Habitat is the immediate environment in which a living organism (animal or plant) exists. It can contain both living organisms and objects of inanimate nature and any number of varieties of organisms from several species to several thousand, coexisting in a certain living space. Air-terrestrial habitat includes areas of the earth's surface such as mountains, savannas, forests, tundra, polar ice and others.
Habitat - Planet Earth
Different parts of the planet Earth are home to a huge biological diversity of species of living organisms. There are certain types of animal habitats. Hot, arid regions are often covered by hot deserts. In warm, humid regionsrainforests are located.
There are 10 main types of land habitats on Earth. Each of them has many varieties, depending on where in the world it is located. Animals and plants that are typical of a particular habitat adapt to the conditions in which they live.
African savannas
This tropical grassy air-to-ground community habitat is found in Africa. It is characterized by long dry periods following wet seasons with heavy rainfall. The African savannahs are home to a huge number of herbivores, as well as strong predators that feed on them.
Mountains
It is very cold on the tops of the high mountain ranges and few plants grow there. Animals living in these high places are adapted to cope with low temperatures, lack of food and steep rocky terrain.
Evergreen forests
Coniferous forests are often found in cool areas of the Northern Hemisphere of the globe: Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia and regions of Russia. They are dominated by evergreen spruces and these areas are home to animals such as elk, beaver and wolf.
Decidated trees
In cold, humid areas, many trees grow rapidly in summer but lose their leaves in winter. The number of wildlife in these areas varies seasonally as many migrate to other areas or flow intohibernation in winter.
Temperate zone
It is characterized by dry grassy prairies and steppes, grasslands, hot summers and cold winters. This land-air habitat is home to gregarious herbivores such as antelope and bison.
Mediterranean zone
The lands around the Mediterranean Sea have a hot climate, but there is more rainfall here than in desert areas. These areas are home to shrubs and plants that can only survive with access to water and are often infested with many different types of insects.
Tundra
Air-land habitat like the tundra is covered in ice most of the year. Nature comes alive only in spring and summer. Deer live here and birds nest here.
Rainforest
These dense green forests grow near the equator and have the richest biodiversity of living organisms. No other habitat boasts as many inhabitants as a rainforest-covered area.
Polar ice caps
Cold regions near the North and South Poles are covered in ice and snow. Here you can meet penguins, seals and polar bears, who forage for their livelihood in the icy waters of the ocean.
Animal land-air habitats
Habitats are scattered across the vast territory of the planet Earth. Each is characterized by a certain biological diversity of the animal and plant world, representativeswhich unevenly populate our planet. In colder parts of the world, such as the polar regions, there are not many species of fauna that inhabit these areas and are specially adapted to living in low temperatures. Some animals are distributed all over the world depending on the plants they eat, for example, the giant panda inhabits areas where bamboo grows.
Air-land habitat
Every living organism needs a home, shelter or environment that can provide security, ideal temperature, food and reproduction - all that is necessary for survival. One of the important functions of a habitat is to provide the ideal temperature, as extreme changes can destroy an entire ecosystem. An important condition is also the presence of water, air, soil and sunlight.
The temperature on Earth is not the same everywhere, in some parts of the planet (North and South Poles) the thermometer can drop to -88°C. In other places, especially in the tropics, it is very warm and even hot (up to +50°C). The temperature regime plays an important role in the processes of adaptation of the ground-air habitat, for example, animals adapted to low temperatures cannot survive in heat.
Habitat is the natural environment in which an organism lives. Animals demanddifferent amount of space. The habitat can be large and occupy an entire forest or small, like a mink. Some inhabitants have to protect and defend a huge territory, while others need a small patch of space where they can coexist relatively peacefully with neighbors living nearby.
