be hot like the Sahara Desert in Africa

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or cold like the glaciers in Antarctica,

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they can be wet like the Amazon rain forest in South America,

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or dry like the Australian Outback.

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They can be large like the prairies of North America

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or small like this hamster cage in a pet store.

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Even, the single tree stump is a habitat. A

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micro habitat,

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it is many different plants and insects living on, around, and under it.

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Living things have enough food, water, air, and space

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even right around this fallen tree.

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The base of this tree is also a micro habitat because it is small

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and home to different living things than the surrounding habitat.

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Animals and plants depend on each other in their habitats.

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For example, this frog feeds on grasshoppers,

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while grasshoppers eat plants to gain energy.

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This is an example of a food chain.

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A food chain 

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is a model that shows how energy passes from one living thing to another.

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There are food chains under the water too.

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Fish feed on plants in the water and crocodiles eat the fish to gain energy.

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There are so many different kinds of plants

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and animals that live in different habitats.

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Do you wish you could spend all day sneaking around different

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habitat to learn more about the plants and animals living there.

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One day, you can.

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Different types of scientists visit these habitats every day.

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Do you want to study the animals in a rainforest such as monkeys,

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parrots,

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and tree frogs?

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Well, that's what a wildlife biologist does.

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A botanist studies the plants in a rain forest

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such as ferns,

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mangrove trees,

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and orchids.

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In a small forest near your home,

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wildlife biologists might study foxes or deer.

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All botanists might study pine trees

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or wildflowers.

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Are you interested in insects such as ants,

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centipedes,

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and stink beetles?

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Scientists called entomologists study them in a desert habitat.

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At a local park,

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they might study lady

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bugs,

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butterflies,

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or bees.

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Do you want to jump in the ocean and

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see the different plants and animals living underwater

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such as this great white shark,

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starfish,

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blue crabs,

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brain coral,

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or even seaweed.

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Marine biologists study all of these things.

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At a pond or stream close to your home,

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marine biologists might study catfish, turtles,

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and water lily.

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Habitats can be big like the ocean

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or small like your front yard.

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So, explore near where you live.

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What habitat do you think you will find?

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What other habitats can you name? (MUSIC).