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Coastal habitats

Coastal are the places where the land meets the ocean. They can have rocky cliff edges, sandy beaches and rock pools. There are different plants and animals that are suited to live there.

Watch: What are coastal habitats?

Explore the coastal habitats of the UK.

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Microhabitats

Within a coastal habitat, there may be such as rock pools. Discover more about rock pools with the video below.

Watch: Rockpools

Rock pools are a microhabitat.

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Canada has the longest coastline in the world and is home to a wide variety of different living things.

Can you guess what some of these living things are?

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Activities

Test your knowledge of coastal habitats with the activities below.

Activity 1: Finding the coastal animals

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Activity 2: Coastal habitats quiz

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Activity 3: Coastal habitats

Download this worksheet and draw your own coastal habitat!

Coastal habitats worksheet
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