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Plant needs
Earth's biomes
Georgia habitats
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100
This is another name for a living thing
What is an organism?
100
Plants carry out this process of making food/sugar with help from the sun
What is photosynthesis?
100
The Gobi is a cold one of these dry regions found in China
What is a desert?
100
The Okefenokee is Georgia's famous one of these
What is a swamp?
100
Cows, pigs, chickens and sheep are considered this
What is livestock?
200
This is the natural home of plants or animals
What is a habitat?
200
Too much of this can kill a plant as well as too little, unless you are a plant that lives in the desert
What is water?
200
These forests are named for the evergreen, cone-bearing trees found there
What is a coniferous forest?
200
We live in this Georgia habitat which is located just below the mountains
What is the Piedmont?
200
The is the industry or occupation that deals with raising crops and/or livestock, and cultivating the land; it is also known as farming
What is agriculture?
300
All of the living and nonliving things in an area; rainforests and deserts are some examples
What is an ecosystem?
300
This substance that helps plants grow can be natural or artificial. The artificial kind can have bad effects on the environment.
What is fertilizer?
300
A temperate one of these biomes is found in the state of Washington in the United States
What is rain forest?
300
Savannah, Jekyll Island and Tybee Island are some of the places found in this habitat
What is the barrier islands and reef region?
300
A container, sometimes glass, used for displaying plants or animals
What is a terrarium?
400
Another word for the ecosystems found on earth; includes the climate for the area as well as temperature, rainfall and humidity
What is a biome?
400
combine vegetable scraps, fruit peels, egg shells and worms and you get this natural plant fertilizer
What is compost?
400
The African savannah and the American prairie are examples of this biome
What is a grassland?
400
These mountains border Georgia on the north section of the state
What are the Blue Ridge Mountains?
400
The top layer of soil
What is topsoil?
500
The surface features for an area; landforms
What is topography (topographical features)?
500
This type of soil has the most nutrients and is better for growing plants in than sand or clay
What is humus?
500
About 75% of the Earth's surface is covered with these types of biomes
What are aquatic ecosystems?
500
This area lies between the Piedmont and the ocean and covers more than half of the state
What is the Coastal Plain?
500
This word is used to describe what plants do or look like when they don't get enough water
What is wilt/wilting/wilted?