🌍 Science & Nature

Animals and Their Homes

Ages 5–7

You will learn

Match animals to the places they live (their habitats) and say one way an animal suits its home.

Before you start

Knowing the names of some common animals.

Quick answer

A habitat is the natural home of an animal or plant. It gives the animal food, water and shelter. For example, camels live in deserts, polar bears live in the icy Arctic, and fish live in water.

Let’s learn

Every animal has a habitat: its natural home. A habitat gives an animal food, water and shelter (a safe place to rest).

Animal homes

Habitat What it’s like Animals
🏜️ Desert hot, dry and sandy camel, lizard
🧊 Arctic icy and very cold polar bear, seal
🌊 Ocean salty water fish, whale, octopus
🌴 Rainforest hot, wet, lots of trees monkey, parrot
🚜 Farm fields and barns cow, sheep, hen

Made for their homes

  • 🐪 Camels have wide feet that don’t sink in the sand, and humps that store fat for energy.
  • 🐻‍❄️ Polar bears have thick fur and fat to keep warm.
  • 🐟 Fish have gills to breathe under water.

Check what you know

Choose an answer, then press Check. You can try again if you need to.

  1. 1 Where does a camel live?
  2. 2 Which animal lives in the icy Arctic?
  3. 3 Where do fish live?
  4. 4 What is a habitat?

Try this next

Draw an animal in its home. Add the things it needs: food, water and a safe place to rest.