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Georgia Habitats: Coastal Plain and Atlantic Ocean Test

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What plants found on sand dunes help prevent erosion of the sand dunes?

a)

sea oats

b)

seaweed

c)

cypress tress

d)

maples trees

2.

Which animal comes ashore to lay its eggs on the barrier islands?

a)

Northern Right Whale

b)

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

c)

Seagulls

d)

Seahorses

3.

Which Georgia habitat has flat land of sandy soil that makes it ideal for farming?

a)

Coast Plain

b)

The Beach

c)

Piedmont

d)

Swamp and Marsh

4.

Which organisms make their homes in the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Bass and Turtles

b)

Right Whales and Loggerhead Sea Turtles

c)

Bald Eagle and Warbler

d)

Sharks and Goldfish

5.

What do you call the sandy strip of land offshore that protects the mainland?

a)

sand dune

b)

continental shelf

c)

sandbar

d)

barrier island

6.

Where would you MOST LIKELY find sea oats, pennyworts, and morning glories?

a)

salt marshes

b)

sand dunes

c)

in the ocean

d)

Piedmont

7.

In what habitat would you MOST LIKELY find trees like the live oak, cypress, and saw palmetto?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Ocean

c)

Piedmont

d)

Mountains

8.

What would be the effect if a storm destroyed a barrier island?

a)

More trees would grow.

b)

Waves would carry away sand and soil.

c)

Marshes would dry up.

d)

Birds would drown.

9.

In what habitat do bog turtles, alligator, snapping turtles, muskrats, and wild hogs make their home?

a)

Mountains

b)

Piedmont

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Ocean

10.

What plant, also know as the air plant, hangs from trees in coastal cities, such as Savannah, Georgia?

a)

Saw Palmetto

b)

Spanish Moss

c)

Cypress Trees

d)

Sea Oats