Habitats of Georgia Vocabulary

A sandy strip of land offshore that protects the mainland.

• Barrier Island

• Marsh

• Swamp

• Wetland

Coast is...

• A place where land meets land

• A long ridge of sand

• A place where an ocean meets land

• A wetland

A wetland is an area of high land covered by water for most of the year?

• True

• False

A dune is formed by

• Wind and ice

• Sand and wind

• Wind and rain

• Wind and water

A wetland in which mostly trees and other woody plants grow is a

• Wetland

• Swamp

• Coast

• Marsh

A marsh is ...

• A wetland in which mostly grasses and other soft stem plants grow; a grassy wetland.

• A wet area of low land covered by water most of the year.

• A dryland in which mostly grasses and other plants grow.

An ecosystem is where all the living and non living things exist and interact in one place.

• True

• False

A rock ridge on the ocean bottom is..

• Bedrock

• Gravel

• Reef

• Estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Elevation is

• How low something is above sea level

• How high something is below sea level

• How high the elevator will go

• How high some thing is above sea level

All the living and nonliving things that surround an organism is an

• Organism

• Environment

• Piedmont

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3