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Georgia Plants, Animals, and Habitats
Notes & Study Guide
Chapter 6~ Lesson 1 pp. 226-238
Test Date: _____________________
Vocabulary: Study vocabulary cards for the following words: trait, survive,
adaptation, reproduce.
1. trait: A characteristic or feature of a plant or animal.
2. survive: To stay alive
3. adaptation: A trait that helps a living thing survive.
4. reproduce: To produce or make new living things (plants or animals).
Plants have features that
help them survive, grow,
and reproduce.
Features for Survival
*Thorns
*Spines
*Prop Roots
*Always faces
toward the sun
Features for Growth
*Vines wrap
around other
plants like trees.
*Hard wood
*Roots store food
and water.
Features for
Reproduction
*Nectar
*Smelly flowers
*Seeds that
spread.
Chapter 6~ Lesson 2 pp. 242-251
Vocabulary: Study vocabulary cards for the following words: hibernate,
migrate, camouflage, and mimicry.
1. hibernate: to spend the winter in a kind of deep sleep.
2. migrate: to travel from one place to another and back again.
3. camouflage: to blend in with the natural surroundings.
4. mimicry: to pretend to be an animal that you are not.
Examples of adaptations of animals surviving and reproducing:
Adaptations for Survival
Behaviors for Survival
Other Adaptations for
Sharp beaks, big mouths, Hibernate, migrate, heart
Survival
good eyesight, hard
beat slows down when
Camouflage, mimicry,
shell, sharp claws,
hibernating.
lays lots of eggs.
opposing thumbs.
Chapter 7~ Lesson 1 pp. 262-272
Vocabulary: Study vocabulary cards for the following words: environment,
ecosystem, habitat.
1. environment: everything that is around a living thing.
2. ecosystem: all of the living and nonliving things that interact in a place.
3. habitat: the place where a plant or an animal lives.
Parts of a Pond
Ecosystem
Non-Living Things
 Rocks
 Soil
 Water
 Air
Living Things
 Animals
 Plants
 Insects
Chapter 7~ Lesson 2 pp. 275-289
Describe what each region of Georgia looks like. Label them on the map of
Georgia.
1. mountain: a high, raised part of Earth’s surface
2. piedmont: an area with many hills, located between the mountains
and the Coastal Plain (where we live, Atlanta)
3. coastal plain: An area of low flat land near an ocean.
4. wetland: land that is covered with water most of the time.
Chapter 7~ Lesson 3 pp. 290-300
Vocabulary:
1. drought: a long period of time with very little rain.
2. balance: not too many and not too few of a kind of living thing.
How would you describe an environment that is NOT in balance?
______If there were too many animals eating plants in an area, they would
run out of plants to eat. They would then die or have to leave. _________
Where are wetlands found in Georgia?
In bogs, marshes, and swamp areas. They are mostly in the southeastern
part of Georgia.
How do changes to
habitats affect living things?
How climate changes
affect living things?
How fire affects living
things?
What is balance
between living things?
A drought can kill
plants that live in a
place that it usually
rains.
*kills living things
*creates an open
space for new
plants to grow
*allows long leaf
pines to drop
seeds
When there is not
too many or too few
of plants and
animals living in an
environment.
Cause and Effect
Cause
A Drought
Effect
Can kill plants and
animals
Fires
*Kill living things AND
*Create an open
space where plants
can get sunlight
There are not
enough plants in
an environment
The animals will not
have any food to
eat.
Cut out the vocabulary cards and play a matching game to help you study for the test.
The place where a
plant or animal lives
A feature of a plant or
an animal
habitat
hibernate
A trait that helps a
living thing survive
migrate
To go into a kind of
deep sleep
trait
To stay alive
adaptation
To produce new living
things
survive
To travel from one
place to another and
back again
reproduce
Everything that is
around a living thing
environment
Georgia Habitats
Location
Plants
Plants
Animals
Mountains
Piedmont
Coastal
Plain
Atlantic
Ocean
Wetlands
Northern part
of GA
Middle part of
GA
Lower half of
GA
Southeastern
part of GA
Bogs, Marshes,
and Swamps
-Pine Tree
Magnolia
Trees
-Seaweed
-Water lilies
-Sea Kelp
-Cattails
Live Oak Trees
Sea Oats
-Cypress Trees
-Pitcher Plant
Gopher
Tortoise
-Dolphin
Marsh rabbit
Eastern
Hemlock
Mountain
Laurel
Black Bear
-Sweet Gum
Tree
Relict Trillium
-Deer
-Spotted
Salamander
Animals
Animals
Bobcat
Brown
Thrasher
Red Squirrel
Fox Squirrel
-Pelican
Diamondback
Rattle Snakes
Song Birds
Loggerhead
Sea turtles
Alligators
Right Whale
Raccoon
Vocabulary Matching Answer Key
habitat - the place where a plant or animal lives
hibernate - to go into a kind of deep sleep
migrate - To travel from one place to another and back again
trait - a feature of a plant or an animal
adaptation - a trait that helps a living thing survive
survive - to stay alive
reproduce - to produce new living things
environment - everything that is around a living thing
Vocabulary Matching Answer Key
habitat - the place where a plant or animal lives
hibernate - to go into a kind of deep sleep
migrate - To travel from one place to another and back again
trait - a feature of a plant or an animal
adaptation - a trait that helps a living thing survive
survive - to stay alive
reproduce - to produce new living things
environment - everything that is around a living thing