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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.
http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/d.html#depositionhttp://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/d.html#deposition


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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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_(geology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineralhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospherehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erosionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_(geology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineralhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospherehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erosion

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