Understanding Life Systems

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This week we will be beginning our unit on habitats and communities. Habitats are natural homes where animals, plants, and other organisms live.

This is a photo of Brazil’s rainforest




Brazil’s rainforest is home to thousands of animals. The Amazon Rainforest covers over a billion acres surrounding Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia. It has been called the lungs of our planet because it recycles a majority of the world’s carbon dioxide into oxygen. The rainforest provides humans and animals with many fruits such as avocados, coconuts, figs, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, bananas, guavas, pineapples, mangos and tomatoes.

Watch this video to learn more about animal habitats!

For more information follow this link to the Habitat Challenge! Test your knowledge of habitats through these fun interactive games!