Characteristics of Habitats

1. Characteristics of Habitats

2. environment • all of the natural world of land, sea, and air

3. habitats • the natural home of a group of plants and animals

4. Georgia Habitats • Georgia has many different types of habitats. They include: • Mountains • Piedmont • Wetlands • Coastal Plains • Atlantic Ocean

5. wetlands • land where there is a lot of moisture in the soil, such as marshes and swamps

6. Other Habitats • Some other habitats that we that can be found around the world include: • Deserts • Grasslands

7. desert • dry, often sandy land that gets very little rain

8. grasslands • large, open areas of grass, such as pasture or prairie

9. trait • a feature, or a characteristic of an animal that makes him different from another • This is an arctic hare. • Shortened ears and thick, white fur are among the physical traits that it has adapted to survive in the harsh, frozen tundra.

10. reproduce • to produce more of a living thing

11. Survive • to stay alive • Using this picture, what do you think a plant or animal would need to survive?

12. migrate • to travel from one place to another and back again

13. hibernate • to spend the winter in a kind of deep sleep