NAME: _________________________________________________________

SUBJECT: SCIENCE 4

Plant Habitats: Identification Exercise

In this activity, you'll check your knowledge regarding the various types of plant habitats,
namely forests, woodlands, grasslands, and deserts.

Guidelines
For this activity, identify whether the highlighted plant in each of the given scenario grows
in a forest, woodland, grassland, or desert habitat. To do this, you must right-click and
print this page. With a pencil and an eraser, neatly write your answers in the blank space
provided.

_______________ 1. Broombush is a multistemmed evergreen plant that grows in areas

where trees are evenly-spaced.

_______________ 2. The Lobster-claw or Heliconia flower requires warm and humid

conditions to grow, thus being prominent in the Amazon.

_______________ 3. Bromeliads, such as pineapples, grow in areas having plenty of rain in

which the temperature stays similar throughout the year.

_______________ 4. The camel thorn tree sheds its leaves during dry periods within the
Namib.

_______________ 5. The monkey bush is an exotic plant that grows like a parasite on other
plants and trees throughout the jungle.

_______________ 6. The llareta is one of the highest-growing wood species that thrives in
the driest, nonpolar place in the world, the Atacama.

_______________ 7. Perennial ryegrass is an important forage plant found in pastures all

over the world.

_______________ 8. Lemon grasses are common in many western Uganda savannas.

_______________ 9. The conservation of regions having high-density trees is vital for the
existence of orchids.

_______________ 10. The Siberian Pea tree grows in low-density areas of trees with an
open canopy.
Answer Key

woodland

forest

forest

desert

forest

desert

grassland

grassland

forest

woodland