4.5 Niche Matching

Match animals and plants to their unique roles! Fun niche matching worksheet for 4th graders.

Match the niche to the correct organism. Squirrel Stay very busy all year eating and storing nuts and seeds. Beaver Build dams to flood an area and make a deep pond where I can build a lodge. Oak tree Form part of a forest and produce acorns. Sunflower Grow tall using the sun and produce lots of sunflower seeds. Grizzly Bear Find food all year long (berries, fish, etc) and hibernate in the winter time deep in the forest. Humpback Whale Live in the ocean and eat plankton and krill. Lion Live in the African savannah and catch antelopes to eat. Mushroom Help to decompose rotting wood and return. Spider Make webs and eat insects. Salamander Lay eggs in a pond, live in moist forest under logs and rocks and eat small bugs.