Details Title: 2nd 9 weeks vocabulary Description: Adaptations and Instincts Total Flash Cards: 10 Created: 10/16/2006 06:47:17		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Science Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Symbiosis Definition A long-term relationship between two different organisms. Ex. a flower and a bee. Term Instinct Definition A behavior that is inherited. A behavior that is shared by an entire population. Term Competition Definition A contest for resources (food, water, land) in an ecosystem. Term Learned behavior Definition Behaviors that animals learn from their parents Term Estuary Definition A place where a fresh water river empties into an ocean. Term Intertidal zone Definition The zone at the ocean's edge where waves lap onto the shore and tides rise and fall. Term near-shore zone Definition The zone beyond the breaking waves. Waters are about 600 ft deep. Term Open-ocean zone Definition The zone that includes most of the ocean waters. Most organisms live near the surface. This zone is very deep. Term Biome Definition A large-scale ecosystem. The earth has six: tropical rain forest, deciduous forest, grassland, desert, tiaga and tundra. Term Climate zone Definition A region with yearly patterns of temperature, rainfall and amount of sunlight.