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What does adapt mean?
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To make suitable by changing or adjusting
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It's a verb.
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What is Algae?
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A large group of water organisms
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Remember the pool...
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What is an aquarium?
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A tank for keeping live water plants and animals.
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It's a noun.
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What is a beetle?
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A type of insect with special forewings that harden and cover the back wings.
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Remember about the wings.
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What is a biome?
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One of the major terrestrial ecosystems different because of specific soil conditions and climate.
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Think about what makes one biome different from another one.
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What is Brine Shrimp?
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Tiny crustaceans found in salt ponds and salt lakes.
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I don't want these for dinner please.
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What does it mean to camouflage?
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To hide or disguise
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This can be a verb or a noun.
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What is carbon dioxide and how is it produced?
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A colorless, odorless gas present in the atmosphere released by plants and animals in respiration.
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What is a chemical?
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A substance obtained (or made during)a chemical process.
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What is a controlled experiment?
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A set of experiments when only one variable is changed each time.
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What does dormant mean?
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At rest
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What is a drought?
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A long period of dry weather
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What is an ecosystem?
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A system of living things and all the non-living things around it and their relationships.
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It's a system...
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What is an environment?
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Everything that surrounds and influences an organism.
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What is an environmental factor?
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One part of the environment. It can be living or non living.
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What does germinate mean?
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When a seed sprouts, or starts to grow and develop.
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What is an indicator?
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A chemical used to test for the presence, absence, or amount of a substance in a material.
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What is an invertebrate?
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Without a backbone.
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What does it mean to irrigate?
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To water crops by artificial means
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Like with a hose.
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What is an isopod?
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A small crustacean with 14 legs that all function together.
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What is a microorganism?
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A microscopic organism such as bacteria or algae.
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What is a nutrient?
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A chemical needed for the maintenance, growth and development of an organism.
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Think about nutrition.
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What does it mean if something is optimum?
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Ideal conditions for the growth, devlopment and reproduction of an organism.
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What is a parasite?
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An organism that lives in or on another organism at the expense of the host.
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You don't want one of these!
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What is phosphate?
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A type of salt present in rocks and the remains of organisms; often used for fertilizer.
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What is photosynthesis?
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The process by which plants make energy for food from carbon dioxide and light.
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What is precipitation?
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Water that falls to the Earth as mist, rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
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It's part of the water cycle.
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What is a predator?
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An animal that preys on other animals.
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What is a preferred environment?
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The set of environmental conditions that an organism appers to choose over other conditions.
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What is a range of tolerance?
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The varying conditions of one environment in which an organism can survive.
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What is salinity?
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The concentration of salt in water.
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This is a measurement of something.
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What does salt-sensitive mean?
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Unable to survive in salty environments.
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What does salt-tolerant mean?
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Able to survive in salty environments.
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What is sediment?
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Tiny bits of rock, shell, dead plants, or other materials that settle out of a fluid.
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Like we did at Soergels.
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What is a source?
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The point where something begins.
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What is a species?
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A group of organisms that differ in one or more characteristics from the organisms in other groups.
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What does synthetic mean?
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Produced artificially, from chemicals.
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Remember my shoes
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What is a terrarium?
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A container for keeping or raising plants or small animals.
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This is different from an aquarium.
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What is uranium?
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A silvery, heavy radioactive element that exists in nature.
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Used to make nuclear power and bombs.
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What is a variable?
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Something that can be changed.
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What does viable mean?
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Alive and able to grow.
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