Habitats Review

You are working with your class to identify habitats within Georgia’s geographic regions. The table represents data for one type of habitat in Georgia. What habitat is described by the data?

• Swamp

• Piedmont

• Mountains

• Atlantic Ocean

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From the list below, what is the best question that you should ask about this organism to determine the habitat they are most likely to be found in?

• Does this organism have a long lifespan?

• What does this organism like to do during the day?

• What does this organism eat in order to survive?

• How many teeth does this organism have in its mouth?

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A heron is a bird that has a long, skinny beak that it uses to hunt fish, insects, and crustaceans while standing in shallow water. This feature helps the heron to survive best in which habitat?

• The Piedmont

• The Mountains

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Marsh and Swamp

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Noah is playing a guessing game, trying to figure out which Georgia habitat a hooded pitcher plant lives in. Which two questions will best help Noah decide which habitat a hooded pitcher plant grows in?

• Questions 1 and 2

• Questions 2 and 3

• Questions 1 and 4

• Questions 1 and 3

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Jaxson wants to figure out if a whitetail deer lives in the Piedmont or the Marsh and Swamp habitats. Which question should he ask and why?

• Does it need water to survive? Because the piedmont has water and the marsh and swamp do not.

• Does it need water to survive? Because the marsh and swamp has water and the piedmont has no water.

• Does it survive in wet, hot conditions where there is a lot of standing water? Because the piedmont has a lot of standing water and the marsh and swamp do not.

• Does it survive in wet, hot conditions where there is a lot of standing water? Because the marsh and swamp has a lot of standing water and the piedmont does not.

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Your class takes a field trip to the local park and you identify a pretty flower, pictured below. From the list provided, what is the best question you could ask to determine why the flower you’ve seen grows so well in this habitat?

• Why is the flower so tall?

• Does the flower need sunlight to grow?

• How much water does the flower need to grow best?

• If I cut the flower and put it in a vase, how long would it live?

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The mountain laurel plant only grows in the mountain habitat of Georgia. This plant grows on rocky slopes in forested areas. Could this plant survive in the marsh and swamp habitat?

• Yes, it can survive in the marsh and swamp habitat since it is a very hot and humid climate.

• No, the mountain laurel could not survive since the marsh and swamp habitat never gets rain.

• Yes, even though the ground is soft, the mountain laurel would still get the water it needs to survive.

• No, the mountain laurel could not survive since the marsh ground is very soft and does not contain the type of rocky soil that it needs to grow.

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Pine trees are able to live in many habitats in Georgia, including the Piedmont habitat that has dense clay soil. What is the best question that scientists should ask to help them learn more about the other types of HABITATS that pine trees can live in?

• Do pine trees provide shelter to other organisms?

• What are other plants and trees that can live in clay soil?

• Why do pine trees have needles on their branches and not leaves?

• What do pine trees need to live (water, amount of sunlight, nutrients)?

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The saw palmetto plant is a low growing plant that has stiff leaves and spiny leaf stems. Salt spray doesn’t bother it. In which of Georgia’s habitats would you most likely find the saw palmetto plant?

• The Coast

• The Swamp

• The Mountains

• The Piedmont

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a swamp?

• sandy soil

• low elevation

• high humidity

• standing water