Pond habitat

Pond Habitat

1. Pond Habitat
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•A pond is an aquatic habitat.
•Living things in a pond live in water.
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Aquatic Plants
•Some aquatic plants float with their roots
hanging down in the water. These are called
floating plants.
•Some aquatic plants grow completely under
water and these are called submerged plants.
•Some aquatic plants have some parts growing in
water and some parts above the water surface.
These are called partially submerged plants.

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Find out more about the types of plants in the pond…
http://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/Special-Pages/Record-List.aspx?OptionId=53&DataSourceIDNo=1

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The animals live in different parts of the pond.
These animals shown below are frequently found on
or near the water surface of the pond.
Guppy
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Backswimmer
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Tadpole
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license
Pondskater
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There are some larger animals that can be found 
near the pond. 
Sometimes they enter the pond too.
Damselfly
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Swan
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Frog
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Dragonfly
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6. Plants found in the Pond Plants found in the Pond
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duckweedduckweed elodeaelodea algaealgae

7. DuckweedDuckweed
*Duckweed is a *Duckweed is a tiny floating planttiny floating plant. .
*It usually grows *It usually grows on the surfaceson the surfaces of ponds, lakes, of ponds, lakes,
and slow-moving streams. and slow-moving streams.
*Duckweed can multiply very rapidly and form a *Duckweed can multiply very rapidly and form a
lush carpet on the top of the water.lush carpet on the top of the water.
*Duckweed is a favorite food for *Duckweed is a favorite food for ducksducks, which is , which is
how it got its name. Fish and snails eat how it got its name. Fish and snails eat
duckweed too.duckweed too.

8. *Healthy duckweed is bright yellow-green.*Healthy duckweed is bright yellow-green.
*It is an unusual plant because it has no *It is an unusual plant because it has no leavesleaves
or or stemsstems..
*Instead, it has leaf-like *Instead, it has leaf-like frondsfronds that are that are
attached at the center. From each frond, a attached at the center. From each frond, a
single single rootroot hangs down. hangs down.
*Duckweed *Duckweed budsbuds to form new fronds. Each to form new fronds. Each
frond grows its own root and then becomes frond grows its own root and then becomes
its own independent plant. its own independent plant.
Label the parts of Label the parts of
the duckweed:the duckweed:

9. ElodeaElodea
*Elodea is found *Elodea is found in ponds and slow-moving streamsin ponds and slow-moving streams. .
*It thrives in *It thrives in strong lightstrong light, but it will survive for a fairly , but it will survive for a fairly
long time in low light. long time in low light.
*Elodea is a hardy plant, meaning it can survive even in *Elodea is a hardy plant, meaning it can survive even in
poor conditions. poor conditions.
*Sometimes elodea grows so quickly it can clog *Sometimes elodea grows so quickly it can clog
waterways and crowd out other plant life in the waterways and crowd out other plant life in the
water.water.

10. AlgaeAlgae
*Thousands of kinds of *Thousands of kinds of algaealgae live in every wet live in every wet
environment you can think of.environment you can think of.
*They come in all sizes, from microscopic to gigantic and *They come in all sizes, from microscopic to gigantic and
come in many different colors.come in many different colors.
*Our algae are*Our algae are microscopic microscopic, which means you need a , which means you need a
microscope to see them clearly, and they are microscope to see them clearly, and they are greengreen..
*If you have ever seen green-looking water, you were *If you have ever seen green-looking water, you were
probably looking at algae by the millions! probably looking at algae by the millions!