Camp Bournedale Vocabulary

Question 1

plants that live on ocean surface, cannot propel themselves, so move by means of current waves.

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plankton

Question 2

cold-blooded vertebrate that lives in water, has gills, scales and fins

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fish

Question 3

An area of the ocean where the water meets the shore.

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intertidal zone

Question 4

A cold-blded vertebrate w/lungs, dry scaly skin, lay leathery eggs on land, young small adults.

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reptile

Question 5

The natural environment of an organism.

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habitat

Question 6

A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with its environment.

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ecosytstem

Question 7

animals w/ have a exoskeleton and jointed appendages. This includes crabs, lobsters, shrimp.

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crustacean

Question 8

The 7 categories descending order: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.

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classifications

Question 9

Warm-blded lung breathing vertebrates, feathers, semi-hollow bones, specialized feet.

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birds

Question 10

An area of water logged soil which is flooded by the sea at regular intervals.

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salt marsh

Question 11

A mix of fresh and salt water.

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brackish

Question 12

animals w/ soft body,make their own calcareous shell. Includes snails, bivalves, cephalopods.

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mollusk

Question 13

Any animal that has a backbone

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vertebrate

Question 14

The process by which organism’s best suited to their environment will survive and reproduce.

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natural selection

Question 15

Animals whose population has decreased to numbers low enough to threaten extinction.

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endangered species

Question 16

A land form which separates the salt marsh from the ocean.

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barrier beach

Question 17

A feature, behavior or change in an organism; enables it to better survive in its environment.

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adaptation

Question 18

Animals w/rounded bodies, rigid endoskeleton w/ movable spines. Urchins, sea stars, sand dollar

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echinoderm

Question 19

Any which lacks an internal backbone.

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invertebrate

Question 20

Warm-blooded,lung breathing vertebrates has hair or fur, feed young milk, live birth to young.

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mammals

Question 21

An animal which lives on or at the bottom substrate.

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benthic organism

Question 22

Slow changes in living organisms

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evolution

Question 23

cold-bld, lives on water & land, moist slimy skin, lays eggs on water,breath w/ lungs as adult.

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amphibian

Camp Bournedale Vocabulary

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Camp Bournedale Vocabulary

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