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2nd grade · Science · Unit 7 of 9

Habitats Near & Far

Forests, ponds, oceans and deserts are full of life.

What your child practices

Practices comparing the plants and animals that live in different habitats, such as forests, ponds, oceans, deserts and salt marshes, including New York's Adirondack forests and Long Island marshes.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: 2-LS4-1 · comparing the variety of plants and animals in different habitats

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. Deer live in forests. Herons live in wetlands. Oceans are salt water.
  3. Each habitat gives its animals food, water and shelter.

Example: Which animal lives in a wetland: a heron or a camel? Herons wade in shallow water. Wetlands are wet. Answer: a heron

Habitats Near & Far in New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 7 of 9 in 2nd grade Science, after Build, Test & Rebuild and before Land & Water.

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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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

    Loons, fish and frogs share an Adirondack lake. This shows a habitat…

    • has no water
    • has only one kind of animal
    • has many kinds of living things
    • has no plants

  2. Question 2

    Which habitat has the most kinds of living things?

    • Rainforest
    • Sand dune
    • Desert
    • Ice sheet

  3. Question 3

    Which animal lives in a tide pool?

    • Sea star
    • Squirrel
    • Camel
    • Owl

  4. Question 4

    Which habitat has tall trees, lakes and long snowy winters, like the Adirondacks?

    • A northern forest
    • A coral reef
    • A desert
    • A grassland

  5. Question 5

    Why do salmon need cold, clean streams?

    • To lay eggs that hatch
    • To climb trees
    • To find cactus
    • To dig burrows

  6. Question 6

    Which animal lives in a pond?

    • Frog
    • Polar bear
    • Mountain goat
    • Camel

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