Science Vocabulary Georgia Habitats

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Science VocabularyGeorgia Habitats

• Third Grade
• T. Adams

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• Mountain a high, raised part of Earths surface
• Piedmont An area, with many hills, located
  between the mountains and the coastal plain.
• Coastal plain An area of low, flat land near an
  ocean.
• Wetland Land that is covered with water most of
  the time.
• Ecosystem All the living and nonliving things
  that interact in a place.
• Habitat The place where a plant or animal
  lives.

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Ecosystem All the living and nonliving things
that interact in a place.

• The plants and animals that are found in a
  particular location are referred to as an
  ecosystem. These plants and animals depend on
  each other to survive. In a delicate balance,
  these life forms help to sustain one another in
  regular patterns. Disruptions to an ecosystem can
  be disastrous to all organisms within the
  ecosystem.

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Habitat The place where a plant or animal lives.
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Mountain a high, raised part of Earths
surface
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Mountain Habitats in Georgia

• Georgias mountains are located in North Georgia.
  They get more rain and snow than any other part
  of the state. The mountains can be warm in
  summer, but temperatures often drop below
  freezing in the winter.
• The animals that live in the mountains must be
  able to survive cold winters. Bobcats and skunks
  grow more fur in winter to help t hem stay warm.
  Bats hibernate in mountain caves. Many animals
  like snakes and turtles, are less active during
  winter. Most birds migrate south for the winter.
  Red squirrels are only found in pine forests in
  the mountains, and smoky shrews live in burrows
  in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
• Mountain soil is very rocky and shallow. Where
  the soil is only a few inches deep, grasses,
  wildflowers, and small shrubs grow. Where there
  is deeper soil, forests of oaks, maples, poplars,
  and beeches cover the land.

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Piedmont An area, with many hills, located
between the mountains and the coastal plain.
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Georgias Piedmont Habitat

• The piedmont is the region just south of the
  mountains. It has many rolling hills. A thick
  layer of red clay soil covers much of the
  piedmont. Many streams and small rivers run
  through the region.
• Before many people settled in Georgia, the
  piedmont had mostly oak and hickory trees. Now
  the forests are mostly pine trees. Sweet gums,
  beeches, maples, elms, and birches still grow
  near the rivers.
• The animals that live in this habitat are birds,
  chipmunks, deer, fox, squirrels, and white-footed
  mice. Spotted salamanders survive in the forests
  by eating worms, insects, and snails. In fields
  and pastures, you can find butterflies, birds,
  foxes, and coyotes.
• In the rivers of the piedmont region, there are
  shoal bass, sunfish, and catfish. Beavers build
  dams and lodges on the smaller streams.

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Coastal plain An area of low, flat land near an
ocean.
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Georgias Coastal Plain Habitat

• The land is flat and the soils are sandy.
  Compared to other regions in Georgia, it has mild
  winters and hot summers. This is where the
  coastal plain meets the ocean. Salty spray from
  the ocean covers the beaches and sand dunes.
  Only a few plants, such as sea oats and beach
  grass can survive the salty sand.
• Sweet gum, magnolia, bay, and hickory trees grow
  along streams. In the flatwoods of the coastal
  plain grow pine, live oak, saw palmetto, wax
  myrtle, and wiregrass.
• Deer, bobcats, eastern diamondback rattlesnakes,
  skunks, opossums, raccoons, quail, and many
  songbirds live there.

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Wetland Land that is covered with water most of
the time
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Georgias Wetland Habitat

• Wetlands are found in every region of Georgia.
  (Bogs are found in the mountains, marshes are
  found near the coast, and swamps are found on the
  coastal plain.)
• Mountain bogs, piedmont marshes, and swamps in
  the coastal plain are all types of wetlands. The
  soil is usually wet and spongy. Many wetland
  plants, such as waterlillies, have long stems
  that grow under water.
• Many animals had adaptations for living in
  wetlands. Some ducks dive under water to get
  food. Alligators can stay under water for a long
  time without breathing.

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Can you use these vocabulary words in a sentence?

• Mountain a high, raised part of Earths surface
• Piedmont An area, with many hills, located
  between the mountains and the coastal plain.
• Coastal plain An area of low, flat land near an
  ocean.
• Wetland Land that is covered with water most of
  the time.
• Ecosystem All the living and nonliving things
  that interact in a place.
• Habitat The place where a plant or animal
  lives.