habitat, desert, forest

Patricia S.
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  1. habitat
    the type of environment in which an organism normally lives
    The Gopher Tortoise's habitat is slowly being destroyed.
  2. desert
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
    The coyote prowled through the sandy desert, sniffing each cactus as he went.
  3. forest
    a large, densely wooded area filled with trees and plants
  4. marine
    of or relating to the sea
  5. ocean
    a large body of water that is part of the hydrosphere
  6. freshwater
    water that is not salty
  7. biome
    major ecological community with distinct climate and flora
  8. adaptation
    the process of adjusting or conforming to new conditions
  9. interdependence
    a relation between entities that rely on each other
  10. rainforest
    a densely wooded tropical area with heavy precipitation
  11. natural selection
    a process in which organisms evolve to adapt to environment
  12. extinct
    no longer in existence
  13. endangered
    in imminent threat of extinction
Created on Thu May 09 10:15:42 EDT 2013 (updated Thu May 09 10:19:39 EDT 2013)

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