Question

The habitats of the plants and animals that live on land are called _____ habitats.

Answer 1

Hint:Aquatic plants and animals are those that live in water.Plants that live on other plants are called epiphytic plants and animals that do so are called arboreal animals.

Complete answer:
The habitats of plants and animals living on land are called terrestrial habitats. The word terrestrial comes from the Latin word, Terra meaning Land. Terrestrial basically refers to anything related to land. Therefore, plants and animals living on land are called terrestrial plants and terrestrial animals respectively. Similarly, the terrestrial ecosystem is the interaction between the land and the plants, animals and microbes that live on land.
There are basically two types of organisms, terrestrial and aquatic. Aquatic plants and animals are those that thrive in water. There is not a very clear distinction between terrestrial and aquatic plants. This is because aquatic plants are themselves of two types; ones which are completely submerged in water and the other which are not submerged in water. All terrestrial plants can also act as submerged plants to some extent and are able to tolerate periodic submersion.
Animals too, do not have a clear distinction between them being aquatic and terrestrial. There are many terrestrial animals like mosquitoes and crabs that live and thrive on land, but their young ones or their larvae live and grow in water. Therefore, such animals cannot be classified as either terrestrial or aquatic.

Note:Other variations of plants that live on land are those that live on other plants and are called epiphytic plants. Plants that live on rocks are called lithophytic plants.
Animals that live on trees are called arboreal animals. They are also a type of terrestrial animal-
For e.g. sloth, flying snakes, koalas etc.