Science · Grades 2–5
Habitats, resources and adaptation · Revision card
Explain how a feature can help in a particular environment.
Understand the idea
Connect feature and function
Explain how a feature can help in a particular environment.
Resources can be limited
Organisms need suitable conditions as well as food and water.
Avoid intention stories
An inherited feature is not acquired simply because an individual wants it.
Worked examples
Which description best matches a habitat?
A habitat includes surrounding conditions and resources.
The environment where an organism lives.
Which resource can plants compete for?
Light can be limited when plants shade one another.
light
Explain without looking
- Give a reason why a habitat may need connected areas rather than one small isolated patch.
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