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Georgia Habitats
#1 Any living thing What is an organism?
#2 All the living and nonliving things that surround an organism What is an environment?
#3 The place where a plant or animal lives What is a habitat?
#4 All the living and nonliving things that interact in one place What is an ecosystem?
#5 The three main regions of Georgia's habitats What are mountains, piedmont, and coastal plains?
Piedmont and Mountains
#1 An area of gently rolling land between the mountains and the coast What is the piedmont?
#2 The region of Georgia that has many rivers and streams, forests, and hills What is the piedmont?
#3 An rocky, cool, area of very high land What is a mountain?
#4 How high something is above sea level What is elevation?
#5 The highest mountain in Georgia What is Brasstown Bald
Swamps and Marshes
#1 An area of low land covered by water for most of the year What is a wetland?
#2 A wetland in which mostly trees and woody plants grow What is a swamp?
#3 A wetland in which mostly grasses and soft stem plants grow What is a marsh?
#4 The largest freshwater swamp in North America What is the Okefenokee Swamp?
#5 The place where freshwater and saltwater mix What is an estuary?
Coastal and Ocean Habitats 1
#1 A sandy strip of land offshore that protects the mainland What is a barrier island?
#2 Any place where the ocean meets land What is a coast?
#3 A long ridge of sand in shallow water, usually close to a beach What is a sandbar?
#4 A mound of sand formed by wind or moving water What is a dune?
#5 The protected plant that keeps sand dunes in place What are sea oats?
Coastal and Ocean Habitats 2
#1 A gently sloping area of land on the ocean bottom near the shore What is the continental shelf?
#2 One habitat on the continental shelf with very few plants or animals living there What is the sandy bottom?
#3 One habitat on the continental shelf with a great number of plants and animals growing there What is the live bottom?
#4 A ridge of rock on the ocean bottom What is a reef?
#5 A reef off of Georgia's coast full of organisms including loggerhead turtles, fish, crabs, lobsters, sea stars, coral, shrimp, and even right whales giving birth to their calves What is Gray's Reef?
Final Question
A creature that spends its entire life under ground in the dark What is a troglobite?