Aquarist

Habitats/Environment
Aquarist
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Would you like to
work with seahorses
or octopuses?
Aquarists design
habitats that keep water-dwelling
creatures healthy.
One of the most important parts
of an aquarist’s job is maintaining
proper water quality. Many sea
creatures have special water
requirements, such as temperature
and the amounts of gases in the
water. Aquarists also need to
provide the right amounts and
types of food and other nutrition to
keep the animals well nourished.
Aquarists feed and care for marine animals.
An aquarist preparing fish for a display
Aquarists work in a variety of
places, from pet stores to public
aquariums. Wherever they work,
they consider how to best display
the animals.
Aquarists who work in large
public aquariums go to college.
They need to know a lot about
science and often take classes in
marine biology and chemistry.
Aquarists who work in stores may
go to college, or they may learn their
trade by working with someone
who already knows how to maintain
aquariums. Either way, aquarists
know a lot about underwater life!
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Habitats/Environment
Habitat Restoration Specialist
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Habitats are the
homes of living things,
including both plants
and animals. Some
examples of habitats are rainforests,
A habitat restoration specialist testing
deserts, and grasslands. Sometimes
the water in an aquatic habitat
habitats get damaged or destroyed.
Habitat restoration specialists
Habitats can be destroyed by
work to restore damaged habitats.
powerful storms or by people
They spend a lot of time researching
when they are making room to
and taking notes. They count
build houses or roads.
animals, take water and soil samples,
and study migration patterns. With
this information, they create plans
to return a habitat to a healthy state.
Plans may include reintroducing an
animal to a certain area or cleaning
up pollution in a stream.
Habitat restoration specialists go
to college to study science, especially
ecology and biology. Most have
experience working with wildlife.
Deserts, rainforests, and grasslands are three
kinds of habitats.
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Habitats/Environment
Landscape Architect
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Have you ever admired an
especially beautiful park or public
garden? Landscape architects are
the creative minds behind them.
They design outdoor areas,
sometimes called urban habitats,
such as parks, gardens, highway
medians, and golf courses.
First, landscape architects sketch
out the area and use a computer to
create a blueprint of the landscape
plan. The plan might include
deciding where a walking path
People enjoying a walk through a garden
created by a landscape architect
will be placed, the types and
number of trees that will be planted,
and the location of flowerbeds.
Then they oversee construction
of the plan. Construction involves
many people. Landscape architects
must be able to work
as members of a team.
Landscape architects
usually go to college
for four years. After
college, they may work
as apprentices before
designing their own
landscape plans.
A landscape architect working on plans for a new space
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