Terms
The natural home of an animal or plant.
What is habitat?
The special job of an organism in its environment.
What is niche?
The movement from one place to another with the seasons.
What is migration?
Permanently frozen subsoil.
What is permafrost?
A fertile place in the desert with water.
What is oasis?
The weather conditions an area receives over time.
What is climate?
An animal that eats only plants.
What is a herbivore?
A deep winter sleep to conserve energy.
What is hibernation?
Treeless land because of permafrost.
What is tundra?
The ocean depth with the most light and photosynthesis.
What is the sunlight zone?
The height above sea level.
What is altitude?
An animal that eats plants and meat.
What is an omnivore?
Being active during the night.
What is nocturnal?
A large, flat, open area of grasses.
What is grassland?
The deepest places on the ocean floor.
What are trenches?
A word that means saltiness.
What is salinity?
An animal that eats only meat.
What is a carnivore?
To tunnel into the ground.
What is burrow?
A tropical grassland.
What is savanna?
A triangular landform at the mouth of a river.
What is delta?
A community of organisms interacting with their environment.
What is ecosystem?
A predator at the top of a food chain with no natural enemies.
What is an apex predator?
An animal that eats animals that have already died.
What is a scavenger?
A dry land with little plant growth.
What is desert?
A body of water where salt water mixes with fresh water.
What is estuary?