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Habitat Vocab. 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An area of wet, low land. It usually contains a large amount of grass and no trees. | Marsh |
| The land that borders a sea or ocean. | Coast |
| A living things home. | Habitat |
| All the living things in an ecosystem. | Community |
| Trees that lose their leaves during the fall and winter months. They have leafs, fruit or flowers and bark. Common broadleaf include the maple, oak and ash. | Broadleaf Trees |
| All the living and nonliving things in a place. | Ecosystem |
| A special characteristic that helps an animal survive. For example, a chameleon changes colors to blend into its environment. | Adaptation |
| All of the “nature made” things that are useful in your environment | Natural Resources |
| All the members of a single type of organism. A community has several of these in it. | Population |
| An area of land that is made up of a series of rolling hills and occasional mountains. Its name means foot of the mountain. | Piedmont |
| Evergreen trees whose color and appearance does not change with the seasons. Tree parts include the scalelike or needlelike leafs, bark and cones. Common species include cedar, cypress and douglas-fir. | Needleleaf Trees |
| The large body of salt water that covers most of Earth's surface. The Atlantic is located off the coast of Georgia. | Ocean |
| Something that is not alive, like a rock or dirt. | Non-living Organism |
| The destruction or discoloring action on resources caused by air, water, or frost, especially on rock or wood. | Weathering |
| A measure of how hot or cold something is. A habitats measure impacts what plants and animals can survive in it. | Temperature |
| The act of protecting our resources; including the land, water, plants, animals and air. | Conservation |
| A type of broadleaf tree that bear fruit or flowering plants. | Fruit-bearing Trees |
| A living organism that is threatened with extinction | Endangered Species |
| One of the basic needs provided by a habitat that helps protect an organism and offers it a safe place to rest or reproduce. | Shelter |
| The visible features of a plant or animal that help the animal survive in a given habitat. For example, the spoonbill has a spoon-shaped beak to help him catch fish. | External Feature |
| All things that make up an area like land, water, and air. | Environment |
| The ability to do work. Living organisms need food to produce this. | Energy |
| A single type of living thing. For example, all the American Alligators in a swamp make up a population. | Organism |
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