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© www.123homeschool4me.com How to Play Habitat Adventure Desert Desert Help put the animals back in their correct habitat and learn about 8 major Biomes and some amazing animals at the same time. You’ll need: 4 game piece (mini stamps, dice, small figures, etc.), a dice, printed game board, printed playing cards

 Pass out 5 cards per person (they can be face up)  Put game pieces on any one of the 4 “Draw 2” crates on the board (each pick where they want to start)  First player rolls dice and moves clockwise. The next player goes. When someone has put back all their animals the game is over. The person who helped the most animals wins.  Star – You can “put back” any ONE of your Pygmy Owl Kangaroo Rat animals if that is their biome (just turn them over until the end of the game) Small owls that live mostly in the United Small rodent that is native to North  Draw 2 – Pick up 2 more cards with animals you States. The owls are mostly nocturnal and America. They hop similarly to Kangaroos, get to help put back in their biome.  Jeep – Stop and put an animal back if it is their mainly hung insects and other small prey. but are not related. They can hop 8 feet correct biome, then roll again and take your Kingdom – Animalia and burrow in the dirt. Phylum – Chordata next turn. Kingdom – Animalia Class – Aves  Compass – You can jump to anywhere on the Phylum – Chordata Order – Stringiformes board you want to land. Class – Mammalia Family – Stringidae  Map – take the bridge road (you can drop off Order – Rodentia an animal in the Mountain AND Coniferous Family – Heteromyidae Forest)

Desert Desert Desert

Roadrunner Stink Beetle Rattlesnake Roadrunners can fly, but they are Stink beetles get their name from A venomous snake native to North better runners as they can go 15 miles their stinky smell. They are a very America. They eat small animals such per hour. common insect in the desert. as birds and rodents. Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Arthropoda Phylum – Chordata Class – Aves Class – Insecta Class – Reptilia Order – Cuculiformes Order – Coleoptera Order – Squamata Family – Cuculidae Family – Tenebrionidae Family – Serpentes

Desert Desert Desert

Desert Tortoise Gila Woodpecker Camel Medium size woodpecker that lives in the A land dwelling turtle that can weigh 8-15 pounds and live up to 100 years. To escape the heat of Animal with one or two fatty humps southwestern United States. It builds a summer and the cold of winter they live in burrows. on their back. Camels run 40 mph and nest in the holes made in Saguaro Cacti Only a few of the hundred eggs laid will make it to can weigh up to 2200 pounds. and lay 3-5 white eggs. adulthood. Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Class – Mammalia Class – Aves Class – Reptilia Order – Artiodactyla Order – Piciformes Order – Testudines Family – Camelidae Family – Picidae Family – Testudinidae

Eastern Red Bat Woolly Bear Caterpillar Raccoon Medium size bat native to North America. This caterpillar will one day be a moth. Raccoons are a nocturnal animal with a bushy, They eat mostly moths and beetles. Moths, unlike butterflies, are striped tail and black patches around their Kingdom – Animalia nocturnal. eyes. They are great climbers and can swim Phylum – Chordata too. Class – Mammalia Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Order – Chiroptera Phylum – Arthropoda Phylum – Chordata Family – Vespertilionidae Class – Insecta Class – Mammalia Order – Lepidoptera Order – Carnivora Family – Arctiidae Family – Procyonidae

Coniferous Coniferous Deciduous Forest or Deciduous Forest , Deciduous,

Duckbill Platypus Black Bear American Gray Squirrel A medium size bear native to North A tree squirrel native to the midwest and eastern A semi aquatic mammal native to eastern America, not closely related to brown North America. It is gray with a large bushy tail. Australia. They are the only mammal that bears. They are crepuscular (or more active in late day hours). They do not hibernate. lays eggs instead of giving live birth. Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Class – Mammalia Class – Mammalia Class – Mammalia Order – Carnivora Order – Rodentia Order – Monotremata Family – Ursus Family – Omithorhynchidae Family – Sciuridae

Coniferous Grassland, Coniferous or Deciduous Forest Deciduous Forest Desert, Deciduous, or Mountains

Bald Eagle A bird of prey native to North America that White-Tailed Deer Coyote Type of deer found mainly in North America. They mainly eats fish. Its nests are the largest of any Animal from the canine family that only lives in are herbivores usually weighing between 125-301lb. bird in North America. It is the national bird of North America. Omnivore who eats small mammals, The males have antlers which fall off in the winter. the United States of America. fruits, and vegetables. They live in dens that often They are good leapers or jumpers. Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia have 2 entrances. They can have 6 pups at a time. Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Kingdom – Animalia Class – Aves Phylum – Chordata Class – Mammalia Order – Accipitiriformes Class – Mammalia Order – Artiodactyla Family – Accipitridae Family – Cervidae Order – Carnivora Family – Canidae

Moose Warblers The largest species in the deer family distinguished Red Fox A perching bird that is small and vocal. They are by palmate antlers of the male. Generally slow Largest of the foxes; they live all throughout the more easily heard than seen. moving and sedentary who prefer solitude, they can Northern Hemisphere. They are omnivores who eat move quickly when startled and angered. They live rodents, birds, small animals, and fruits. Red Foxes in the far North of North America, Europe, and Asia. are harvested for fur trade. Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Class – Mammalia Class – Mammalia Order – Artiodactyla Order – Carnivora Family – Cervidae Family – Canidae

Coniferous Coniferous Forest Coniferous or Deciduous Forest or Deciduous Forest Desert, Grassland

Porcupine Beavers American Marten A large, semi aquatic rodent that is mostly nocturnal. A rodent with sharp quills to defend themselves A long, slender bodied weasel from Northern North They are known for building dams. Beavers are in from predators. They are large (between 12-35 America. It is carnivorous, eating voles and mice, and demand because of being hunted for fur and glands pounds) and slow. They often look for salt to add to mostly nocturnal. used as medicine and perfume. their diet. Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Class – Mammalia Class – Mammalia Class – Mammalia Order – Carnivora Order – Rodentia Order – Rodentia Family – Mustelidae Family – Castoridae Family – Hystricomorpha

Coniferous Forest

Siberian Tiger Poison Dart Frog Orangutan Largest cat in the world. They can be 6-11 feet long Frogs native to Central & South America. Unlike Great Ape from Southeast Asia. They have strong and weigh 600-700lb. Siberian Tigers have thick fur most frogs, these are active during the day. The arms which make it uncomfortable for them on the coats perfect for the cold temperature in China, alkaloid toxins the frog secrets act as a defense ground as they have to push themselves along with Russia (far East) and parts of North Korea where mechanism as predators drop them when they get a their fists, but they are great climbers. They eat fruit, they live. taste of their poison. Kingdom – Animalia leaves, and small mammals. Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata Class – Mammalia Phylum – Chordata Class – Amphibia Order – Carnivora Class – Mammalia Order – Anura Family – Felidae Order – Primates Family – Dendrobatidae Family – Hominidae

Mandrill Anteater Anteaters live in Central and South America. They The most colorful primates in the world. The skin have sharp claws and a long sticky tongue they use colors brighten as they get more excited. They live in Blue Morpho Butterfly to catch and eat ants and termites. dense rainforests, sleep in different trees every These butterflies have a wingspan from 3-8”. They Kingdom – Animalia night, and live about 45 years. are found in Central and South America. Phylum – Chordata Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Class – Mammalia Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Arthropoda Order – Xenarthra Class – Mammalia Class – Insecta Order – Primates Order – Lepidoptera Family – Cercopithecidae Family – Nymphalidae

Macaw Jaguar Sloth Macaws are native to Mexico, Central & South Jaguars are big, heavy, and strong animals that live America, and the Caribbean. They eat seeds, nuts, Mammals from South and Central America. Sloths in Central and South America. They cannot climb are about the size of a dog and live in trees. Sloths and fruits. well, but are excellent swimmers. Jaguars will eat Kingdom – Animalia are nocturnal and sleep curled up in a tree during any animal they can get. Class – Aves the day. Sloths rarely come down from trees, move Kingdom – Animalia Order – Psittaciformes awkwardly on the ground, and are great swimmers. Phylum – Chordata Family – Psittacidae Kingdom – Animalia Class – Mammalia Phylum – Chordata Order – Carnivora Class – Mammalia Family – Felidae Order – Pilosa

Snowshoe Rabbit Snowy Owl Grey Wolves Have large hind feet which help it not sink into the Large owl with 4-5 foot wingspan that lives in Alaska, They live in remote areas in North America, Eurasia, snow. The rabbit turns brown in the summer and Canada, and Eurasia. The owl primarily eats small and North Africa. Grey Wolves are similar in white in the winter which allows it to camouflage. It rodents and mammals like raccoons and hares. Owls appearance to a German Shepherd and average 80- eats dead animals, bark, flowers, and leaves. swallow prey hole and then regurgitate bones and 100lb. Snowshoe Rabbits have 4 liters of babies a year. fur back out as owl pellets 18-24 hours after feeding. Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Class – Mammalia Class – Aves Class – Mammalia Order – Lagomorpha Order – Strigiformes Order – Carnivora Family – Leporidae Family – Strigdae Family – Canidae

Polar Bear Arctic Foxes A carnivorous bear that lives in the Arctic Circle and Small fox native to the Arctic region. It has a deep Reindeer mostly eats seals. An adult bear weighs 770-1500lb. thick fur coat that is brown in the summer and turns Even toed mammal from North America whose fur is Polar Bears are born on land, but spend most of white in the winter. They prey on small animals like brown, but lightens in the winter. The only deer their time in the sea. fish, small seals, and bird eggs. whose females also have antlers. Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Class – Mammalia Class – Mammalia Class – Mammalia Order – Carnivora Order – Carnivora Order – Artiodactyla Family – Canidae Family – Cervidae Family – Ursidae

Grassland Grassland

Harp Seal African Elephant Giraffe Earless seal from northernmost part of Atlantic The largest land dwelling animal can weigh 15,000 African Mammal that is the tallest land animal alive. Ocean and Arctic Ocean. Adults grow up to 6 feet lbs and is found in Africa. They have been hunted for They have an extremely long neck making the tall and 400 lb. A thick coat of blubber insulates their valuable tusks. They are herbivores who like to average male 16-20 feet tall. Males can get up to them and provides energy when food is scarce. stay by water. 3500 lb. They are not social creatures. They eat 75lb Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia of twigs and foliage a day. Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Kingdom – Animalia Class – Mammalia Class – Mammalia Phylum – Chordata Order – Carnivora Order – Proboscidea Class – Mammalia Family – Phocidae Family – Elephantidae Order – Artiodactyla

Family – Giraffidae Grassland Grassland Grassland

Pronghorn Antelope American Bison Prairie Dog Native to western and central North America., these Most numerous bison and found only in North Burrowing rodents native to the North American antelope are more curious than most animals and America. Bison are herbivores that mainly eat grass. grasslands. They are mainly herbivores, but they also run exceptionally fast. They weigh 88-143 lb with an eat insects. They burrow to avoid extremes in internal temperature of 100 F. Kingdom – Animalia temperature and weather conditions. Prairie Dogs Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata are highly social and live in large colonies. Phylum – Chordata Class – Mammalia Kingdom – Animalia Class – Mammalia Order – Artiodactyla Phylum – Chordata Order – Artiodactyla Family – Bovidae Class – Mammalia Family – Antilocapridae Order – Rodentia Family – Sciuridae

Lion Zebra One of the four big cats with some males weighing over Andean Condor Zebras are social animals that have never been 550lb. In the wild, they are found in Africa and Asia. Lions A species of South American bird in the vulture family found sleep 20 hours a day. The Lioness (female Lion) does the domesticated. The black and white stripe pattern in the Andes Mountains. The head and neck are featherless. hunting getting buffalo, zebras, and other large mammals varies depending on the type. Zebras feed almost This bird is a scavenger who eats large carcasses from deer for the pride to eat. Lions are known for being powerful, but entirely on grasses and can weigh up to 770lb. They or cattle. This bird can live up to 100 years. not having a lot of stamina. have excellent eye sight and hearing. Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Class – Aves Class – Mammalia Class – Mammalia Order – Incertaesedis Order – Carnivora Order – Perissodactyla Family – Cathartidae Family – Felidae Family – Equidae

Mountains Mountains Mountains

Mountain Goat Siberian Ibex Bighorn Sheep Large hoofed mammal found only in North America. They Mostly found in mountainous regions in central, northern, Species of sheep with 30lb horns that are protected from the elements by their woolly white and southern Asia. Sizes can vary greatly from 77 – 290lb. double coat. Their feet are well suited for climbing even at Both males and females have beards and horns. They live in North America. 60 degree angles. They are herbivores who spend most of primarily eat alpine grasses. Kingdom – Animalia their time grazing. Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata Kingdom – Animalia Phylum – Chordata Class – Mammalia Phylum – Chordata Class – Mammalia Order – Artiodactyla Class – Mammalia Order – Artiodactyla Family – Bovidae Family – Bovidae Genus - Ovis Order – Artiodactyla Family – Bovidae

Mountains Mountains Mountains

Yak A long haired bovid that lives in the Himalayan region of south Central Asia. This domesticated herd animal has a Llama Cougar bulky frame and is heavy at 1000-2000lb. When well cared Domesticated South American animal used mainly as a pack The largest from the cat family native to North America is for, Yaks have little to no odor. They prefer high altitudes animal and for its meat. Llamas grow to about 6 feet tall and highly territorial and about the same size as an adult human and begin to suffer from heat exhaustion above 59 F, partly 280-450lb. They are extremely curious and will approach male. Cougars prefer to live on canyons, cliffs, and dense because their lack of sweat glands. Yaks eat 1% of their body people easily. brush. This solitary animal eats a variety of prey including weight in grasses daily (compared to cattle that eat 3% Kingdom – Animalia insects and rodents, but prefers deer and moose. daily) Phylum – Chordata Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Class – Mammalia Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Chordata Order – Artiodactyla Class – Mammalia Class – Mammalia Family – Camelidae Order – Carnivora Order – Artiodactyla Family – Felidae Family – Bovidae

Mountains

Chinchilla Lobster Rodents slightly larger than a squirrel that are native to the Marine Turtles Large marine crustaceans with long bodies and muscular Andes Mountain in South America. Some are raised for their fur, These endangered animals Inhabit all oceans of the world tails. These invertebrates have a hard exoskeleton. They live others as pets, but most in the wild are hard to find as they are except the Arctic. Females lay their eggs on land, but they in crevices and burrows on the ocean floor. They are an endangered species. They are nocturnal and usually live in spend most of their lives in the ocean. The gender of all the omnivores that eat fish, mollusks, and plant life. Lobsters clans of 100. They are herbivores eating plants, roots, and babies depends on the temperature of the sand they are can live up to 60 years. They are a prized seafood. grasses. laid in. Sea turtles are omnivores who eat plants and Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia jellyfish. All turtles breathe air, but have large lungs that Phylum – Arthropoda Phylum – Chordata allow it to stay submerged for up to 2 hours. Class – Malacostraca Class – Mammalia Kingdom – Animalia Order – Decapoda Order – Rodentia Phylum – Chordata Family – Nephropidae Family – Chinchillidae Order – Testudines

Whales The blue whale is the largest known animal to have ever existed at 98 Coral feet long and 200 tons in weight. It is estimated there are several Octopus Marine Invertebrates living in compact colonies. A coral million whales worldwide. Whales breathe through a blowhole on the A mollusk that has 2 eyes, 4 pairs of arms, and is venomous. “head” is a myriad of identical polyps. Although they may top of their head. Whales are smart social creatures that can teach, Its mouth is at the center part of its arms. Very intelligent catch and absorb some small fish or plankton, they get most scheme, grieve, and cooperate. Whales are conscious breathers so invertebrate that defends itself by: squirting ink, of their energy from algae that live within a corrals tissue. they rest, but don’t ever completely sleep or they would drown. They camouflage, and swimming rapidly. The females lay 200,000 Require sunlight to grow so live in shallow clear waters. You can live up to 130 years. They eat microscopic plankton to large mammals including smaller whales. eggs. They eat crabs, worms, fish, and smaller mollusks. can find them in tropical waters in Great Barrier Reef, Kingdom – Animalia Kingdom – Animalia Australia and off the cost of Washington. Phylum – Chordata Phylum – Mollusca Kingdom – Animalia Class – Mammalia Class – Cephalopoda Phylum – Cnidaria Order – Cetacea Order – Octopoda Class – Anthozoa

Sharks Angel Fish Jellyfish Angel Fish are found in shallow reefs. Like many salt Sharks have 5-7 gills on the side of their head by which they A free swimming marine animal that looks like a gelatinous breathe. They also have a pectoral fin that is fused to their water fish, they are very colorful. They are active balloon umbrella with trailing tentacles. The balloon can head. There are 470 species of sharks including some that during the day and sleep at night. They lay tiny pulsate to help them move while their stinging tentacles are 6” to some at over 39 feet long. Sharks teeth are buoyant eggs. capture their prey. They do not have a specialized digestive constantly being replaced throughout their life. Sharks have Kingdom – Animalia system. They cannot sea, but can detect light. They can a keen sense of smell. Sharks are carnivorous and eat Phylum – Chordata range in size from 1mm to 2 meters. They are carnivorous plankton and fish. Class – Actinopterygii eating plankton, crustaceans, fish eggs, small fish and other Kingdom – Animalia Order – Perciformes jellyfish. Phylum – Chordata Family – Pomacanthidae Kingdom – Animalia Class – Chondrichthyes Phylum – Cnidaria

Deciduous Forest Desert

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© www.123homeschool4me.com Desert Grassland Body of salt water that makes An area where little life exists Inland biome made up of vast up 72% of our planet. because of the lack of water. grassy fields. It receives little rain so few trees can grow. There are 5 Oceans- Atlantic, 1/5th of Earth’s land is desert. Warm, dry climate perfect for Pacific, Indian, Southern, and Desert is on every continent growing food. Known in the US Arctic. except Europe. In Antarctica as prairies, in Africa as the desert is cold. Savannahs, and South America The deepest point in the as Pampas. ocean is Mariana Trench which is about 36,000 feet under water.

Coniferous Mountains Very cold and windy with high Forest elevations usually found in Forested area receiving 70”+ of Consists mainly of cone bearing precipitation a year (rain or snow) groups called chains (or ranges) trees that are well suited to cold includes climates. It supplies the bulk of  Temperate – (100”+ precipitation a The higher the mountain, the the worlds soft timber which is year) colder and windier it is. You’ll  Tropical – hot, 400”+ precipitation a used to make paper. year, & close to the equator with more find rugged landscape and less species of plants and animal than oxygen. anywhere else. It stretches south of the Arctic Many plants used in medicine are Tundra from Alaska to North found here. There are three levels – America to the Atlantic Ocean canopy, understory, and forest floor. and Eurasia. Rainforest are endangered due to deforestation. Deciduous - salt water covering 72% of world th Desert- little life because of lack of water; 1/5 Forest or our land Cold, treeless area of low Deciduous trees lose their Grassland- inland filled with vast grasses plains in the north around the leaves in the fall. The natural Arctic Ocean. Mountains- very cold & windy with decay of those leaves enriches high elevation & rugged landscape.

the soil and supports the lively - hot area receiving 70” a year of rain with more plants & animals It includes northern areas of plant and animal life. than any other biome.

Europe, Asia, North America, Coniferous Forest - mainly cone Greenland and the Tundra (at Mild temperature zone of the bearing trees suited to cold climates. Northern Hemisphere from - very cold & top of mountains). treeless are of low plains north by the Arctic Ocean. North America, Europe, and Deciduous Forest - mild eastern Asia. temperature area filled with trees that lose their leaves in the fall © www.123homeschool4me.com