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Environments

"5th Grade - Environments - Terms and Definitions

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Environment Everything that surrounds and influences an organism.
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.
Terrarium A mini-garden in an enclosed container.
Organism Any living thing, including plants and animals.
Germinate Sprouting, initial growth, or developing of a seed.
Variable Something that can be changed.
Isopod Has seven pairs of legs that all function in the same way.
Beetle An insect that has hard chitinous forewings that cover and protect membranous flightwings.
Preferred Environment The set of environmental conditions that an organism appears to choose over other conditions.
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.
Range of Tolerance The varying conditions of one environmental factor in which an organism can survive.
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.
Aquarium A tank for keeping live water plants and animals.
Indicator A chemical used to test for the presence, absence, or amount of a substance in a material.
Carbon Dioxide An odorless, colorless gas present in the atmosphere. It is released by animals and plants during respiration.
Brine Shrimp Tiny animals related to crabs and lobsters.
Salinity How salty the water is. The concentration of salt in water.
Viable Alive and able to grow
Irrigate To water crops by artificial means
Drought A long period of dry weather.
Salt-tolerant Plants that can survive in salty environments
Salt-sensitive Plants that cannot survive in salty environments
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