ANIMALS
Mimicry is an adaptation that some non-venomous snakes have. Many snakes found in Georgia look like the venomous water moccasin. Why is this adaptation helpful?
Other animals or predators will leave the snake alone, because it looks like the venomous water moccasin.
Crabs live in the OCEAN. The ocean has SALT WATER.
The lakes and rivers in the PIEDMONT and MOUNTAINS have FRESH WATER. Fresh water has NO SALT like the ocean.
Explain why the crab would not survive if we moved him to a lake in the mountains.
Crabs live in the salty ocean, so he needs salt water and eats other organisms that grow only in salt water. He would die if he was moved to a fresh water lake.
The alligator has a strong tail for swimming and webbed feet. It needs warm weather and sunshine. In which habitat would it be most DIFFICULT for the alligator to survive?
What is the Mountain habitat?
What is the name for cutting down all the trees in an area covered with forest?
What is deforestation?
A farmer buys some land and cuts down the trees to make room for his crops.
What will the forest animals be forced to do?
They will be forced to move to a different location.
Bears eat during Spring, Summer and Fall and then sleep during the winter months when it is cold and there is little food. Bull frogs do the same thing, but they bury themselves in mud during the winter months. What is this adaptation called?
What is hibernation?
Bullfrogs hibernate in the mud- interesting!
It rains in the Georgia Mountains where Pine trees grow well. The Georgia Mountains are cold.
It also rains a lot on the Coast of Georgia where the Palm Trees grow. The Coast of Georgia is warm.
Which factor allows the Palm Trees to grow best in the Southern Coast of Georgia? Is it the temperature or the rain and why?
It is the WARM temperature of the Coast of Georgia, because both areas have rain, but only the coast is warm enough for the Palm Tree.
When you see a deer crossing a highway, where do you think it might be going?
To find more food, because his habitat may have run out of food.
The deer, birds and other mammals that lived in a forest were all forced to MOVE to another habitat because there was no food or shelter left in their habitat. What did humans likely do to cause this?
What is "Cut down all the trees"?
What is Deforestation?
A farmer buys some land that was a natural habitat for deer. He puts his milking cattle (cows) on the land so they can eat well and use this area as a food source.
What might happen to the deer?
They will run out of food-starve.
Or they will have to move habitats.
Alligators need WARM climates.
The Mountains of north Georgia get very cold.
The Swamps and Marshes of Georgia stay fairly warm all year.
Which habitat would be DANGEROUS for the Alligator and why?
The Mountains would be dangerous because it is too COLD there for the alligator.
The land in this region is very flat and WARM.
What is the Coastal Plain?
Most of the deforestation probably happens in this region of Georgia, because it is where the capital city of Atlanta is located, and they cut down a lot of trees to build malls, houses and business here.
What is the Piedmont region?
There are many small plants that grow on a forest floor. Azaleas and Lilies grow best under the SHADE of the forest trees. What might happen to these small plants if DEFORESTATION occurred?
They would die?
They cannot move to a new habitat like animals, so they would just die because there is no more SHADE.
Overfishing means that fisherman are fishing too much. What do you think happens to the population (the number of fish left) in the sea?
Does it go UP or DOWN?
The population goes down.
Less fish in the sea.
The Alligator of the swamps and marshes is able to swim fast to catch food. Which adaptation allows it to swim fast?
What are webbed feet and a strong tail.
These are the two wetland areas that located in Georgia. Alligators and Carnivorous plants are found here.
What are the Marsh and Swamp?
Fresh water does not contain salt. What are the bodies of water called that exist in the Piedmont and Georgia mountains that are FRESH WATER?
What are ponds or lakes?
Many animals including butterflies and birds use this type of adaptation of traveling hundreds of miles from areas that are colder to areas that are warmer where they can find more FOOD.
What is this adaptation called?
What is migration?
Fishing TECHNOLOGY has advanced. Now fisherman can use underwater radar system to figure out where the big schools of fish are located. Why could this be harmful to the ocean habitat?
It could mean they fish too much and kill too many fish. (Causing the population to go down.)
The gopher tortoise needs sunlight to stay WARM! For protection he can bury himself in the sand, using his EXTREMELY strong LEGS. Which region is he best adapted for?
Mountains, Piedmont or Coastal Plains?
What is the Coastal Plains? He needs to stay warm, and can use his strong legs to dig into the sandy beach soil.
This region of state has beaches and sand dunes.
The gopher tortoise lives here.
What is the Coast near the Ocean?
Name the regions of Georgia from Coldest to Warmest, or North to South.
What are Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Swamp and Marsh, Ocean?
Adjusting their MIGRATION PATH means that some animals will not fly to the same place every year because that place/habitat has CHANGED. What are some changes that might cause this ADJUSTMENT IN MIGRATION PATH?
Not enough FOOD left in the habitat, caused by:
deforestation
pollution
forest fire......or...
natural disasters.
The Monarch Butterflies will adjust their migration path to and from Mexico if the MILKWEED plant that they need for food and shelter is taken away.
What could cause the MILKWEED plant to disappear?
Deforestation
Forest fire
Pollution
Natural disaster