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15 Cards in this Set
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Organism |
Any living thing |
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Piedmont |
An area of gently rolling land between a coast and mountains |
Gently Rolling Land |
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Reef |
A ridge of rock on the ocean bottom |
Ridge of Rock |
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Sandbar |
A long ridge of sand in shallow water usually close to a beach |
Ridge of sand |
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Swamp |
A wetland in which mostly trees and other Woody plants |
Mostly trees |
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Barrier Islands |
I send a strip of land offshore that protect the mainland |
Sandy strip |
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Coast |
Any place where an ocean meets land |
Ocean meets land |
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Continental shelf |
A gently sloping area of land at the ocean bottom near the shore |
Bottom |
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Dune |
A mound of sand formed by wind or water |
Mound |
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Ecosystem |
All the living and nonliving things that exist and interact in one place |
Exist and interact |
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Elevation |
How high something is above sea level |
High |
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Environment |
All the living and nonliving things that surround an organism |
Surrounds an organism |
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Estuary |
A place near the coast where fresh water from streams and rivers mixes with ocean |
Fresh water mixes with ocean |
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Habitat |
Any place where a plant or animal lives. |
lives |
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Marsh |
A wetland in which mostly grasses and other soft stem plants grow |
Grasses |