"5th Grade - Environments - Terms and Definitions
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| Environment | Everything that surrounds and influences an organism.
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| Environmental Factor | One part of the environment. It can be nonliving, such as water, light, temperature, or chemical, or living, such as a plant or an animal.
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| Terrarium | A mini-garden in an enclosed container.
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| Organism | Any living thing, including plants and animals.
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| Germinate | Sprouting, initial growth, or developing of a seed.
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| Variable | Something that can be changed.
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| Isopod | Has seven pairs of legs that all function in the same way.
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| Beetle | An insect that has hard chitinous forewings that cover and protect membranous flightwings.
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| Preferred Environment | The set of environmental conditions that an organism appears to choose over other conditions.
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| Controlled Experiment | A set of compared investigations in which one variable is manipulated by steps while all other variables are controlled or kept the same.
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| Range of Tolerance | The varying conditions of one environmental factor in which an organism can survive.
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| Optimum | The condition or degree of an environmental factor that is favorable to an organism’s growth, development, and reproduction.These environmental conditions are the best conditions for an organism.
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| Aquarium | A tank for keeping live water plants and animals.
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| Indicator | A chemical used to test for the presence, absence, or amount of a substance in a material.
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| Carbon Dioxide | An odorless, colorless gas present in the atmosphere. It is released by animals and plants during respiration.
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| Brine Shrimp | Tiny animals related to crabs and lobsters.
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| Salinity | How salty the water is. The concentration of salt in water.
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| Viable | Alive and able to grow
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| Irrigate | To water crops by artificial means
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| Drought | A long period of dry weather.
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| Salt-tolerant | Plants that can survive in salty environments
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| Salt-sensitive | Plants that cannot survive in salty environments
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