ANIMALS
LAND
PLANTS
ADAPTATIONS
GA SCRAMBLE
100
Loggerhead Sea Turtles are found in this region of our state.
What is Atlantic Ocean OR the Coast?
100
The soil in this region of Georgia is made up of mostly sand.
What is the Coast?
100
Sea oats are protected plants that grow in this region of Georgia. They are important because they help to keep the sand dunes from eroding.
What is the Coast?
100
Black bears and bats both use this adaptation to help them to survive the cooler winter temperatures in the Mountain region.
What is hibernation?
100
This is the name of one of the largest swamps in the United States. The Native Americans gave it this name which means "Land of the Trembling Earth".
What is the Okefenokee Swamp?
200
The Gopher Tortoise calls this region of Georgia its home.
What is the Coastal Plain?
200
This Georgia region is where the capital of Georgia and most of the other largest cities in the state are located.
What is the Piedmont?
200
Ferns, mosses, mountain laurels, and rhododendrons are some of the plants that can be found in this Georgia region.
What is the Mountain region?
200
Name at least two adaptations that help birds like the snowy egret and great blue heron to meet their need for food in the Swamp and Marsh region.
What are long beaks for spearing fish and long legs for wading in the water.
200
This point in the Mountain region is the point of highest elevation (tallest point) in the state.
What is Brasstown Bald?
300
The black bear and bats are both creatures that hibernate and are found in this region of Georgia.
What is the Mountain region?
300
The land in this region is very flat.
What is the Coastal Plain?
300
Many of the trees in this region are deciduous and are found in parks and small forests that have been left uncut as homes, businesses, and roads have been built.
What is Piedmont region?
300
Many animals in the Swamp and Marsh region must be able to survive in these areas where there is a mixture of salt water and fresh water.
What are estuaries?
300
This is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Piedmont region from the Coastal Plain.
What is the Fall Line?
400
Many animals in this region of Georgia have had to look for new homes in other areas or adapt to many changes to their habitats because of all of the land that has been used for building homes, offices, and roads.
What is the Piedmont?
400
These are the two wetland areas that located in Georgia.
What are the Marsh and Swamp?
400
The longleaf pine tree once covered most of the state of Georgia but are now found mainly in this region of the state.
What is Coastal Plain?
400
Many animals including many types of birds and the right whale use this adaptation of traveling hundreds of miles from areas that are colder to areas that are warmer.
What is migration?
400
This is the capital of the state of Georgia which is located in the Piedmont region.
What is Atlanta?
500
Some of the animals that call this region home are water moccasins, frogs, alligators, and ospreys.
What is the Swamp and Marsh region?
500
This region of state has beaches and sand dunes.
What is the Coast?
500
The bald cypress tree has knobby roots, called knees, that stick out of the water. That helps it to grow well in this region of Georgia.
What is Swamp and Marsh?
500
Some plants, that live in areas where the soil is poor in nutrients, will use this adaptation to make up for the lack of nutrients. Some examples of these plants from our state are bladderworts, pitcher plants, and the sundew plant.
What is trapping and digesting insects OR What is being carnivorous?
500
Name the regions of Georgia as they are numbered on the map shown.
What is Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Swamp and Marsh, Coast, Atlantic Ocean.
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