Habitat: The Living Organism and Their Surroundings

Different types of living organisms are found in different regions of the world. In this article, we will be studying different kinds of living creatures and how they survive in different types of climates. How is the habitat different for different living organisms?

Certain characteristic of living organisms which enables them to survive in their surrounding is known as an adaptation in a living organism.

The surrounding where living organisms survive is known as the habitat.

Types of Habitat:

Different types of habitats are:

1) Terrestrial habitat:

• Plants and animals that survive on land.
• Three types:
• Desert: At night, small animals stay out, while in the day, they stay inside the deep holes in the sand.

Plants do not have leaves. Photosynthesis takes place through stems.

• Mountain: Plants are cone-shaped, and leaves have a needle-like structure.

Animals have thick fur to protect them from the cold.

• Grassland: Brown in colour, found in the grassy area.

2) Aquatic Habitat:    

• Plants and animals that live underwater.
• Types:
• Ponds:

Plants with their roots fixed in the soil.

Plants whose roots are totally submerged in water.

• Oceans:

Animals have gills which help them in the utilization of dissolved oxygen in the water.

Some animals, like whales and dolphins, have nostrils to breathe.

Characteristics of Living Organisms

Humans are living organisms. So is the dog living outside our house and plants providing us shade are living organisms.  All of them have some special characteristics. But some of the characteristics are, in general, common to all living organisms.

From the above diagram, we got to know about the various characteristics of living organisms. Some of them are respiration, growth, reproduction of living organisms and the need for food to stay alive.

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