Regions of GA
This is a vast region of lakes, islands, marshes and forests. The muddy soil in this area is called peat. More than 6oo kinds of plants live here.
What is the Okefenokee Swamp?
The oil gland produces an oil that ducks spread over their feathers.
What is a structure?
This animal live in the Coastal Plain because the soil is soft and it is able to dig a home for itself.
What is the gopher tortoise?
True or False
It takes 2-3 years for an animal's remains to become a fossil.
This region has many rolling hills. A thick layer of red clay soil covers much of this region. Many streams and small rivers run through this region.
What is the piedmont?
Bringing down a large tree to use for building a home.
What is a behavior?
This animal lives all over the state because it can live anywhere there is water.
What is the beaver?
These body parts rot away after an animal dies.
What are the soft parts?
In this region the land is flat and the soils are sandy. Compared with other regions this region has mild winters and hot summers.
What is the Coastal Plain?
Preening uses the beak to position feathers or spread oil from the oil gland.
What is behavior?
This animal uses its bill to spread oil through its feathers.
What is a duck?
This type of fossil was found in Macon, GA.
What is a whale?
This region has many mountains. This region gets more rain and snow than any other regions. It can be warm in summer, but temperatures often drop below freezing in winter.
What are the Mountains?
Webbed feet, with skin connecting their three front toes, act like paddles for swimming.
What is a structure?
This animal is a large lizardlike animal with a long, rounded snout and a powerful tail. It spends most of its time in the water, but can also travel on land.
What is an alligator?
This piles on top of an animal's bones.
What is mud?
This is a large body of salt water on the east coast of Georgia that many animals live in or near.
What is the Atlantic Ocean and wetlands?
Hibernating in caves or abandoned mines, often tucked into deep cracks or crevices
What is behavior?
This small mammal lives in the mountains of Georgia. It sleeps upside down during the day and comes out at night.
What is the Northern Long-Eared bat?
An animal's bones are replaced with this over a very long period of time.
What is stone?