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2nd grade · Science · Unit 8 of 11

Habitats Near & Far

Forests, wetlands, oceans and deserts, and the living things in each.

What your child practices

Your child learns that many kinds of plants and animals live in habitats on land and in water, with examples from Alabama.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 2.7 · the many kinds of living things in habitats on land and in water

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A habitat is a place where a living thing lives.
  2. Wild turkeys and deer live in Alabama's forests and fields.
  3. Polar bears live in the cold Arctic.

Example: Which animal lives in the Arctic: a polar bear or a deer? The Arctic is icy and cold. Polar bears live there. Answer: a polar bear

Habitats Near & Far in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 8 of 11 in 2nd grade Science, after Water World and before Land & Water Maps.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which habitat has the most kinds of living things?

    • Rainforest
    • Sand dune
    • Ice sheet
    • Desert

  2. Question 2

    Which has more kinds of animals?

    • A sandbox
    • A parking lot
    • A forest
    • A sidewalk

  3. Question 3

    Which Alabama habitat has salty water and sandy beaches?

    • A cotton field
    • A cave
    • The Gulf Coast
    • A mountain forest

  4. Question 4

    Which plant grows in a desert?

    • Water lily
    • Seaweed
    • Cactus
    • Moss on a log

  5. Question 5

    Which living thing grows in a swamp?

    • A cactus
    • A cypress tree
    • Seaweed
    • A palm tree in sand

  6. Question 6

    You count 3 kinds of animals in a desert and 12 in a forest. Which has more variety?

    • Neither
    • The forest
    • The desert
    • They are the same

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