Leah's Flash Cards

Front 1

Organism

Back 1

Any living thing

Front 2

Piedmont

Back 2

An area of gently rolling land between a coast and mountains

Hint 2

Gently Rolling Land

Front 3

Reef

Back 3

A ridge of rock on the ocean bottom

Hint 3

Ridge of Rock

Front 4

Sandbar

Back 4

A long ridge of sand in shallow water usually close to a beach

Hint 4

Ridge of sand

Front 5

Swamp

Back 5

A wetland in which mostly trees and other Woody plants

Hint 5

Mostly trees

Front 6

Barrier Islands

Back 6

I send a strip of land offshore that protect the mainland

Hint 6

Sandy strip

Front 7

Coast

Back 7

Any place where an ocean meets land

Hint 7

Ocean meets land

Front 8

Continental shelf

Back 8

A gently sloping area of land at the ocean bottom near the shore

Hint 8

Bottom

Front 9

Dune

Back 9

A mound of sand formed by wind or water

Hint 9

Mound

Front 10

Ecosystem

Back 10

All the living and nonliving things that exist and interact in one place

Hint 10

Exist and interact

Front 11

Elevation

Back 11

How high something is above sea level

Hint 11

High

Front 12

Environment

Back 12

All the living and nonliving things that surround an organism

Hint 12

Surrounds an organism

Front 13

Estuary

Back 13

A place near the coast where fresh water from streams and rivers mixes with ocean

Hint 13

Fresh water mixes with ocean

Front 14

Habitat

Back 14

Any place where a plant or animal lives.

Hint 14

lives

Front 15

Marsh

Back 15

A wetland in which mostly grasses and other soft stem plants grow

Hint 15

Grasses