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Animal Habitats Worksheets

29 August, 2026

These free animal habitats worksheets help students explore the places where animals and plants live, and the features that help them survive. Students can investigate familiar habitats, then look more closely at major biomes including deserts, grasslands, rainforests and tundra. The activities below include reading passages, matching tasks, research activities and creative challenges. They are suitable for building knowledge about habitats, biomes and animal adaptations.

The activities below include reading passages, matching tasks, research activities and creative challenges. They are suitable for building knowledge about habitats, biomes and animal adaptations. For our full collection, visit our Habitats and Biomes page.

Animal Habitat Worksheets

Start with these activities to help students recognise different habitats and match animals to the environments where they live.

animal habitats worksheets forest ocean pond desert — List Animals by Habitat

match up animal habitats worksheets — Animal and Habitat Match Up

animal habitats worksheets cut and paste match — Animal & Habitat Sort (Easier)

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Biomes Worksheets

A biome is a large natural environment with its own climate, plants and animals. These biomes worksheets help students investigate how rainfall, temperature, landforms and available food affect the living things found in each environment.

Desert Worksheets

Deserts receive very little rainfall and can be extremely hot during the day and cold at night. Students explore desert conditions and consider the adaptations animals need to survive there.

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animal habitats worksheets desert cloze — Deserts Cloze Activity (Harder)

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desert animal habitats worksheets — Describe a Desert, Choose an Animal

design a desert animal animal habitats worksheet — Design a Desert Animal Challenge

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Grassland Worksheets

Grasslands are wide, open areas dominated by grasses. These resources explore the animals, plants and conditions found in this biome, including the ways animals find food, shelter and protection

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grassland reading cloze worksheet — Grasslands Cloze Activity (Harder)

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animal habitats worksheets — Describe a Grassland, Choose an Animal

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Rainforest Worksheets

Rainforests are warm, wet environments that support an extraordinary variety of life. Students can learn about rainforest climate, plants, animals and the different layers that make up a rainforest. You might also like to browse our collection of layers of the rainforest worksheets.

rainforest animal habitats biome worksheets reading cloze — Rainforest Cloze Activity (Easier)

rainforest biomes worksheets reading cloze — Rainforest Cloze Activity (Harder)

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rainforest animal habitats worksheets biome — Describe a Rainforest, Choose an Animal

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Tundra Worksheets

The tundra is a cold, dry biome with a short growing season. These activities help students investigate its climate and geographical features, as well as the adaptations that allow animals and plants to survive there.

animal habitat tundra biomes worksheets cloze — Tundra Cloze Activity (Easier)

tundra biomes worksheets reading cloze — Tundra Cloze Activity (Harder)

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describe tundra biomes worksheets — Describe the Tundra, Choose an Animal

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From matching animals to their homes to designing a creature adapted for life in the desert, these animal habitats worksheets give students plenty of ways to explore how living things survive in different environments. If you found these useful, be sure to check out our collection of free food chain resources next.

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