READING 2

The Mountain Ecosystem

A habitat is where a plant or animal lives andgrowsi A habitat is part of an ecosystem where lots of different plants and animals (live Mountains, with their many levels are an ecosystem containing many different habitats At the base of a mountain, you will probablyfinda forest dilled'with lots of plants and trees.

A grizzly bear or a garter snake might cross your páth. You might catch a glimpse of an owl in a tree. Climb higher, (toward the middle of the mountain side and (leave the forest hehind for grasslands and maybe a stream. Here, you might encounter a mountain lionstalking its prey or a salamander slippingdunderneath of a leaf to hide.

Goat's mightfbeeaping/from rock to rock.

Climb even higher, toward the top, and you'll notice a change in the temperature. It's getting colder and snow is covering the mountaintops. There aren't many plants bear the mountaintop, but you might see fuzzy lichen covering rocks like carpeting. The air is thin at the top of the mountain, which makeslit difficult for large animals to breathe. When people climb very large mountains, they often take special air tanks filled with oxygen Even though you won't seemany big animals, millions of tiny Insects like snow fleas might dot the landscape.

Depending on the elevation, you could see deserts, river valleys, meadows, forests and snow caps all on one mountain And with each unique habitat, comes unique plant and animal life.

1. Define habitat.

Is a purt af on ecosistem where lost of different plants and animals live

2.- What hppens as you clim higher and higher up a mpuntain?

d) The temperature drops 

3.- What types of animals would you  be  most likely to near the top of a moutain?

b) Insects

4.- What type of habitat would you probable find at the base of a mountain ?

Forest filled with lots of plants and trees

5.- Why do you think most moutains do not have large lakes on them?

Because the meruntains have slopes plans.

 Use animals mentioned in the article, "The Mountain Ecosystem" to complete the puzzle.

Across

2. Tiny wingless insect

5. Amphibian that looks like a lizard

6. Large, furry omnivorous mammal

Down

3. large, carnivorous cat

1. mammal with backward-curving horns

5. reptile with no legs

4. nocturnal bird with excellent hearing diff