🌊 Plants & Animals in Water Habitats

1️⃣ Vocabulary in Context

Water habitat means:

A place where plants and animals live in or near water Any place with rain Only the ocean

2️⃣ Types of Water Habitats

Which habitat has salty water?

Ocean River Pond

3️⃣ Habitat Matching (System Thinking)

Drag each animal to the water habitat it is best adapted to.

Ocean (Salt Water)

Freshwater (Rivers, Lakes, Ponds)

4️⃣ Cause → Effect in Water Habitats

Change in Habitat	Most Likely Effect
Water becomes polluted	Animals grow faster Some animals may get sick or die Water becomes cleaner
A lake dries up	More fish appear The lake becomes deeper Animals must move or may not survive
Too many fish are removed	The food web becomes unbalanced Plants stop growing Water disappears
Plants die in the water	Animals grow bigger Animals lose food and shelter Water freezes

5️⃣ Adaptations

Why do many water animals have fins or webbed feet?

To dig holes To stay warm on land To help them swim

6️⃣ Evidence-Based Question

Which is the BEST evidence that a plant is adapted to water?

It has bright colors It floats or bends with water movement It grows tall

7️⃣ Prediction

What might happen if a pond freezes for a long time?

8️⃣ Scientific Conclusion

Explain how plants and animals depend on water habitats to survive.