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2nd 9 weeks vocabulary
Adaptations and Instincts
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Science
5th Grade
10/16/2006

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Symbiosis
Definition
A long-term relationship between two different organisms. Ex. a flower and a bee.
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Instinct
Definition
A behavior that is inherited. A behavior that is shared by an entire population.
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Competition
Definition
A contest for resources (food, water, land) in an ecosystem.
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Learned behavior
Definition
Behaviors that animals learn from their parents
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Estuary
Definition
A place where a fresh water river empties into an ocean.[image]
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Intertidal zone
Definition
The zone at the ocean's edge where waves lap onto the shore and tides rise and fall.
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near-shore zone
Definition
The zone beyond the breaking waves. Waters are about 600 ft deep.
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Open-ocean zone
Definition
The zone that includes most of the ocean waters. Most organisms live near the surface. This zone is very deep.
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Biome
Definition
A large-scale ecosystem. The earth has six: tropical rain forest, deciduous forest, grassland, desert, tiaga and tundra.
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Climate zone
Definition
A region with yearly patterns of temperature, rainfall and amount of sunlight.
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