Habitats Study Guide
Vocabulary to know:
Environment – the living and nonliving things around a living thing
Ecosystem – where living and nonliving things interact
Habitat – the part of an ecosystem where a living thing lives (survives)
Mountain – a high, raised part of Earth
Piedmont – the region of Georgia that contains rolling hills
Coastal plain – an area between the piedmont and Atlantic Ocean
Wetland – a place where the soil is often wet and spongy
Drought - a long period of time with no rain
Balance – an environment with not too many or not too few of any living thing
Questions:
What things can change an environment? Fire, plants, rain
What does a habitat provide for animals?
Which part of Georgia has many mountains?
Name some plants and animals that are ONLY in one habitat in Georgia.
What do you predict a hurricane would affect an ecosystem?
How are the coastal plain and mountains the same and different? (compare
and contrast)
What would happen to the animals in an ecosystem if there was too little food
or water?
They would move (migrate) to another ecosystem/habitat. However, if they
could not find one that they matched their adaptations, they might die.
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