Habitats and Homes
Unit Review Sheet
These facts and definitions should be mastered throughout this unit. This page can be used for periodic review and study as you are finishing the unit and in the future.
Facts and Definitions
Lesson 1: My Environment
- An environment is the people and things that surround a human, plant, or animal where it lives.
- A healthy environment has food, water, and shelter for the animals, plants, and people who live in it.
- Shelter provides protection from weather (for example, a house, burrow, or tree).
Lesson 2: What Is a Map?
- A map is a picture that shows where places in the environment are located and how to find them.
Lesson 3: Guide to Animal Habitats
- A habitat is the environment where plants and animals live and grow.
- Wetlands, grasslands, woodlands, and deserts are types of habitats.
Lesson 4: Animals Live and Grow
- Animals have basic needs for food (energy), air, water, and an environment in which to live.
- Animals depend on plants or other animals to provide them with energy.
- A consumer is an organism (living thing) that eats another organism.
- A living thing that is eaten by another organism is called an energy source.
Lesson 5: Discovering Animal Habitats
- A graph is a picture that shows us how much of something there is and/or shows patterns.
- A pictorial graph uses pictures to show how many objects are in a group.
Lesson 6: Exploring Animal Habitats
- A scientist spends time observing things.
- A zoologist is a scientist who studies animals.
- A botanist is a scientist who studies plants.
Lesson 7: Tools in My Environment
- A tool is something we use to help us and make it easier to do a task.
- A ruler is a tool we use to measure how long something is.
Lesson 8: Animal Care
- Domestic animals are animals that can live with and around people in homes or backyards.
Lesson 9: Animal Designs
- The structure of an animal's body helps it move.
Lesson 10: Amazing Animals
- Camouflage is when an animal or insect's body color looks the same as the color as its environment.
Lesson 11: Amazing Me
- Our bodies can change because of our environments, and the environment can change the way we feel.
Final Project: Animal Research / My Environment
- Research is when you try to find out more about something.