2. Desert Habitat
• A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no
water, rain, trees, or plants. It is a large, extremely dry area of land with sparse
vegetation. Dust storms and soil erosions happed frequently in deserts. There is
a difference between the day and night in desserts nights are colder than the
day. Cactus and tumble weeds are plants found here and camel, meerkat and
rattle snakes are animals found here
3. Adaptation in desert habitat
Adaptation in plants
• Some desserts plants are adapter to
conserve water in their succulent parts.
• They have deep roots to get water.
• Plants remain dormant when they have no
water.
• Plants like tumble weeds get blown away is
dessert storms.
• Plants like cactus have spine to prevent the
loss of water in transpiration.
Adaptation in animals
• They dig burrows.
• Thorny devil has lizard scales which collects
dew drops
• Jack rabbit have large ear to release heat
from the body.
• Camels have two layer of eyebrows protect it
from blowing sands they also have flat disc
like feet to prevent them from sinking
sands.It can also drink a large amount of
water
4. Mountain Habitats
• Mountains are rocky and high altitude areas. They are generally cold
and windy. Snowfall may occur in higher regions in mountains. Pine, fir
and spruce are some plants found here and snow leopard, brown bear
and mountain goat are animals found here.
5. Adaptation in Mountain Habitats
Adaptation in plants
• They are cone shaped for the snow to slide
off easily.
• They have thick waxy coatings.
• They have sunken stomata to reduce water
loss.
• They have dark needles for
photosynthesize.
• They have woody cones to protect them
form harsh winters
Adaptation in animals
• Mountain goats have strong and flexible
hooves to climb the steps swiftly.
• They have soft and rubbery pads to get grip
to jump from one rock to another.
• The horns helps to protects against
predators.
• The fur keeps them warm during winters.