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Behavioral Adaptation
the behaviors that enable animals to
survive in their environments
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Physical Adaptation
physical traits that enable animals
to survive in their environments
Camouflagecolor or shape in an animal's
body covering that helps itblend into its environment.
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Environment
Everything that surrounds andaffects a living thing, includingnon-living things, such as waterand air, as well as other living
things.
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Habitat
The place where an animal lives.The physical characteristics of an
animal's surroundings.
Mimicry When one animal copies the
appearance, actions, or sounds ofanother animal, the first animal is
called a MIMIC.
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CarnivoreMeat eater
CellsBuilding blocks
of all living
organisms
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Chemical Energy Photosynthesis is a chemical reaction used by plants and some bacteria to use the energy from sunlight to produce sugar. In plants it isthe chlorophyll in the leaves that converts the rays from sunlight into chemical energy. It is this chemical energy that is used to start the
photosynthetic reaction.
Climate
The pattern or cycle of weather conditions such as temperature,wind, rain, snowfall, humidity, clouds, including extreme or
occasional ones, over a large area, averaged over many years.
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Condensation Change of a substance from the gaseous (vapor) to the liquid
state.Condensation happens when several gas molecules come
together and form a liquid. It all happens because of a loss of energy.
DepositionThe process of erosion stops when the transported particles
fall out of the transporting medium and settle on a surface.
This process is calleddeposition.
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Solar Eclipse
solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and theEarth, and the Moon fully or partially covers the Sun as viewed from a
location on Earth
Lunar EclipseA lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes behind the earth
such that the earth blocks the suns rays from striking the moon.
This can occur only when theSun,Earth andMoon are alignedexactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon -
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Ecosystem
A biological environment consisting of all theorganisms living in a particular area, as well as all the
nonliving, physical components of the environment with
which the organisms interact.
Electricity a general term that encompasses a variety of phenomena resultingfrom the presence and flow ofelectric charge. These include many
easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightningandstatic
electricity, but in addition, less familiar concepts, such as the
electromagnetic fieldandelectromagnetic induction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_chargehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightninghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_electricityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_electricityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_fieldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_inductionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_chargehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightninghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_electricityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_electricityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_fieldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_induction -
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Energy Pyramid
A pyramid of energy flow is helpful in examining how energy isdistributed within a food chain..
3. Energy for use by primary carnivores.
2. Energy for use by herbivores
1. Energy stored and used by green plants.
Erosion
Erosion is the process of weathering and transport of solids inthe natural environment or their source and deposits them
elsewhere.
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Food Web Representations of the predator-prey relationships betweenspecies within an ecosystem or habitat.
Friction Friction is a force that is created whenever two surfaces move or try tomove across each other.
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Herbivore
an animal that gets its energy from eating plants andonly
plants
Lunar Cycle
The cycle of moon phases
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Mass
The mass of an object is a fundamental property of the object; a
numerical measure of the amount of matter in the object.
Metamorphosis
Complete: 4 stages of life cycle
EGG LARVA PUPA ADULT.
Incomplete metamorphosis has only 3
stages: egg nymp; adult.
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Migration
Traveling of long distances in search of a new habitat. The trigger
for the migration may be local climate, local availability of food,
or the season of the year. To be counted as a true migration, and
not just a local dispersal or irruption, the movement of the animalsshould be an annual or seasonal occurrence.
OmnivoreAnimals that eat plants and animals
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Opaque
An opaque object is something that will allow no light to
pass through it because the density of the object is too great.
Things like wood folders and mirrors are opaque.
Physical Change
Change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to anotherwithout a change in chemical composition.
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Producer
On the food chain, producers are usually green plants, that use
chlorophyll to convert energy from the sun to the food.
Consumer
Consumers have to feed on producers or other consumers to
survive.
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Radiant Energy
Radiant energy is the energy of electromagnetic waves.
ReflectionThe light energy that bounces off objects.
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RefractionRefraction occurs because light
bends. A lens is a piece oftransparent material. It is usually
made of glass and has at least one
curved surface.
Transparent
A transparent object is something that will allow all of the light
rays to pass through it. Things like glass, some kids of plastic and
food wrap are transparent because of the density of the molecules
inside it.
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TranslucentA translucent object is a material that will only allow some or a
little bit of the light rays to pass through it. Things like wax paper,
cloth and paper are translucent because of the density of themolecules inside it.
Weathering Weathering is the breaking down of Earth's rocks,soils andmineralsthrough direct contact with the planet's atmosphere. Weathering occurs
in situ, or "with no movement", and thus should not be confused with
erosion, which involves the movement of rocks and minerals by agents
such as water, ice, wind, and gravity.
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