1a life always finds a way

I can say where land animals live.

Vocabulary Land habitats

Kayla is studying for tomorrow's science test. Read the sentences and look at the pictures.

Kayla uči za sutrašnji test iz prirode. Pročitaj rečenice i pogledaj slike.

1 Mountains are high regions with trees and plants.

Planine su visoka područja s vrlo malo drveća i biljaka.

2 Grasslands are regions covered in grass.

Travnjaci su područja prekrivena travom.

3 Polar regions are cold regions around the North and South Poles. They are covered in snow and ice.

Polarna područja su hladni prostori oko Sjevernoga i Južnoga pola. Prekriveni su snijegom i ledom.

4 Forests are regions full of trees. If it rains a lot there, they are called rainforests.

Šume su područja ispunjena drvećem. Ako pada puno kiše, onda se takvi prostori nazivaju prašume ili kišne šume.

5 Deserts are dry land full of sand and rocks with almost no plants.

Pustinje su suhe površine ispunjene pijeskom i kamenjem gotovo bez biljaka.

6 Tundra is a cold region with no trees and some grass.

Tundre su hladna područja bez drveća i s nešto trave.

Desert

Forest

Mountains

Tundra

Polar regions

Grasslands

Now open your book, page 86 and do the task number 1. Match definitions of the habitats to their pictures.

Sada otvori svoj udžbenik na stranici 86 i riješi zadatak 1. U zadatku poveži definicije staništa s njihovim slikama.

READING Land Habitats

Read the texts carefully. Pažljivo pročitaj sljedeće tekstove.

Grassland

Grassland is land covered in grass. Such a region in Africa is called a savanna. The weather is usually hot and dry. When rain falls, the grass starts to grow. A savanna is home to many grass-eating animals, such as buffaloes, zebras and wildebeest. These animals are food for large predators such as lions, leopards and cheetahs. Who wins the battles? Buffaloes, for example, are stronger and bigger than lions, but lions are faster, so it is not easy to predict the winner.

Travnjak je prostor prekriven travom. Takvo se područje u Africi naziva savana. Vrijeme je obično vruće i suho. Kada padne kiša, počinje rasti trava. Savana je dom mnogim životinjama koje jedu travu, kao što su bizoni, zebre i gnui. Ove su pak životinje hrana velikim grabežljivcima poput lavova, leoparda i geparda. Tko osvaja bitke? Bizoni, primjerice, su jači i veći od lavova, ali su lavovi brži, pa i nije tako lako predvidjeti pobjednika.

Savanna in Africa

Grass-eating animals

Tundra

Tundra covers a big area of land around the Arctic circle. The land is frozen for much of the year. In summer, when the sun finally comes out, the weather is much nicer and warmer. The snow melts and grass starts to grow. During this period animals are much happier, because they can find food. Arctic wolves and polar bears are top predators in these regions.

Tundra obuhvaća veliku površinu zemlje oko polarnog kruga. Zemlja je zamrznuta većinu godine. Ljeti, kada sunce napokon izađe, vrijeme je puno ljepše i toplije. Snijeg se topi i počinje rasti trava. Tijekom ovog razdoblja životinje su puno sretnije, jer mogu pronaći hranu. Polarni vukovi i polarni medvjedi su najveći grabežljivci u tim područjima.

Arctic tundra

Arctic wolf

Polar bears

mountains

Mountains are areas that are much higher than sea level. It is much warmer at the foot of the monutain than at the top. Top parts of the mountains are too cold for trees to grow, but there is life there anyway. These high places are homes to animals such as snow leopards, bears and goats. There is not much food at the top, so life here is harder than lower down.

Planine su područja koja su mnogo viša od razine mora. Puno je toplije u podnožju planine nego na vrhu. Gornji dijelovi planina su prehladni da bi raslo drveće, ali tamo i dalje ima života. Ovi visoki prostori su domovi životinjama, poput snježnih leoparda, medvjeda i koza. Na vrhu nema puno hrane, pa je ovdje život puno teži u odnosu na donje dijelove planine.