Nature Bowl Vocabulary Words C, D, E | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Endangered

A species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction.

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What are other 'at risk' classifications for species?

Threatened or Species of Concern

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Endemic

A species confined to a particular country or area.

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Energy

The matter that drives all life processes, and the capacity of all life forms.

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Animals make energy from...

food and water.

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Plants make energy from...

photosynthesis and root systems.

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Energy sources are either...

renewable or nonrenewable.

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Energy in the form of heat and electricity is created from...

power sources like solar, wind, biomass, hydro, geothermal and by burning fossil fuels like coal.

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Environment

The air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a given organism at any time.

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Erosion

The wearing away of soil or rock by water, wind, or other natural or unnatural forces or processes.

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Estuary

A habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean.

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Brackish

A mixing of salt and fresh water. Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink.

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In California, the estuary is...

more salty that fresh due to limited outflow.

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Evergreen

A tree or plant that does not lose its leaves in the winter and stays green all year round.

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Exoskeleton

Any hard external supporting body structure of an invertebrate.

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Extinction

The condition of having been removed from existence.

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