natural disasters Crossword Puzzles
A Teen Hero award crosswords 2025-02-15
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- Providing assistance, support, or resources to individuals or groups who are facing difficulties or challenges, such as poverty, illness, or natural disasters.
- Writing and publishing articles or posts on a blog to raise awareness, share information, and advocate for a particular social, environmental, or political issue.
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- Organizing events, campaigns, or activities to collect donations or funds to support charitable organizations and their causes.
- Speaking in front of an audience to inform, educate, or persuade them about a specific topic, often related to social issues, personal experiences, or professional expertise.
- Taking actions or advocating against the mistreatment, abuse, or exploitation of animals, promoting their welfare and rights.
- Planning and executing a series of actions or events aimed at achieving a specific goal, often related to social change, political issues, or fundraising efforts.
- Offering time and skills without monetary compensation to support and assist organizations, communities, or individuals in need.
7 Clues: Taking actions or advocating against the mistreatment, abuse, or exploitation of animals, promoting their welfare and rights. • Organizing events, campaigns, or activities to collect donations or funds to support charitable organizations and their causes. • ...
DPM - Oil Spill 2022-11-14
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- containment device
- the planning and implementing phase for a disaster
- efforts made to restore possible damage
- engineered alteration or act of protecting against disasters or hazards
- chemicals
- an escape of oil into the sea or other body of water
- may use suction
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- theoretical measures that are planned and used to prevent or mitigate a disaster
- identifying risks, assessing threats to life and property, and implementing actions before hazard
- takes place when hazard is occurring
- Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management
11 Clues: chemicals • may use suction • containment device • takes place when hazard is occurring • efforts made to restore possible damage • the planning and implementing phase for a disaster • an escape of oil into the sea or other body of water • Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management • engineered alteration or act of protecting against disasters or hazards • ...
The Odyssey vocabulary word crossword puzzle 2022-05-25
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- a surprise attacking that came from a concealed place
- great sorrow
- amount of alcohol poured or drunk to honor a god
- prediction of something to happen in the future, made by a prophet
- difficult or unfortunate circumstances
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- a fortress used to protect cities from disasters such as an attack
- to urge or push someone to do something
- something similar to a ghost that seems real but isn't
- to make a loud noise
- more than enough
- the front part of the ship that points out
11 Clues: great sorrow • more than enough • to make a loud noise • difficult or unfortunate circumstances • to urge or push someone to do something • the front part of the ship that points out • amount of alcohol poured or drunk to honor a god • a surprise attacking that came from a concealed place • something similar to a ghost that seems real but isn't • ...
AMI Ag Crossword 2026-01-20
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- Money borrowed that must be repaid
- Willingness of consumers to buy a product
- A person or business that buys goods or services
- Costs of operating a business
- Legal responsibility for damages or losses
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- A plan for how money will be earned and spent
- Land, labor, and capital used to produce goods
- Written proof of a purchase or sale
- Money left after expenses are subtracted from income
- Protects farmers from major losses due to disasters or weather
- Amount of a product available for sale
11 Clues: Costs of operating a business • Money borrowed that must be repaid • Written proof of a purchase or sale • Amount of a product available for sale • Willingness of consumers to buy a product • Legal responsibility for damages or losses • A plan for how money will be earned and spent • Land, labor, and capital used to produce goods • ...
Auto Insurance Crossword 2024-12-02
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- Client retains unrestricted rights to bring suit against negligence party (ex pain and suffering)
- Pre-insurance photo inspection required by law by drivers applying for physical damage coverage for a used vehicle. (FL, NJ, NY, RI, and Mass)
- each party's own Insurance company pays for their own medical expenses and related cost after an accident. Regardless of who is at fault
- a form that is proof of car insurance, issued by an insurance agent, and only available in NC
- Covers the expenses related to the damage of another person's property
- Protects you if you're in an accident caused by a driver that doesn't have enough insurance
- Covers the expenses related to the injury or death of another driver or a pedestrian
- Client can only sue for actual damages
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- Protects you if you're in an accident caused by a driver who doesn't have insurance
- Pays for damage to your vehicle by a accident with an other object or vehicle
- Specific conditions or situations listed in your policy that are not covered by your insurance
- Covers damage to your vehicle caused by things such as theft, vandalism, fire, or other natural disasters
- A request made to your insurance company to cover your loses or damages according to the terms of your policy
- Form submitted to the state DMV by the insurance carrier that shows the client carries sufficient coverage to meet their state minimum liability requirement
- An Auto policy endorsement that covers medical expenses related to a vehicular accident
- This is also known as no-fault insurance
16 Clues: Client can only sue for actual damages • This is also known as no-fault insurance • Covers the expenses related to the damage of another person's property • Pays for damage to your vehicle by a accident with an other object or vehicle • Protects you if you're in an accident caused by a driver who doesn't have insurance • ...
Health Law 2025-04-30
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- External evaluation of health institutions’ quality and operations
- Government-funded medical institution for multi-specialty care
- Primary care unit offering home and outpatient services
- Official authorization to perform medical duties
- Traditional maternal health profession
- A person qualified to dispense and prepare medicine
- Individual replacing body parts for therapeutic purposes
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- Measures to support physical, mental, and social well-being
- Institutions offering urgent medical help
- Health care support for long-term conditions
- Term for both public health and medical services
- Evaluation of hospital performance by external experts
- Health restoration practices after illness or injury
- Public official organization managing health policy
- Organized response to health crises and public disasters
15 Clues: Traditional maternal health profession • Institutions offering urgent medical help • Health care support for long-term conditions • Term for both public health and medical services • Official authorization to perform medical duties • Public official organization managing health policy • A person qualified to dispense and prepare medicine • ...
LESSON #9 - VOCABULARY 2024-10-02
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- - Hurricanes and earthquakes are natural_______.
- - Taylor Swift is a popular _______.
- - It's hard to ______ how much one trillion dollars is.
- - The factory had a priority to not ____ the river.
- - The judge was asked to _____ the punishment.
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- - The farmers _____ the wheat and corn.
- - Hurricane Helene caused a lot of ____ in the southeast USA.
- - The team was _____ because they made a lot of mistakes.
- - The neighbors get a _____ from Amazon every day.
- - The students were _____ of not studying for the test.
- - Thomas Edison and Henry Ford were famous _____.
- - The 300 old diamond ring was ______.
12 Clues: - Taylor Swift is a popular _______. • - The 300 old diamond ring was ______. • - The farmers _____ the wheat and corn. • - The judge was asked to _____ the punishment. • - Hurricanes and earthquakes are natural_______. • - Thomas Edison and Henry Ford were famous _____. • - The neighbors get a _____ from Amazon every day. • ...
Rubenstein Chapter 3 Part 2 vocabulary 2021-02-06
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- People who enter a country without proper documents. Aka undocumented immigrants.
- Mental, cultural, economic, political, or physical challenges that prevent migration. Migrants turn back or otherwise abort their migration because of negative factors.
- People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion. Often these people migrate to another country to avoid war, political violence, and natural disasters, such as famine and flooding.
- Factor that motivates people to move to a new location.
- the area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends.
- In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year.
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- Workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern of Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs.
- Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.
- Factor that motivates people to leave old residences.
9 Clues: Factor that motivates people to leave old residences. • Factor that motivates people to move to a new location. • People who enter a country without proper documents. Aka undocumented immigrants. • the area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends. • ...
Branding 2025-09-16
7 Clues: What is the strongest brand ? • Whats the best redesign logo ? • What is the richest branding ? • Whats the worse redesign logo ? • What is the number 1 branding value ? • What was the worst branding disasters ? • Whats the worst corporate rebrands ever ?
Disasters and Complexity 2022-10-13
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- governing with high exploitation & high exploration
- governing with high exploitation & low exploration
- What types of disasters are studied in the lens of Normal Accident Theory
- High ____________ Theory
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- Our outcomes are usually _________
- The whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- Not deterministic
7 Clues: Not deterministic • High ____________ Theory • Our outcomes are usually _________ • The whole is greater than the sum of the parts • governing with high exploitation & low exploration • governing with high exploitation & high exploration • What types of disasters are studied in the lens of Normal Accident Theory
Natural Medicines in the Clinical Management of Diabetes Mellitus 2017-04-27
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- Natural medicine that is considered to be likely safe BUT likely not effective.
- May be beneficial in patients with deficiency but has the potential to damage kidneys and potentially worsen renal disease.
- Likely safe and possibly effective natural medicine for patients with deficiency. Higher dietary intake of this natural supplement may also lower fasting insulin concentrations
- Likely safe and possibly effective natural medicine that when consumed in the diet, may reduce blood glucose levels.
- Natural medicine that inhibits the alpha-amylase enzyme that has not been evaluated in patients with diabetes mellitus.
- Possibly safe and effective natural medicine that is known as opuntia.
- Acts directly on pancreatic cells, is likely effective but has insufficient evidence for efficacy.
- Natural medicine that is referred to as another name which means “sugar destroyer”, has insufficient evidence for its use and it may increase risk of hypoglycemia.
- Natural medicine that contains corosolic acid and ellagitannins that may activate insulin receptors. It is found to be possibly safe but there is insufficient evidence for its use.
- Fenugreek should be avoided if you are allergic to plants in the _______ family.
- White mulberry is ______ safe and effective.
- Likely safe natural medicine with insufficient evidence for effectiveness that contains coumarin.
- Agaricus mushroom is a possibly safe and effective natural medicine that increases levels of _____.
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- Natural product that is possibly safe and effective that may delay glucose absorption.
- An extract of this product acts as an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor.
- Likely safe and possibly effective natural medicine that may reduce postprandial blood glucose and also reduce total and LDL cholesterol.
- Likely safe natural medicine that may increase glucose, utilization and conversion to glycogen within skeletal muscle, however, there is insufficient evidence for its efficacy.
- Natural medicine that is possibly safe and has a light green, pointed cucumber appearance.
- Guar gum is possibly effective and _____ safe.
- Cassia cinnamon should be avoided in patients with ______ disease.
- May be a possibly safe and effective option to decrease symptoms of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
- Possibly safe and effective natural medicine that may decrease insulin resistance and improve insulin sensitivity.
- Acts as an antioxidant and cofactor in oxidative respiration but has insufficient evidence for efficacy.
- High levels of selenium are linked to ______ risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus.
24 Clues: White mulberry is ______ safe and effective. • Guar gum is possibly effective and _____ safe. • An extract of this product acts as an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor. • Cassia cinnamon should be avoided in patients with ______ disease. • Possibly safe and effective natural medicine that is known as opuntia. • ...
A journey to India 2019-03-23
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- Who is becoming more cautious in India because of the Inflation
- What is one of the most environmental disasters?
- causes increase in ... level
- Inflation happens because of the devaluation of ...
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- causes lack of ...
- 7.5% was the ... of the Inflation in India from 2008 to 2018
- causes income ...
- Where do the poor Indians live?
- What do the students have to do when they see their teachers?
9 Clues: causes income ... • causes lack of ... • causes increase in ... level • Where do the poor Indians live? • What is one of the most environmental disasters? • Inflation happens because of the devaluation of ... • 7.5% was the ... of the Inflation in India from 2008 to 2018 • What do the students have to do when they see their teachers? • ...
2. Exdous 2024-06-27
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- Portable sanctuary carried by the Israelites
- Series of disasters sent by God to Egypt
- Mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments
- Bread from heaven provided to Israelites in the wilderness
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- Led the Israelites out of Egypt
- The ruler of Egypt who opposed Moses
- Brother of Moses and first high priest of Israel
- Body of water parted by Moses
- Country from which the Israelites were delivered
9 Clues: Body of water parted by Moses • Led the Israelites out of Egypt • The ruler of Egypt who opposed Moses • Series of disasters sent by God to Egypt • Portable sanctuary carried by the Israelites • Brother of Moses and first high priest of Israel • Country from which the Israelites were delivered • Mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments • ...
Less meat more green 2026-04-07
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- noun: advantage
- verb: it is used with 'to', meaning leads to
- adj.: harmful
- adj.: worried
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- verb: to help something to develop or increase
- noun: sudden accidents which cause great damage or suffering
- adj.: much more than is reasonable or necessary
- verb: tries to judge the value, size etc. of something, without calculating it exactly
- verb: showed that something is definitely true, especially by providing more proof
9 Clues: adj.: harmful • adj.: worried • noun: advantage • verb: it is used with 'to', meaning leads to • verb: to help something to develop or increase • adj.: much more than is reasonable or necessary • noun: sudden accidents which cause great damage or suffering • verb: showed that something is definitely true, especially by providing more proof • ...
Identifying and Preparing for disaster 2021-12-13
7 Clues: Project topic • Helps to put out fire • Visible sign of a fire • Preventing the risk of fire • This fire type can occur with wood and • A helpful thing to use in case of a fire • Finding out how often disasters occur in the area
Queensland Floods 2017-08-24
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- Something that overflowed due to extensive rainfall, causing more severe floods.
- The period that followed the Queensland Floods, causing many affects.
- Many were taken to higher ground, but many didn't survive the Floods, causing a loss in food production.
- The unit to commonly measure the geological form that caused the floods.
- The science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock - a lot of this ruined by floods.
- Severe emotional shock and pain, experienced by many Queenslanders, as a result of the floods.
- The process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired.
- physical harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function of something, this commonly occurring during the floods.
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- individuals who gave up their time to provide relief for people in danger or those who suffered, during the floods.
- Procedures and systems created by the government,that are carried out during natural disasters, such as the floods.
- A type of weathering in which surface soil and rock are worn away through the action of glaciers, water, and wind.
- The geological form that caused the floods.
- A group of people living in the same area, who may have been affected by the floods.
- Something organisations established to safely shelter individuals and families, during the floods.
- an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm, which would have been experienced by the victims of the floods.
- Something that was ruined during the floods, and caused a decrease in the value of the GDP.
16 Clues: The geological form that caused the floods. • The period that followed the Queensland Floods, causing many affects. • The unit to commonly measure the geological form that caused the floods. • Something that overflowed due to extensive rainfall, causing more severe floods. • A group of people living in the same area, who may have been affected by the floods. • ...
What are mangroves? How are they useful to us? Complete the crossword below to find out more. 2015-07-12
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- Mangrove forests provide young fish, crabs and prawns with abundant f_______ for them to feed and grow.
- Mangrove roots are an important h____________ for birds, mammals and fish by providing a safe breeding and growing place before they head out to the large sea.
- Mangroves p_____________ us from natural disasters like tsunamis.
- M_____________ trees are plants that can live in salt water and in fresh water.
- Mangroves prevent s_______ erosion of our shores.
- Young s____________ grow from adult trees itself. In this way, when they drop into mud or soil, they can start growth immediately.
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- Attap-chee is a f_________ of the plant that grows in the mangroves.
- Roots of mangrove trees stick out of the soil and are able to t_____ in oxygen. This is because the soil is too thick and oxygen cannot pass through.
- P____________________ by the mangrove plants absorb carbon dioxide and provide us with much oxygen.
- The t__________ of mangrove plants can be used to produce charcoal and wood products.
- Many types of birds pass through Sungei Buloh Wetlands reserve while they m___________ from cold climates to warmer places.
- Mangrove tree l___________ are able to get rid of the salt when the roots absorb the salt water.
- Mangrove roots have many filter feeders like barnacles and shellfish which help to clean the water of nutrients and dirt. C______ water can then flow out to sea.
13 Clues: Mangroves prevent s_______ erosion of our shores. • Mangroves p_____________ us from natural disasters like tsunamis. • Attap-chee is a f_________ of the plant that grows in the mangroves. • M_____________ trees are plants that can live in salt water and in fresh water. • The t__________ of mangrove plants can be used to produce charcoal and wood products. • ...
Migration 2016-11-30
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- Migration may cause a change in the ______ of the population as the ratio of young people to old people can be altered.
- Drain Negative effect of migration on the Caribbean due to the movement of skilled or educated workers to other countries.
- A positive effect of migration occurs when migrants repatriate funds to their remaining relatives in their home country which contributes to the receiving country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
- This theorist developed The Laws of Migration in 1889.
- This type of migration happens when people move to another country.
- ______ migration occurs when individuals move from one country to another.
- ______ migration occurs when individuals move from one area to another area within the same country.
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- Disadvantageous conditions, such as natural disasters, wars and financial, social and political challenges, that repel people from staying in an area.
- The permanent movement of individuals or groups across symbolic or political boundaries into new residential areas and communities.
- Favourable conditions, educational, financial, social or political opportunities, that may attract people to move from one area to another.
- This theorist developed The Neoclassical Economic Theory which suggests that international migration is related to the global supply and demand of labour.
- The gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas as opposed to rural areas.
- This type of migration happens when people move from a country to another.
13 Clues: This theorist developed The Laws of Migration in 1889. • This type of migration happens when people move to another country. • This type of migration happens when people move from a country to another. • ______ migration occurs when individuals move from one country to another. • ...
Natural Medicines in the Clinical Management of DM 2017-04-27
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- Acts directly on pancreatic cells, is likely effective but has insufficient evidence for efficacy.
- Guar gum is possibly effective and _____ safe.
- Natural product that is possibly safe and effective that may delay glucose absorption.
- Likely safe and possibly effective natural medicine that when consumed in the diet, may reduce blood glucose levels.
- Agaricus mushroom is a possibly safe and effective natural medicine that increases levels of _____.
- Natural medicine that contains corosolic acid and ellagitannins that may activate insulin receptors. It is found to be possibly safe but there is insufficient evidence for its use.
- Likely safe natural medicine with insufficient evidence for effectiveness that contains coumarin.
- Possibly safe and effective natural medicine that is known as opuntia.
- Possibly safe and effective natural medicine that may decrease insulin resistance and improve insulin sensitivity.
- Natural medicine that is possibly safe and has a light green, pointed cucumber appearance.
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- Natural medicine that is considered to be likely safe BUT likely not effective.
- Natural medicine that is referred to as another name which means “sugar destroyer”, has insufficient evidence for its use and it may increase risk of hypoglycemia.
- May be beneficial in patients with deficiency but has the potential to damage kidneys and potentially worsen renal disease.
- Likely safe natural medicine that may increase glucose, utilization and conversion to glycogen within skeletal muscle, however, there is insufficient evidence for its efficacy.
- May be a possibly safe and effective option to decrease symptoms of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
- High levels of selenium are linked to ______ risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- An extract of this product acts as an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor.
- Likely safe and possibly effective natural medicine that may reduce postprandial blood glucose and also reduce total and LDL cholesterol.
- Natural medicine that inhibits the alpha-amylase enzyme that has not been evaluated in patients with diabetes mellitus.
- Fenugreek should be avoided if you are allergic to plants in the _______ family.
- Acts as an antioxidant and cofactor in oxidative respiration but has insufficient evidence for efficacy.
- White mulberry is ______ safe and effective.
- Likely safe and possibly effective natural medicine for patients with deficiency. Higher dietary intake of this natural supplement may also lower fasting insulin concentrations
- Cassia cinnamon should be avoided in patients with ______ disease.
24 Clues: White mulberry is ______ safe and effective. • Guar gum is possibly effective and _____ safe. • An extract of this product acts as an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor. • Cassia cinnamon should be avoided in patients with ______ disease. • Possibly safe and effective natural medicine that is known as opuntia. • ...
Unit 6 Vocabulary 2017-10-30
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- Isolation between populations due to barriers related to time, such as differences in mating periods
- Study of the distribution of organisms around the world
- Evolution of one or more closely related species into different species
- Body part that is similar in structure on different organisms but performs different functions
- Proportion of one allele, compared with all the alleles for that trait, in the gene pool
- Remnants of an organ or structure that functioned in an earlier ancestor
- Trace of an organism from the past
- Final stage in speciation, in which members of isolated populations are either no longer able to mate or no longer able to produce viable offspring
- Change in allele frequencies due to chance alone, occurring most commonly in small populations
- Elimination of a species from Earth
- Ability of a trait to be passed from one generation to the next
- All of the individuals of a species that live in the same area
- Process by which humans modify a species by breeding it for certain traits
- Measure of an organism's ability to survive and produce offspring relative to other members of a population
- Body part that is similar in function as a body part of another organism but is structurally different
- Collection of alleles found in all of the individuals of a population
- Mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptations produce more offspring on average than do other individuals
- Process by which one species evolves and gives rise to many descendant species that occupy different ecological niches
- Genetic drift that occurs after a small number of individuals colonize a new area
- Inherited trait that is selected for over time because it allows organisms to better survive in their environment
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- Differences in physical traits of an individual from the group to which it belongs
- Physical movement of alleles from one population to another
- Principle that states that changes in landforms result from slow changes over a long period of time
- Theory that states that speciation occurs suddenly and rapidly followed by long periods of little evolutionary change
- Study of fossils or extinct organisms
- Evolution toward similar characteristics in unrelated species
- Process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors
- Observable change in the allele frequencies of a population over a few generations
- Theory that states that natural disasters shaped Earth's landforms and caused extinction of some species
- Theory that states that the geologic processes that shape Earth are uniform throughout time
- Pathway of natural selection in which one uncommon phenotype is selected over a more common phenotype
- Group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring
- Process in which two or more species evolve in response to changes in each other
- Pathway of natural selection in which intermediate phenotypes are selected over phenotypes at both extremes
- Genetic drift that results from an event that drastically reduces the size of a population
- Evolution of two or more species from one ancestral species
- Selection in which certain traits enhance mating success
- Isolation between populations due to physical barriers
- Pathway of natural selection in which two opposite, but equally common, phenotypes are selected over the most common phenotype
- Isolation between populations due to differences in courtship or mating behavior
40 Clues: Trace of an organism from the past • Elimination of a species from Earth • Study of fossils or extinct organisms • Isolation between populations due to physical barriers • Study of the distribution of organisms around the world • Selection in which certain traits enhance mating success • Physical movement of alleles from one population to another • ...
Unit 6 Vocabulary 2017-10-30
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- Process by which one species evolves and gives rise to many descendant species that occupy different ecological niches
- Collection of alleles found in all of the individuals of a population
- Evolution of two or more species from one ancestral species
- Study of fossils or extinct organisms
- Body part that is similar in structure on different organisms but performs different functions
- Process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors
- Final stage in speciation, in which members of isolated populations are either no longer able to mate or no longer able to produce viable offspring
- Evolution toward similar characteristics in unrelated species
- Process by which humans modify a species by breeding it for certain traits
- Theory that states that speciation occurs suddenly and rapidly followed by long periods of little evolutionary change
- Principle that states that changes in landforms result from slow changes over a long period of time
- Theory that states that natural disasters shaped Earth's landforms and caused extinction of some species
- Change in allele frequencies due to chance alone, occurring most commonly in small populations
- Inherited trait that is selected for over time because it allows organisms to better survive in their environment
- Elimination of a species from Earth
- Selection in which certain traits enhance mating success
- Isolation between populations due to differences in courtship or mating behavior
- Isolation between populations due to physical barriers
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- Body part that is similar in function as a body part of another organism but is structurally different
- Pathway of natural selection in which two opposite, but equally common, phenotypes are selected over the most common phenotype
- All of the individuals of a species that live in the same area
- Differences in physical traits of an individual from the group to which it belongs
- Physical movement of alleles from one population to another
- Process in which two or more species evolve in response to changes in each other
- Genetic drift that results from an event that drastically reduces the size of a population
- Theory that states that the geologic processes that shape Earth are uniform throughout time
- Observable change in the allele frequencies of a population over a few generations
- Trace of an organism from the past
- Mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptations produce more offspring on average than do other individuals
- Evolution of one or more closely related species into different species
- Genetic drift that occurs after a small number of individuals colonize a new area
- Measure of an organism's ability to survive and produce offspring relative to other members of a population
- Study of the distribution of organisms around the world
- Remnants of an organ or structure that functioned in an earlier ancestor
- Proportion of one allele, compared with all the alleles for that trait, in the gene pool
- Ability of a trait to be passed from one generation to the next
- Group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring
- Pathway of natural selection in which one uncommon phenotype is selected over a more common phenotype
- Pathway of natural selection in which intermediate phenotypes are selected over phenotypes at both extremes
- Isolation between populations due to barriers related to time, such as differences in mating periods
40 Clues: Trace of an organism from the past • Elimination of a species from Earth • Study of fossils or extinct organisms • Isolation between populations due to physical barriers • Study of the distribution of organisms around the world • Selection in which certain traits enhance mating success • Physical movement of alleles from one population to another • ...
Plant Biology Lab Scavenger Hunt 2021-02-22
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- This plant from Asia grows red arils during these months of the year ____ - November.
- Despite living on average for about a century, the Eastern Cottonwood can live up to ___ centuries!
- The fir tree here shows evidence of damage caused by a male deer, known as a ____, rubbing its antlers against the bark.
- What small animal eats the young trees? A ______ hare.
- The _____ fir has cones that have pitched forked shaped brackets that hang down from it.
- Mullein seeds can survive for __________ of years before sprouting!
- This plant is useful for stopping ________ and is often used to stabilize ground after natural disasters.
- The needles are _____, hard and grow on 4 sides of the branch.
- From a distance, this tree resembles a fir tree, but up close, the scale-like leaves and berries help you conclude that this is instead a species of _______.
- Having red leaves in the fall and acorns, the Red ___ provides the animals of the woods an ideal source of food.
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- In Asia the burdock is viewed as an edible root. Apparently, it is supposed to taste like ___________.
- The fruit from this plant are mostly red and _____ in color and are smaller in size and are round.
- Gypsy Moths were introduced to the US in 1869 to try and develop a silk industry, but were originally from _______.
- ______ is found in the pods and allows the seeds to easily travel in the wind.
- Norway Spruce grows everywhere in Europe, and is commonly called the _________ Spruce there.
- In the spring these are a bright gold/yellow, but in the winter, these ___________ plants are dead with no flowers.
- This characteristic gives it its scientific name “pungens,” which in Latin means _____.
- The needles are arranged in clusters of _____; densely crowded near the ends of horizontal branches.
18 Clues: What small animal eats the young trees? A ______ hare. • The needles are _____, hard and grow on 4 sides of the branch. • Mullein seeds can survive for __________ of years before sprouting! • ______ is found in the pods and allows the seeds to easily travel in the wind. • This plant from Asia grows red arils during these months of the year ____ - November. • ...
Plant Biology Lab Scavenger Hunt 2021-02-22
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- Despite living on average for about a century, the Eastern Cottonwood can live up to ___ centuries!
- ______ is found in the pods and allows the seeds to easily travel in the wind.
- In the spring these are a bright gold/yellow, but in the winter, these ___________ plants are dead with no flowers.
- The _____ fir has cones that have pitched forked shaped brackets that hang down from it.
- Gypsy Moths were introduced to the US in 1869 to try and develop a silk industry, but were originally from _______.
- Mullein seeds can survive for __________ of years before sprouting!
- This characteristic gives it its scientific name “pungens,” which in Latin means _____.
- The needles are _____, hard and grow on 4 sides of the branch.
- In Asia the burdock is viewed as an edible root. Apparently, it is supposed to taste like ___________.
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- What small animal eats the young trees? A ______ hare.
- The fruit from this plant are mostly red and _____ in color and are smaller in size and are round.
- The needles are arranged in clusters of _____; densely crowded near the ends of horizontal branches.
- This tree can disperse its seeds in two ways, by wind and by _____.
- Norway Spruce grows everywhere in Europe, and is commonly called the _________ Spruce there.
- This plant from Asia grows red arils during these months of the year ____ - November.
- This plant is useful for stopping ________ and is often used to stabilize ground after natural disasters.
- From a distance, this tree resembles a fir tree, but up close, the scale-like leaves and berries help you conclude that this is instead a species of _______.
- Having red leaves in the fall and acorns, the Red ___ provides the animals of the woods an ideal source of food.
18 Clues: What small animal eats the young trees? A ______ hare. • The needles are _____, hard and grow on 4 sides of the branch. • This tree can disperse its seeds in two ways, by wind and by _____. • Mullein seeds can survive for __________ of years before sprouting! • ______ is found in the pods and allows the seeds to easily travel in the wind. • ...
Passover & Shavuot 2025-01-18
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- A common food symbol of Shavuot.
- Shavuot marks this agricultural season.
- Offerings brought to the Temple during Shavuot.
- What the Israelites gained after leaving Egypt.
- The sacred scroll given on Mount Sinai.
- The book read during the Seder.
- Traditional Passover meal and ceremony.
- The mountain where the Torah was given.
- Laws given on Shavuot.
- Popular dessert for Shavuot.
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- Ten disasters sent to Egypt.
- The ruler of Egypt during the Exodus.
- Unleavened bread eaten during Passover.
- The season when Passover and Shavuot take place.
- The journey of the Israelites out of Egypt.
- The sea Moses parted.
- The time counted between Passover and Shavuot.
- Prophet symbolized by an open cup of wine at the Seder.
- Led the Israelites out of Egypt.
- Holiday celebrating the giving of the Torah.
20 Clues: The sea Moses parted. • Laws given on Shavuot. • Ten disasters sent to Egypt. • Popular dessert for Shavuot. • The book read during the Seder. • A common food symbol of Shavuot. • Led the Israelites out of Egypt. • The ruler of Egypt during the Exodus. • Unleavened bread eaten during Passover. • Shavuot marks this agricultural season. • The sacred scroll given on Mount Sinai. • ...
Natural Science HW 2020-09-24
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- gaseous area surrounding earth
- group of parts that make a whole
- part of ocean near land
- long underwater mountain ranges
- gently sloping platform
- evolution of universe theory
- high altitude division of earth
- a proven hypothesis
- an untested theory
- flat areas composed of igneous rocks
- the study of the universe
- the watery division of earth
- Sciences related to the ocean
- the crust and upper mantle
- hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere
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- submerged volcanoes
- interior of the continents
- slowly flowing part of earth
- The study of the weather
- large groups of mountains
- largest of the “spheres”
- deep drop off
- the time since earth formed
- are between margins and ridge
- deep drops on ocean floor
- all life on earth
- moderately dense portion of earth
- Science study of earths systems
- slope into gradual incline
- system with subsystems
- flat areas in ocean
- the study of earth
- place where the water cycle occurs
- cratons with sediment on top
- the path to becoming a law
- dense inner portion of earth
- thin outer skin of earth
37 Clues: deep drop off • all life on earth • the study of earth • an untested theory • submerged volcanoes • flat areas in ocean • a proven hypothesis • system with subsystems • part of ocean near land • gently sloping platform • The study of the weather • largest of the “spheres” • thin outer skin of earth • large groups of mountains • deep drops on ocean floor • the study of the universe • ...
Bio-Natural resources 2021-11-30
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- spoiling natural resources
- 03
- breeze Winds created by change in pressure
- essential materials for a living
- the weather over a larger scale
- the breath of life
- product of wearing down of rocks
- suspended carbon particles
- an element released in photosynthesis
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- gases that prevent the heat to leave from earth
- harmful substances in spoiling resources
- process where water turns into vapour
- running out of
- a blanket covering the earth
- smoke and fog combined
- a greenhouse gas starting with M
- a zone where the hydrosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere interact
- a gas released in respiration
- the liquid essential for life
- nitrogen fixing bacteria
20 Clues: 03 • running out of • the breath of life • smoke and fog combined • nitrogen fixing bacteria • spoiling natural resources • suspended carbon particles • a blanket covering the earth • a gas released in respiration • the liquid essential for life • the weather over a larger scale • a greenhouse gas starting with M • essential materials for a living • product of wearing down of rocks • ...
Natural Hazard: Bushfire 2013-06-09
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- A hot glowing body of ignited gas that is generated by something on fire.
- A fire that occurs in the bush
- The action of setting something on fire or starting to burn.
- The action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired.
- A small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire
- Begin to grow and put out shoots after a period of dormancy
- The plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period
- A large fire that is dangerously out of control.
- A danger or risk.
- burn Controlled or prescribed burning, also known as hazard reduction burning or Swailing is a technique sometimes used in forest management
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- A combustible black or dark brown rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground deposits
- Rapid chemical combination of a substance with oxygen, producing heat and light.
- The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property
- A sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life.
- An injury caused by exposure to heat or flame.
- Cause a fire or light to cease to burn or shine.
- Combustion or burning, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke.
- Leave or cause the occupants to leave a place of danger.
- Suffer complete ruin or destruction
- The animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.
20 Clues: A danger or risk. • A fire that occurs in the bush • Suffer complete ruin or destruction • An injury caused by exposure to heat or flame. • Cause a fire or light to cease to burn or shine. • A large fire that is dangerously out of control. • Leave or cause the occupants to leave a place of danger. • The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property • ...
Alberta's Natural Resources 2013-03-18
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- the natural resource that produces oxygen
- water supply for cultivated lands
- industry that involves the cutting down of trees and converting them into useful materials
- adjective to describe a resource that cannot be replaced
- scientists who study fossils to learn about very old life forms
- the return of an area to its original state after it was mined
- a long layer beneath the Earth's surface
- a fossil fuel found in Alberta that are the largest oil reserve in the world
- a very useful energy source
- weather of an area that is recorded over a long period of time
- thick, sticky tar made of oil
- an important cereal crop grown in Alberta
- the type of farming that raises livestock
- natural gas that is mainly use for heating homes in Alberta
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- adjective to describe a useful resource that is replaceable, so it last for the future
- the type of fuel that come from the remains of ancient plans and animals
- the careful use of natural resources in order that they do not run out
- the growing of crops and raising of animals
- fossil fuel that is primarily used for energy generation in Alberta
- the different features of the land
- very thick sheets of ice and snow that move slowly across the land
- food product obtained from bee-keeping
- the ability to do work
- type of renewable alternate energy source that uses sunlight
- plants that grow in an area
25 Clues: the ability to do work • plants that grow in an area • a very useful energy source • thick, sticky tar made of oil • water supply for cultivated lands • the different features of the land • food product obtained from bee-keeping • a long layer beneath the Earth's surface • the natural resource that produces oxygen • the type of farming that raises livestock • ...
Natural Resources Review 2016-01-14
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- Of the most developed economies, this country produces the most CO2/capita
- Rich fishing grounds off the coast of NFLD
- Most of Canada’s most valued commercial forests are in which province?
- Arguably the most environmentally friendly method of harvesting trees
- This country emits the most total CO2/year
- Water use can be defined in two ways: Instream use and?
- 200 miles or 370 km
- Fish that feed near the water surface
- We live in this drainage basin
- Most of the world’s water is located in?
- The impact of these tropical storms are often worsened when wetlands are drained such as in Florida
- Fish farming
- For most Canadians, this “type” of footprint tends to be the largest contributor to their overall footprint.
- Arguably this was the most difficult thing to give up for the family in NO IMPACT MAN
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- Of the most developed countries of the world (G20) this country has the 2nd largest ecological footprint
- Example of biological contamination of groundwater in Ontario...happened in 2000
- Use of renewable resource at a rate that allows the resource to renew itself.
- This area of industry involves the extraction or harvesting of natural resources
- the most dangerous form of water pollution hence the ban on pesticide use
- Traditionally, this was the most valuable fish in the East Coast fishery
- How did the family in NO IMPACT MAN recycle their organic waste?
- This type of industry deals with research and development etc.
- the most destructive method of harvesting trees
- Notorious example of chemicals seeping into groundwater...happened near Buffalo NY
24 Clues: Fish farming • 200 miles or 370 km • We live in this drainage basin • Fish that feed near the water surface • Most of the world’s water is located in? • Rich fishing grounds off the coast of NFLD • This country emits the most total CO2/year • the most destructive method of harvesting trees • Water use can be defined in two ways: Instream use and? • ...
Natural Selection/Evolution 2016-04-13
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- genetic drift that results from an event that drastically reduced the size of a population
- isolation due to physical barriers
- pathway of natural selection in which intermediate phenotypes are selected over phenotypes at both extremes
- process in which 2 or more species evolves in response to changes in each other
- physical region of alleles from one population to another
- the gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form
- isolation between populations due to difference in mating behavior
- pathway of natural selection in which 2 opposite, but equally uncommon, phenotypes are selected over the most common phenotype
- final stage in speciation, in which members of isolation population are either no longer able to mate
- theory that states that speciation occurs suddenly and rapidly followed by long periods of little evolution change
- observable change in the allele freqencies of a population over a few generations
- evolution of 2 or more species from 1 ancestral species
- elimination of a species from Earth
- collection of alleles found in all of the individuals of a population
- evolution of one or more closely related species
- isolation between populations due to barriers related to time, such as difference in mating periods or difference in the time of day that individuals are most active
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- distribution in population in which allele frequency is highest near mean range value and decrease progressively toward each extreme end
- genetic drift that occurs after a small number of individuals colonize a new area
- process by which one species evolves and gives rise to many descendant species that occupies different ecological niches
- change in allele frequencies due to chance alone, occuring most commonly in small populations
- pathway of natural selection in which one uncommon phenotype is selected over a more common phenotype
- condition in which a population's allele frequencies for a given trait don't change from generation to generation
- proportion of one allele compared with all the alleles for that trait
- selection in which certain traits enhance mating success
- evolution toward similar characteristics in unrelated species, resulting from adaptions to similar environmental conditions
25 Clues: isolation due to physical barriers • elimination of a species from Earth • evolution of one or more closely related species • evolution of 2 or more species from 1 ancestral species • selection in which certain traits enhance mating success • physical region of alleles from one population to another • ...
Natural selection crossword 2023-03-31
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- Structures that have lost their original function over time
- Natural selection that favors individuals at both extremes of a phenotypic range
- The ability of an individual to survive and reproduce in its environment
- The scientific explanation for how species change over time
- The process by which one species splits into two or more species
- Speciation that occurs when populations share the same geographical area but become reproductively isolated
- Selection that occurs due to differences in traits related to mating success
- The deliberate breeding of plants or animals to produce desirable traits:
- The production of more offspring than can be supported by the environment
- The creation of a new species through human intervention
- The process by which certain traits become more or less common in a population over time
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- A process in which organisms with certain traits survive and reproduce at a higher rate than others
- Speciation that occurs when a small group of individuals colonizes a new area and forms a new population
- Natural selection that favors individuals at one end of a phenotypic range
- Natural selection that favors intermediate phenotypes
- Structures that are similar in different species because of common ancestry
- Speciation that occurs when a physical barrier separates a population into two or more groups
- The study of the development of embryos
- The idea that all living species are descended from a common ancesto
- A heritable trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment
- Speciation that occurs when populations are adjacent to each other but do not interbreed
- Differences in physical, physiological, and behavioral traits among individuals:
- The struggle among individuals for resources
23 Clues: The study of the development of embryos • The struggle among individuals for resources • Natural selection that favors intermediate phenotypes • The creation of a new species through human intervention • Structures that have lost their original function over time • The scientific explanation for how species change over time • ...
Evolution & Natural Selection 2017-05-17
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- the number of times an allele occurs in a gene pool compared to the total number of alleles in that pool for that same gene
- many traits are controlled by two or more genes
- structure inherited from ancestors lost much/all of original function due to different selection pressures acting on the descendant
- the study of where organisms live now and where they and their ancestors lived in the past
- the preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms
- individuals at one end of a distribution curve have higher fitness than individuals in the middle/other end of the curve
- a term used to refer to a species that has died out and has no living members
- structures body parts that share common function, but not structure
- the difference in rates of survival and reproduction
- change in frequency following a dramatic reduction in the size of a population
- describes how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment
- situation in which allele frequencies change as a result of the migration of a small subgroup of a population
- a kind of random change in allele frequency
- two of more species reproduces at different times
- two populations differences in courtship rituals or other behaviors that prevent them from breeding
- a trait controlled by only one gene
- process by which organisms with variations most suited to their local environment survive and leave more offspring
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- they compare stretches of DNA to mark the passage of evolutionary time
- when a population not evolving, allele frequencies in its gene pool does not change, population is in __________
- a practice in which individuals select mates based on heritable traits, such as size, strength, or coloration
- structures that are shared by related species and that have been inherited from a common ancestor
- individuals near the center of a distribution curve have higher fitness than individuals at wither end of the curve
- individuals at the upper and lower ends of the curve have higher fitness than individuals near the middle of the curve
- selective breeding of plants and animals to promote the occurrence of desirable traits in an offspring
- two populations separated by geographic barriers (rivers/mountains/water) leading to the formation of two separate subspecies
- all the genes, including all the different alleles for each gene, that are present in a population at any one time
- the process of change over time
- the formation of new species
- any heritable characteristics that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment
- a population or group of populations whose members can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
30 Clues: the formation of new species • the process of change over time • a trait controlled by only one gene • the difference in rates of survival and reproduction • many traits are controlled by two or more genes • two of more species reproduces at different times • ...
Natural Resources Unit 2021-02-24
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- another word for synthetic
- one type of natural resource.
- the name of the movie we watched
- things that are made from NRs.
- main thing we see from nature.
- the sun
- energy resource comes from plant material and/or animals material
- water power
- an example of something synthetic but is from NR.
- release heat to make energy
- liquid, underground
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- earth heat
- things you find in nature.
- something that is in our everyday life but is synthetic.
- a use of NR that's lets you move
- gas used for cars sometimes
- something that is in nature but is nonrenewable.
- One use of NR.
- a fossil fuel that is mined
- fossil fuels.
20 Clues: the sun • earth heat • water power • fossil fuels. • One use of NR. • liquid, underground • things you find in nature. • another word for synthetic • gas used for cars sometimes • a fossil fuel that is mined • release heat to make energy • one type of natural resource. • things that are made from NRs. • main thing we see from nature. • a use of NR that's lets you move • ...
Horizon Natural Selection 2021-03-31
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- The name of Darwin's ship.
- Any difference between individuals of the same species.
- A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other species is harmed.
- The type of tree that is the Queen of the Trees.
- When a species produces far more offspring than can possibly survive.
- A relationship between two different species in which one species benefits and the other species doesn't care.
- The process where individuals that are better adapted are more likely to survive and reproduce.
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- A relationship between two different species in which both species benefit.
- A biologist who came up with the theory of natural selection after visiting the Galapagos islands.
- A trait that increases and organism's ability to survive.
- The insect that bits people, sucks their blood and leaves and itchy bump.
- The preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past, usually found in rock.
- The birds who beaks are different from one Galapagos island to the next depending on what food they eat.
- Two different species that have a close, long term relationship that benefits at least one of the species.
- The type of bird that lived in the trunk of the Queen of the trees.
- When members of the same species must compete with each other for resources.
- The bird that eats bugs off of the backs of grazing animals in Africa.
- The fish that swim along side sharks to collect bits of food that fall out of the sharks mouth.
- The black lizards that swim in the ocean in search of algae.
- A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring.
20 Clues: The name of Darwin's ship. • The type of tree that is the Queen of the Trees. • Any difference between individuals of the same species. • A trait that increases and organism's ability to survive. • The black lizards that swim in the ocean in search of algae. • The type of bird that lived in the trunk of the Queen of the trees. • ...
Arizona Natural Resources 2018-11-05
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- Used to build roads
- It is more energy-packed than any other popular vegetable. We use them for French fries
- One of two most important crops in Arizona
- A grass for large grazing animals raised as livestock, such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep
- A grass widely cultivated for its seed and used in cereal and for making bread
- Pumped out of the ground and used to make gasoline
- A rock that can float
- A fruit green on the outside and pink on the inside
- We've used the juice from this fruit in an experiment
- A blueish looking rock used to make jewelry
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- A rock used to heat homes
- An orange-colored citrus fruit that starts with a "t"
- Not fools gold or iron pyrite
- Used as a major cereal grain and key ingredient in beer and whisky production
- One of two most important crops in Arizona
- The most important product mined in Arizona
- A by-product of copper mining
- The fruit that come from palm trees
- Used to make nuclear weapons
- The leading source of farm income - walks on four legs
- A by-product of copper mining
21 Clues: Used to build roads • A rock that can float • A rock used to heat homes • Used to make nuclear weapons • Not fools gold or iron pyrite • A by-product of copper mining • A by-product of copper mining • The fruit that come from palm trees • One of two most important crops in Arizona • The most important product mined in Arizona • One of two most important crops in Arizona • ...
Natural Hazards Terms 2019-08-09
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- Used to describe thick and sticky substance. Lava from composite volcanoes.
- This force causes winds to bend and storms to spin due to the curvature of the Earth.
- A shallow-sided volcano. A piece of protective armour often used by knights.
- Name for tropical storms in North America and the Caribbean.
- Relating to the atmosphere.
- Finely pulverised lava emitted in a volcanic eruption.
- A basin/depression that results from the collapse of a centre of a volcano.
- A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
- An extremely large wave that produced by an underwater earthquake.
- One of the Three Ps. The act of foretelling the future.
- One of two earthquake scales, this one measuring the size.
- The part of the Earth that sits below the crust.
- The circular centre of a tropical storm.
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- A large astronomical body that provides energy into the atmosphere.
- An effect/response that happens over a period of time. Next after the first in order.
- When lava erupts from the ground instead of a volcano. A narrow opening.
- A plate margin where two plates rub past each other. A UK political party.
- Alternate name for lava before it reaches the surface.
- Type of current previously though to move the plates. Transfer of heat by circulation.
- A period of strong, sustained surface wind.
- A type of tectonic plate that is thin and dense. Related to the ocean.
- The point on the surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
- Used to describe the size of an event.
- An effect or response that happens immediately after an event. Describes red, blue and yellow.
24 Clues: Relating to the atmosphere. • Used to describe the size of an event. • The circular centre of a tropical storm. • A period of strong, sustained surface wind. • The part of the Earth that sits below the crust. • Alternate name for lava before it reaches the surface. • Finely pulverised lava emitted in a volcanic eruption. • ...
Shaely Natural Environment 2023-10-10
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- disappearance of species
- area of tall grasses
- formed from plant, animal
- clearing of trees
- wind blows same direction
- frozen layers soil
- planting trees
- material people use
- surroundings
- seasonal dry or moist air
- cannot be replaced
- plant, animal living together
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- replaces naturally
- a plant or animal lives
- large streams surface water
- a region's average weather
- decayed plant or animal
- spread desertlike conditions
- the short-term changes in air
- place two air masses meet
20 Clues: surroundings • planting trees • clearing of trees • replaces naturally • frozen layers soil • cannot be replaced • material people use • area of tall grasses • a plant or animal lives • decayed plant or animal • disappearance of species • formed from plant, animal • wind blows same direction • place two air masses meet • seasonal dry or moist air • a region's average weather • ...
Shaely Natural Environment 2023-10-10
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- disappearance of species
- area of tall grasses
- formed from plant, animal
- clearing of trees
- wind blows same direction
- frozen layers soil
- planting trees
- material people use
- surroundings
- seasonal dry or moist air
- cannot be replaced
- plant, animal living together
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- replaces naturally
- a plant or animal lives
- large streams surface water
- a region's average weather
- decayed plant or animal
- spread desertlike conditions
- the short-term changes in air
- place two air masses meet
20 Clues: surroundings • planting trees • clearing of trees • replaces naturally • frozen layers soil • cannot be replaced • material people use • area of tall grasses • a plant or animal lives • decayed plant or animal • disappearance of species • formed from plant, animal • wind blows same direction • place two air masses meet • seasonal dry or moist air • a region's average weather • ...
Natural Texas Vocabulary 2023-09-11
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- written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit
- reasons why people make decisions to increase wealth or cut spending
- reasons why people move to a certain location due to environment or surroundings
- a large open area of grassland
- an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries
- tangible and intangible assets of a group or society that are inherited from past
- the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings
- changing what you do in your environment to suit your needs
- reasons why people make decisions to make new laws
- a long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights
- a wall or embankment built to prevent the sea from encroaching on or eroding an area of land
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- clean out the bed of a harbor, river, or other area of water by scooping out mud, weeds, and rubbish
- changing the environment to suit your needs
- all the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively
- the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
- an area of relatively level high ground
- the capacity to affect the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself
- a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater
- reasons why things happen because of religion, race/ethnicity, and/or family
- unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather
- a natural feature of the earth's surface
21 Clues: a large open area of grassland • an area of relatively level high ground • a natural feature of the earth's surface • changing the environment to suit your needs • unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather • reasons why people make decisions to make new laws • the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings • ...
Natural Selection Vocabulary 2024-01-09
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- a characteristic that all members of a species have
- an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
- a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
- living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
- a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
- a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
- a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
- trait a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
- an event or process that leads to a result or change
- everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
- an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
- a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
- to receive genes from a parent
- a related organism from a previous generation
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- the number of individuals with each trait in a population
- a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
- the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
- an organism produced as a result of reproduction
- to stay alive
- a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
- the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
- an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
- a result or change that happens because of an event or process
- any difference in traits between individual organisms
- an instruction for making a protein molecule
- a specific characteristic of an individual organism
- something in the environment that affects an individual’s chances of surviving
- a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
- a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
- a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
32 Clues: to stay alive • to receive genes from a parent • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • a related organism from a previous generation • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • a characteristic that all members of a species have • a specific characteristic of an individual organism • ...
EARTH'S NATURAL RESOURCES 2024-05-13
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- region with similar plants, animals, terrain, and climate
- of all the earth's water
- natural feature of the earth's surface.
- part of Earth where life exists
- weather patterns for a given region
- mass,A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height
- process of removing salt from ocean water
- breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
- protection of nature and its resources
- and use (land) for crops or gardening.
- sunlight,Sunlight that has low concentration or is spread across a large area; causes winter
- where water is collected and stored for use
- currents,Global patterns created from the movement of the oceans; such as the Gulf Stream
- thin layer of gases surrounding Earth
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- solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
- horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure
- where an organism lives
- useful material that can be drawn from when needed (water, timber)
- science of cultivating land for growing food or raising animals
- power needed to do work, such as staying alive
- action of moving water from one place to another
- sunlight,Sunlight that is highly concentrated or focused; causes summer
- by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
- stream,bands of high-speed winds about 10 kilometers above Earth's surface
- cycle,The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
25 Clues: where an organism lives • of all the earth's water • part of Earth where life exists • weather patterns for a given region • thin layer of gases surrounding Earth • protection of nature and its resources • and use (land) for crops or gardening. • natural feature of the earth's surface. • process of removing salt from ocean water • where water is collected and stored for use • ...
Natural History Crossword 2024-06-21
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- Man's best friend's ancestor (4)
- Largest animal to ever live (4,5)
- Fifth planet from the sun (7)
- Hairy elephant (7)
- Bottom of the food chain, SpongeBob antagonist (8)
- They can be golden,white-tailed, and bald (6)
- Fertile spot in desert, Britpop band (5)
- A young frog or toad (7)
- Not moss, but can be likened to it (6)
- Hose hypnotists (anagram)- plant's nutrient mechanism (14)
- They can be tawny, snowy, and little (4)
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- Screeching bird of Summer, fast (5)
- Wet wood (10)
- Itchy jumper (4)
- Fawkes' primate namesake (3,3,7)
- Acorn producer (3,4)
- The powerhouse of the cell (12)
- Insect with antlers (4,6)
- Continent with more penguins than people (10)
- Girl's best friend's base element (6)
- Slow-moving branch hugger with long nails (5)
21 Clues: Wet wood (10) • Itchy jumper (4) • Hairy elephant (7) • Acorn producer (3,4) • A young frog or toad (7) • Insect with antlers (4,6) • Fifth planet from the sun (7) • The powerhouse of the cell (12) • Man's best friend's ancestor (4) • Fawkes' primate namesake (3,3,7) • Largest animal to ever live (4,5) • Screeching bird of Summer, fast (5) • Girl's best friend's base element (6) • ...
Emily Natural World 2023-10-10
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- a climate type which is very dry
- seasonal wind that bring either dry or moist air
- spread of desert like conditions
- influences climate, is a really hot ball of fire
- tall; made of rock
- permanent frozen layers of earth
- planting trees to replace lost ones
- materials in nature that people use
- coldest climate zone
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- plants and animals that depend on each other
- mountain regions
- water that warms Europe
- air masses with different temperatures meet
- place where a plant or animal lives
- nonrenewable; formed from remains of plants and animals
- dinosaurs are
- resource that Earth replaces naturally
- one side is green and lush the other is desert
- short term changes in the air for a given place and time
- decayed plant or animal matter
20 Clues: dinosaurs are • mountain regions • tall; made of rock • coldest climate zone • water that warms Europe • decayed plant or animal matter • a climate type which is very dry • spread of desert like conditions • permanent frozen layers of earth • place where a plant or animal lives • planting trees to replace lost ones • materials in nature that people use • ...
Lily's Natural Resource 2023-10-10
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- to the north or south pole
- stream-strong ocean current that brings warm water
- types tropical,temperate,polar,dry,highland
- elevation of an object above the surface
- plant or animal matter
- - height above a given level
- - group of plants or animals that depend on each other.
- angular distance of a place north or south of the equater
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- a region or climate by mild temperatures
- fuel- natural fuel from the remains of organisms
- of desert like conditions
- wind that brings dry or moist air
- or belonging to a continent
- were plant or animal live
- frozen layers of soil
- east or west of the prime meridian
- that died out
- front-boundary between two air masses
- Resource - any material in nature that people use.
- resources-earth replaces naturally
20 Clues: that died out • frozen layers of soil • plant or animal matter • of desert like conditions • were plant or animal live • to the north or south pole • or belonging to a continent • - height above a given level • wind that brings dry or moist air • east or west of the prime meridian • resources-earth replaces naturally • front-boundary between two air masses • ...
Natural Wonders Quest 2023-10-10
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- - Africa's highest free-standing mountain
- - Longest river in Europe
- - North America's highest peak
- - Tallest mountain in the world
- - European river known for its castles
- - African mountain range in Morocco
- - Iconic European river
- - Eastern North American mountain range
- - Longest river in Africa
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- - Canadian river known for gold rush history
- - Asia's youngest and tallest mountain range
- - Asia's longest river
- - Mountain range in North America
- - Sacred river in India
- - River carving the Grand Canyon
- - Major river in North America
- - Mountain range separating Europe and Asia
- - Longest mountain range in the world
- - South America's largest river
- - Famous European mountain range
20 Clues: - Asia's longest river • - Sacred river in India • - Iconic European river • - Longest river in Europe • - Longest river in Africa • - Major river in North America • - North America's highest peak • - Tallest mountain in the world • - South America's largest river • - River carving the Grand Canyon • - Famous European mountain range • - Mountain range in North America • ...
the natural world 2024-04-19
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- haaskaeläin
- oja
- (tree) lehti(puu)
- nisäkäs
- pussieläin
- käpy
- elinympäristö
- lihansyöjä
- eläimet
- matelija
- erämaa
- kasvillisuus
- selkärankainen
- sukupuuttoon kuoleminen
- (animal) yö(eläin)
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- viidakko
- sammakkoeläin
- virta
- autiomaa
- hedelmällinen
- jäätikö
- jäkälä
- laji
- viljelyyn sopimaton
- sammal
- saaristo
- kasvit
- riista
- kotoperäinen
- kasvinsyöjä
30 Clues: oja • laji • käpy • virta • jäkälä • sammal • kasvit • erämaa • riista • jäätikö • nisäkäs • eläimet • viidakko • autiomaa • saaristo • matelija • pussieläin • lihansyöjä • haaskaeläin • kasvinsyöjä • kasvillisuus • kotoperäinen • sammakkoeläin • hedelmällinen • elinympäristö • selkärankainen • (tree) lehti(puu) • (animal) yö(eläin) • viljelyyn sopimaton • sukupuuttoon kuoleminen
7th Natural selection 2024-05-06
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- the major changes in body form and structure that takes many thousands of years
- ____ structures are similar structures found in 2 or more different species, it suggests a common ancestor and is evidence of evolution
- is the idea that organisms better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than other members of the same species that don’t have those traits
- this can influence natural selection it is when resources are limited and a species must compete to survive
- a new species can form if one part of a population gets ___ from another
- when organisms die and leave behind preserved remains they are called this
- Darwin felt that Helpful variations would increase in a population while unfavorable ones would ____
- these are small changes that add up to big changes over a long period
- a trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce
- the small gradual changes within a population like size and color
- organisms no longer exists and never will again
- when one organism takes in another and they co-exist
- some species show homologous structure early in ___ development, it suggests a common ancestor and is evidence of evolution
- when saying “survival of the fittest” we really mean the organism is able to live to ___ and pass the favorable traits to offspring
- natural selection is sometimes called “___ of the ____”
- this is when new species evolve during short periods of rapid change
- one of Darwin’s 3 important observations was that Fossils resembled many of the organisms alive _____
- Darwin Found fossils of _____ animals that resembled ____ ones of the day
- one of Darwin’s 3 important observations was that The world has tremendous ______
- when only those organisms with desired traits are selected to reproduce it is called ___ ___
- LUCA stands for this
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- Lamarck’s __ __ ____ believed that organisms could change during their lifetime by selectively using or not using parts of their body (not true)
- these look similar to a family tree, it is constructed to show relationships with organisms that are closely related on closer branches
- one of Darwin’s 3 important observations was that Animal species are ____ but have different characteristics to occupy
- when 2 or more species that interact closely can affect each other’s evolution
- this is the random process of a gene (trait) being lost due to something unexpected
- a book Darwin wrote to explain Natural Selection, 5 words
- this early scientist did have some Good ideas: evolution takes place by small gradual steps and that simple organisms could develop over many generations into more complex ones
- ____ structures are structures that have similar function due to organisms living in the same type of environment, it does NOT suggest a common ancestor it is simply a product of adapting to the environment
- “it is not the strongest or most intelligent species that survive, but the one most adaptable to ____” Charles Darwin
- similarities in ___ or the code of life shows evidence for evolution
- this is introducing new genes to a population from new comers coming in
- he developed the first Classification system
- this can influence natural selection; it is the differences between individuals
- this can influence natural selection- when a species produces more offspring than can survive
- she Collected fossils and Realized some animals from the past are not alive anymore
- they think the first ___ cell came into being through endosymbiosis between 2 prokaryotic cells
- _____ in genes cause changes and variations
- His discoveries studying rocks had him estimating Earth was over 300 million years old
- for a mutation to get passed to offspring, the mutation MUST occur in the fertilized ___ ___ of the parent
- ____ ____ are changes in gene “expression” not in the DNA sequences
- organisms sometimes practice ___ ___ in choosing a mate. Maybe they are more brightly colored or make a better nest than another trying to find a mate
- he set out on 5year trip aboard the HMS Beagle as a naturalist
43 Clues: LUCA stands for this • _____ in genes cause changes and variations • he developed the first Classification system • organisms no longer exists and never will again • a trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce • when one organism takes in another and they co-exist • natural selection is sometimes called “___ of the ____” • ...
all natural monsters 2026-02-23
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- the best bird
- a dandi ooh
- very huge
- a cold penguin
- drumming along
- a silly tree
- a mozart on the cello
- a fuzzy hug
- ew sticky
- a happy octopus
- a kind of creepy clash
- a flutie
- a frog
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- boom tis cat tis
- a lovely person fuzzy
- a two headed plant
- two bouncy creatures
- a rocky friend
- a dinosaur with construction abilitys
- a huge stone thing
- a rocky drone
- a yippie yo to you too
- a piano master
- a dede
- huge and very annoying
- rock and role
- ooh cool
27 Clues: a dede • a frog • a flutie • ooh cool • very huge • ew sticky • a dandi ooh • a fuzzy hug • a silly tree • the best bird • a rocky drone • rock and role • a rocky friend • a cold penguin • drumming along • a piano master • a happy octopus • boom tis cat tis • a two headed plant • a huge stone thing • two bouncy creatures • a lovely person fuzzy • a mozart on the cello • a yippie yo to you too • huge and very annoying • ...
NATURAL HAZARDS CROSSWORD 2026-03-30
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- The point inside the Earth where an earthquake begins
- A type of plate boundary where plates slide past each other
- When tourists visit an area, bringing money into the region
- The shaking of the Earth caused by movement of tectonic plates
- The movement of tectonic plates that causes earthquakes
- Nutrient-rich soil that helps crops grow well
- The scale used to measure the strength of earthquakes
- Molten rock that erupts from a volcano
- The outer layer of the Earth
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- Heat from the Earth used to generate electricity
- People leaving an area due to danger
- A wave caused by an underwater earthquake
- A type of plate boundary where plates collide
- A type of plate boundary where plates move apart
- The boundary where two tectonic plates meet
- Effects that happen after the main event (later impacts)
- A natural event that can cause damage and danger to people
- The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus
- A volcano case study located in Indonesia
- The immediate effects of a volcanic eruption
20 Clues: The outer layer of the Earth • People leaving an area due to danger • Molten rock that erupts from a volcano • A wave caused by an underwater earthquake • A volcano case study located in Indonesia • The boundary where two tectonic plates meet • The immediate effects of a volcanic eruption • A type of plate boundary where plates collide • ...
Natural Resources 2.0 2026-02-19
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- a resource that cannot be replaced quickly
- a food that disappears quickly at parties
- The class Axolotl's name
- careful use of natural resources
- underground layer that stores groundwater
- naturally occurring solid materials in the Earth
- energy from moving water
- Today's day of the week
- a fossil fuel formed from ancient plants
- something people use to meet their needs
- energy made from plant or animal material
- something teachers love but students sometimes forget
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- water stored beneath Earths surface
- using resources in a way that does not harm future generations
- using up a resource faster than it can be replaced
- the natural world around us
- a resource that can be replaced naturally over time
- a liquid fossil fuel also called petroleum
- energy from heat inside the Earth
- a gaseous fossil fuel used for heating
- energy produced by moving air
- reusing materials to reduce waste
- energy from the sun
- coal oil and natural gas
- what you hit on your alarm when you want five more minutes
- What does the Axolotl eat?
26 Clues: energy from the sun • Today's day of the week • The class Axolotl's name • energy from moving water • coal oil and natural gas • What does the Axolotl eat? • the natural world around us • energy produced by moving air • careful use of natural resources • energy from heat inside the Earth • reusing materials to reduce waste • water stored beneath Earths surface • ...
Natural Selection Crossword 2024-10-30
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- something that occurs in every generation
- head hunters in the wild
- the output of a cause
- A structure found inside the nucleus of a cell
- what genes and chromosomes are made up of
- an unexpected gene change that will produce a new trait
- a young bug that looks to be an adult
- someone who is related to you from the past
- different ages of people living at the same time
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- when to adults create offspring and give it their genes
- to live
- different kinds of different things
- to blend in
- a characteristic that helps a human survive
- something that happens that produces an effect
- things that are alive
- produced by 2 adults
- the food of a predator
- protein molecule instructor
- an individual with a certain characteristic
20 Clues: to live • to blend in • produced by 2 adults • the output of a cause • things that are alive • the food of a predator • head hunters in the wild • protein molecule instructor • different kinds of different things • a young bug that looks to be an adult • something that occurs in every generation • what genes and chromosomes are made up of • a characteristic that helps a human survive • ...
Natural Selection Vocab. 2024-10-30
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- result or change that happens because of an event or process
- an instruction for making a protein molecule
- a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
- everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
- an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
- a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
- selection the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
- a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
- a characteristic that all members of a species have
- a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
- a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
- an event or process that leads to a result or change
- an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
- a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
- a related organism from a previous generation
- the number of individuals with each trait in a population
- any difference in traits between individual organis
- a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
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- a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
- to stay alive
- a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
- something in the environment that affects an individual's chances of surviving
- a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
- a specific characteristic of an individual organism
- an organism produced as a result of reproduction
- a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
- to receive genes from a parent
- living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
- the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
- an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
- a characteristic that makes it more lively an individual would survive in a specific place.
- a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
32 Clues: to stay alive • to receive genes from a parent • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a related organism from a previous generation • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • a specific characteristic of an individual organism • a characteristic that all members of a species have • ...
Adaptations/Natural Selection 2024-12-11
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- An organism that hunts and eats other organisms.
- The study of heredity and the variation of inherited traits.
- The variety of life in the world or a specific habitat.
- The external conditions affecting organisms.
- The struggle between organisms for limited resources.
- The natural environment where an organism lives.
- The dying out of a species.
- Differences in physical traits among individuals of a species.
- The role or function of an organism in its ecosystem.
- Pressure An environmental factor that affects an organism's survival.
- Selection The process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and reproduce.
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- An organism that is hunted and eaten by predators.
- How well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment.
- An adaptation that allows an organism to blend into its environment.
- The process by which species change over time.
- The biological process of producing offspring.
- A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce.
- A change in DNA that can lead to new traits.
- The passing of traits from parents to offspring.
- The ability of an organism to continue living.
- Pool The total set of genetic information in a population.
- A specific characteristic of an organism.
- A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.
- An adaptation where one species resembles another.
- Selection The act of choosing or picking based on specific traits.
25 Clues: The dying out of a species. • A specific characteristic of an organism. • A change in DNA that can lead to new traits. • The external conditions affecting organisms. • The process by which species change over time. • The biological process of producing offspring. • The ability of an organism to continue living. • An organism that hunts and eats other organisms. • ...
evolution/natural selection 2025-03-19
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- the movement of genetic material between populations
- the preserved remains or traces of past life
- refers to the differences in characteristics
- relies on one parent and produces genetically identical offspring
- the process where two or more related species become increasingly dissimilar over time
- where a single cell divides into two identical daughter cells
- have a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles
- lack a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles
- occurs when a population's size is drastically reduced, leading to a loss of genetic diversity
- resistance to antibiotics
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- single-celled, microscopic organisms lacking a membrane-bound nucleus
- reciprocal evolutionary changes brought about by interactions between species
- branch of biology that studies the formation and growth of embryo
- a random fluctuation in the frequency of gene variants
- involves two parents resulting in offspring with unique combinations of traits
- the complete disappearance of a species from Earth
- is a specific version of a gene
- change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
- a significant reduction in genetic diversity that occurs when a small group of individuals establishes a new population
- where new species arise from a single ancestral species
20 Clues: resistance to antibiotics • is a specific version of a gene • the preserved remains or traces of past life • refers to the differences in characteristics • lack a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles • the complete disappearance of a species from Earth • have a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles • the movement of genetic material between populations • ...
Humans & Natural Resources 2025-03-21
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- – The careful use and protection of natural resources to prevent waste and destruction.
- – The long-term weather patterns and conditions in a certain area over a long period of time.
- – Resources that cannot be replaced once they are used up, such as coal or oil.
- – Unwanted or unusable materials that are thrown away after use.
- – A structure or effect in which gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun, contributing to climate change.
- – The process of collecting and reprocessing materials so they can be used again.
- – A community of living things, such as plants and animals, interacting with each other and their environment.
- – A chemical element found in all living things and fossil fuels, which is released into the atmosphere when fuels are burned.
- – The natural environment where a plant or animal lives and grows.
- – The effect or influence that humans, activities, or natural events have on the environment or living organisms.
- – The power that is used for work, such as electricity, heat, or fuel, often sourced from natural resources.
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- – Remains or traces of ancient plants and animals that have turned into fuel sources, such as coal, oil, and natural gas.
- – Materials that can be broken down naturally by bacteria and other organisms without harming the environment.
- – The process of gathering natural resources, like crops or timber, from the environment.
- – The presence of harmful substances in the air, water, or land that can cause damage to the environment.
- – Using resources in a way that ensures they will be available for future generations.
- – The amount of natural resources used and waste created by an individual or group, often referred to as an "environmental footprint."
- – A natural supply, such as water, energy, or minerals, that people use to meet their needs.
- – Resources that can be replaced naturally over time, like sunlight or wind, and can be used again.
- – The clearing or cutting down of forests for land or resources, which can harm the environment.
20 Clues: – Unwanted or unusable materials that are thrown away after use. • – The natural environment where a plant or animal lives and grows. • – Resources that cannot be replaced once they are used up, such as coal or oil. • – The process of collecting and reprocessing materials so they can be used again. • ...
Minerals & Natural Resources 2025-02-27
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- coal is used to produce this essential resource
- atom that gains or loses electrons
- heat from Earth's interior can be used to power turbines and generate electricity
- biotite, muscovite, and gypsum selenite cleave in ___
- a mineral will always be made of the same ratio of elements
- mineral that can scratch glass and comes in many colors
- calcite cleaves in ___ directions
- nonrenewable fossil fuel made from decayed plant matter millions of years ago
- element with seven valence electrons on its 3rd level
- how a mineral reflects light
- corn and soybean can be grown and made into these
- softest vitreous mineral that doesn't cleave
- element with one valence electron on its 3rd level
- sodium becomes this after losing a valence electron
- minerals do not contain living material
- sparkly metallic mineral with some iron
- chlorine becomes this after gaining a valence electron
- limitless resource (ex: wind, sunlight, water)
- resource with a limited supply (ex: iron, coal, gold)
- when one neutron causes repeated fission
- softest metallic mineral
- the least reliable mineral property
- some metallic minerals posses this miscellaneous property
- ore forming in aquatic environment when Earth had little/no oxygen; mined in Michigan's UP
- the powder left by scratching a mineral
- forms when electrons flow continuously between atoms
- formed in a tropical shallow marine environment; mined underground in Michigan
- atomic particle carrying both positive and negative charges
- used in nuclear power plants to speed up or slow down reactions
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- galena and halite cleave in ____ directions
- feldspars (potassium & plagioclase) cleave in _____
- nuclear process where uranium atoms are split by neutrons
- air moving from HIGH to LOW pressure cause this renewable resource we can use to generate electricity
- negatively charged atomic particle
- nonrenewable fossil fuel made from dead sea organisms millions of years ago
- sunlight hits silicon minerals in a solar panel
- electrons found along the outer shell of an atom
- forms when one atom gains and one loses electrons
- minerals forming without human interference
- nonrenewable ore used to fuel nuclear power plants
- hard metallic mineral full of iron; doesn't cleave
- soft earthy/vitreous mineral with a distinct odor
- calcite possesses this miscellaneous property
- how a mineral cleanly breaks along a planar (flat) surface
- only "fools" confuse this mineral for gold
- sunlight causes air or water to warm and become useful
- forms when atoms share electrons
- minerals that don't cleave may break this way
- to find the number of electron levels, look along these in a periodic table
- to find the number of valence electrons, look along these in a periodic table
- formed when glaciers eroded rock in Michigan; surface mined EVERYWHERE in Michigan
- minerals have a regular repeating pattern
- ore forming from cooling magma; found in Michigan's upper peninsula
- the resistance of a mineral
- positively charged particle
- nonrenewable fossil fuel used to heat your furnace (and some stoves)
56 Clues: softest metallic mineral • the resistance of a mineral • positively charged particle • how a mineral reflects light • forms when atoms share electrons • calcite cleaves in ___ directions • atom that gains or loses electrons • negatively charged atomic particle • the least reliable mineral property • minerals do not contain living material • ...
The Natural World 2025-07-12
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- the removal of all trees from a large area
- a large number, a collection
- food
- plants
- the natural world
- to cut down
- many, numerous
- damage to air, water, etc.
- living in the water
- to disappear
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- living on the land
- to reach past, get bigger
- a strong effect
- the natural area where a plant or animal lives
- to catch
- protection
- to keep from changing, maintain
- to prevent, slow down
- the cutting down of trees for commercial purposes
- loss of soil from action of water or wind
20 Clues: food • plants • to catch • protection • to cut down • to disappear • many, numerous • a strong effect • the natural world • living on the land • living in the water • to prevent, slow down • to reach past, get bigger • damage to air, water, etc. • a large number, a collection • to keep from changing, maintain • loss of soil from action of water or wind • the removal of all trees from a large area • ...
Natural Disaster Vocabulary 2025-08-23
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- to shake involuntarily
- molten rock that comes from a volcano
- temporarily obstructing a person's vision
- expel large quantities of something rapidly and forcibly
- the state of being ready for something
- influences or causes of a situation
- easily harmed
- long periods of time with little or no rain
- not acceptable, not built well
- occurrences
- long, narrow openings or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth
- the calm region at the center of a storm or hurricane
- destructive or damaging
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- occurring at regular intervals
- minor shocks following the main shock of an earthquake
- a tornado
- basic structures and systems needed for a country to work properly
- a severe flood
- toxic gases
- water overflowing as the result of a flood
- a change to a worse condition
- heavy rain that happens suddenly and can cause serious problems
- a shape that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom
- a blizzard that reduces visibilities to near zero
- the part of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
- the expulsion of gases, rocks and/or molten lava
26 Clues: a tornado • toxic gases • occurrences • easily harmed • a severe flood • to shake involuntarily • destructive or damaging • a change to a worse condition • occurring at regular intervals • not acceptable, not built well • influences or causes of a situation • molten rock that comes from a volcano • the state of being ready for something • temporarily obstructing a person's vision • ...
Alberta's Natural Wonders 2026-05-28
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- Vast expanse where the horizon seems to have no end
- Frozen survivor that wakes up in the summer
- High-altitude headbanger
- Rutt + Tuke (Brother Bear)
- Floral symbol that's a bit prickly around its roots?
- An aggressive aquatic beast without its horns
- Country in the Rockies
- Toxic beauty of the foothills
- Alberta's rarest giant flyer makes a noisy celebration without music
- Alberta's biggest bear?
- Badlands chasm, named after a lucky piece of equine footwear
- _______ Jack
- Grownhead outlet shifts to reveal night watchman
- Badlands ghost that lets you know when you're too close
- A trio of girls without their brothers
- Alberta's only sharp blizzard without its pollinator
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- A greenthumb's best friend
- Alberta's wild runner; a shy note without its opening
- Coniferous tree that grows all over
- High-altitude whistler that isn't a bird
- Tine on musical instrument reveals prairie runner
- A precious metal bird without its flock
- Howl without its head
- Alberta's busiest civil engineer?
- Alberta's unique trickster without its clean finish
- Princess's namesake makes a postcard-perfect tarn
- Warm breath from the Rockies that breaks winter's spell
- Hoodoo hotspot that sounds like a terrible review for a play
- Furry serial killer
- Canadian cobra chickens
- Royal home for old bones
31 Clues: _______ Jack • Furry serial killer • Howl without its head • Country in the Rockies • Alberta's biggest bear? • Canadian cobra chickens • High-altitude headbanger • Royal home for old bones • A greenthumb's best friend • Rutt + Tuke (Brother Bear) • Toxic beauty of the foothills • Alberta's busiest civil engineer? • Coniferous tree that grows all over • ...
Global Economy and Disaster Relief 2024-03-27
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- the practice of keeping things clean and healthy, especially when it comes to things like toilets and garbage
- people who are not in the military, regular people living their lives in their communities.
- places where rocks, stones, and minerals are dug out of the ground
- when the ground shakes because of movements in the Earth's crust
- bondage when someone is forced to work to pay off a debt, but they can never earn enough to actually pay it off
- things like bandages, medicine, and equipment that doctors and nurses use to help people who are sick or hurt
- a big storm with strong winds and lots of rain, it forms over warm ocean water
- when people leave a place because it's not safe, can happen during natural disasters like hurricanes
- the way of life for a group of people, including their beliefs, traditions, and customs
- help that's given to people who are suffering because of things like wars, disasters, or poverty
- happens when someone doesn't get enough of the right food to stay healthy, can make people weak and sick.
- a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake under the ocean
- a type of mine where tunnels are dug deep into the ground to extract minerals
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- something that is not allowed by law, it's illegal or forbidden
- people who move from one place to another to find work, often in fields like farming or construction
- the basic materials that are used to make things, they can include things like wood, metal, and plastic.
- water that has been used in homes, businesses, or industries and is no longer clean
- when children are made to work instead of going to school or playing
- people who work in other people's homes, doing tasks like cleaning, cooking, and taking care of children or elderly family members
- large holes dug in the ground to extract valuable minerals like coal or gold, can be very deep and can cause environmental damage.
- when people are forced or tricked into being sold or traded, often for things like forced labor
- keeping ourselves and our surroundings clean to prevent illness and stay healthy, includes things like washing our hands and brushing our teeth
- the practice of farming, including growing crops and raising animals for food
- children who are forced to join armed groups and fight in wars
- the process of making goods, usually in factories, involves turning raw materials into finished products
- the plant that chocolate comes from, grows in warm climates and produces seeds that are used to make chocolate
- the dirty water and waste that comes from toilets, sinks, and showers in our homes
- all the money and trade that happens between countries all around the world
- chemicals that farmers use to keep bugs and weeds away from their crops
- when farmers grow only one type of plant in a large area, it's called monocrop
30 Clues: a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake under the ocean • children who are forced to join armed groups and fight in wars • something that is not allowed by law, it's illegal or forbidden • when the ground shakes because of movements in the Earth's crust • places where rocks, stones, and minerals are dug out of the ground • ...
Alex Rider Crocodile Tears crossword puzzle By Georgia 2015-10-31
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- the fake charity
- charity worker and bad guy
- MI6
- the place Alex is taken to after being kidnapped
- the Indian Secret Operations service agent who saves Alex's life not once, but 3 times.
- main character
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- book name
- what everyone wants, expecilly the villian in this book.
- the journalist who found out about Alex's secret and is going to write an artical on it.
- the villian would create disasters so people would donate money to his fake..
10 Clues: MI6 • book name • main character • the fake charity • charity worker and bad guy • the place Alex is taken to after being kidnapped • what everyone wants, expecilly the villian in this book. • the villian would create disasters so people would donate money to his fake.. • the Indian Secret Operations service agent who saves Alex's life not once, but 3 times. • ...
Forgot your Smartphone? Part II 2026-05-03
Across
- The sound of a successful goodbye
- Was man lieber nicht fallen lässt
- Material, aus dem die meisten Toiletten bestehen
- Device for unclogging disasters
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- What famous palace reportedly had over 2,000 toilets?
- What does “WC” stand for?
- Deckt die Schüssel oben ab
- Land, in dem Toiletten oft mehr Funktionen haben als dein Fernseher
- What is the average person estimated to spend on the toilet over a lifetime (in years)?
- Silent but deadly, often blamed on food
10 Clues: What does “WC” stand for? • Deckt die Schüssel oben ab • Device for unclogging disasters • The sound of a successful goodbye • Was man lieber nicht fallen lässt • Silent but deadly, often blamed on food • Material, aus dem die meisten Toiletten bestehen • What famous palace reportedly had over 2,000 toilets? • ...
Home work 4 2022-05-19
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- something that remains as it is for a long time
- observe something or someone
- dealing with money and credit can include spending and saving money
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- Modifying something to fit into someone or something
- Discovering a new place
- something that goes wrong
- What’s around you
- a scientist study of a place and relation ship between people and their environments.
8 Clues: What’s around you • Discovering a new place • something that goes wrong • observe something or someone • something that remains as it is for a long time • Modifying something to fit into someone or something • dealing with money and credit can include spending and saving money • a scientist study of a place and relation ship between people and their environments.
Climate Change Crossword 2022-05-12
Across
- A gaseous fossil fuel that is found in nature (hint: most of the answer is in the question)
- These living things help remove CO2 from our planet, but we put out too much for them to recycle alone.
- One way to refer to non-fossil fuels is _________ energy.
- Is the phrase used to describe JUST how Earth's average temperature is getting hotter.
- The problem we as humans face is not necessarily that Earth's climate is changing (this happens naturally) but how _______________ it is changing.
- The various types of fuels that put out CO2 emissions are called __________________.
- The main greenhouse gas the causes climate change is _______________.
- As climate change gets worse, so will natural disasters such as ____________ in places like California and Australia.
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- The "sphere" of Earth where most emissions end up.
- The gasses that cause climate change are called ____________________, named for the effect they cause on Earth's atmosphere.
- One major cause of climate change is the industry that creates all the _____ we eat.
- One of the ways we look at past climate is observing ___ cores from various places around the world.
- A solid fossil fuel burned in many factories, especially during the Industrial Revolution.
- CO2 _________ are mostly responsible for the current climate change (the word for "something that is put out).
- In the past years, several _____________ have been declared dead as all the ice making them up melts.
- Some places are trying to help fight climate change by allowing only new ___________ cars to be sold after a certain year.
- Is the phrase used to describe how as the Earth's temperature warms, conditions around the world will change.
- A liquid fossil fuel dug up out of the ground and from under oceans.
18 Clues: The "sphere" of Earth where most emissions end up. • One way to refer to non-fossil fuels is _________ energy. • A liquid fossil fuel dug up out of the ground and from under oceans. • The main greenhouse gas the causes climate change is _______________. • One major cause of climate change is the industry that creates all the _____ we eat. • ...
Narrative Elements and Pronouns Vocabulary 2019-12-12
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- In this type of conflict, a character is facing a problem with the government or community.
- The point of view that uses pronouns such as he, she, him, her, they.
- The people, animals, and creatures that take part in the action of a story.
- A pronoun that refers back to the subject of a sentence and is necessary for the sentence to make sense.
- These pronouns show possession or ownership. Ex. hers, his, its, ours, theirs
- In this type of conflict, a character is battling the outside elements such as weather, water, or natural disasters.
- The series of events that happen in a story. Ex. exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
- A pronoun that adds emphasis to its antecedent and is not necessary for the sentence to make sense.
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- The point of view that uses pronouns such as I, me, my, we, us.
- These pronouns refer back to the subject of a sentence. Ex. he, she, they, we, I, you
- The message or lesson learned from the story. Ex. Treat others as you would want to be treated. Good will always triumph over evil.
- These pronouns receive the action of the verb in a sentence. Ex. him, her, me, them, us
- Any struggle between opposing forces in a story
- The noun that the pronoun refers to.
- A word that takes the place of a noun. Ex. I, me, he, she
- In this type of conflict, a character is battling an internal struggle.
- This point of view is rarely used in fiction stories. This point of view uses pronouns you and your.
- Warsaw, Poland is an example of this narrative element.
18 Clues: The noun that the pronoun refers to. • Any struggle between opposing forces in a story • Warsaw, Poland is an example of this narrative element. • A word that takes the place of a noun. Ex. I, me, he, she • The point of view that uses pronouns such as I, me, my, we, us. • The point of view that uses pronouns such as he, she, him, her, they. • ...
Unit 6 Vocabulary 2017-10-30
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- Theory that states that speciation occurs suddenly and rapidly followed by long periods of little evolutionary change
- Study of the distribution of organisms around the world
- Isolation between populations due to physical barriers
- Process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors
- Process in which two or more species evolve in response to changes in each other
- Mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptations produce more offspring on average than do other individuals
- Process by which humans modify a species by breeding it for certain traits
- Observable change in the allele frequencies of a population over a few generations
- Ability of a trait to be passed from one generation to the next
- Trace of an organism from the past
- All of the individuals of a species that live in the same area
- Study of fossils or extinct organisms
- Selection in which certain traits enhance mating success
- Change in allele frequencies due to chance alone, occurring most commonly in small populations
- Evolution of one or more closely related species into different species
- Genetic drift that occurs after a small number of individuals colonize a new area
- Group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring
- Inherited trait that is selected for over time because it allows organisms to better survive in their environment
- Evolution toward similar characteristics in unrelated species
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- Pathway of natural selection in which one uncommon phenotype is selected over a more common phenotype
- Elimination of a species from Earth
- Body part that is similar in function as a body part of another organism but is structurally different
- Evolution of two or more species from one ancestral species
- Principle that states that changes in landforms result from slow changes over a long period of time
- Final stage in speciation, in which members of isolated populations are either no longer able to mate or no longer able to produce viable offspring
- Collection of alleles found in all of the individuals of a population
- Isolation between populations due to differences in courtship or mating behavior
- Theory that states that the geologic processes that shape Earth are uniform throughout time
- Proportion of one allele, compared with all the alleles for that trait, in the gene pool
- Differences in physical traits of an individual from the group to which it belongs
- Remnants of an organ or structure that functioned in an earlier ancestor
- Isolation between populations due to barriers related to time, such as differences in mating periods
- Theory that states that natural disasters shaped Earth's landforms and caused extinction of some species
- Pathway of natural selection in which two opposite, but equally common, phenotypes are selected over the most common phenotype
- Body part that is similar in structure on different organisms but performs different functions
- Physical movement of alleles from one population to another
- Measure of an organism's ability to survive and produce offspring relative to other members of a population
- Pathway of natural selection in which intermediate phenotypes are selected over phenotypes at both extremes
- Genetic drift that results from an event that drastically reduces the size of a population
- Process by which one species evolves and gives rise to many descendant species that occupy different ecological niches
40 Clues: Trace of an organism from the past • Elimination of a species from Earth • Study of fossils or extinct organisms • Isolation between populations due to physical barriers • Study of the distribution of organisms around the world • Selection in which certain traits enhance mating success • Evolution of two or more species from one ancestral species • ...
Unit 6 Vocabulary 2017-10-30
Across
- Genetic drift that occurs after a small number of individuals colonize a new area
- Process by which one species evolves and gives rise to many descendant species that occupy different ecological niches
- Isolation between populations due to differences in courtship or mating behavior
- Collection of alleles found in all of the individuals of a population
- Theory that states that natural disasters shaped Earth's landforms and caused extinction of some species
- Process in which two or more species evolve in response to changes in each other
- Theory that states that speciation occurs suddenly and rapidly followed by long periods of little evolutionary change
- Final stage in speciation, in which members of isolated populations are either no longer able to mate or no longer able to produce viable offspring
- Study of the distribution of organisms around the world
- Proportion of one allele, compared with all the alleles for that trait, in the gene pool
- Physical movement of alleles from one population to another
- Process by which humans modify a species by breeding it for certain traits
- Inherited trait that is selected for over time because it allows organisms to better survive in their environment
- All of the individuals of a species that live in the same area
- Isolation between populations due to barriers related to time, such as differences in mating periods
- Differences in physical traits of an individual from the group to which it belongs
- Change in allele frequencies due to chance alone, occurring most commonly in small populations
- Isolation between populations due to physical barriers
- Study of fossils or extinct organisms
- Evolution toward similar characteristics in unrelated species
- Principle that states that changes in landforms result from slow changes over a long period of time
- Evolution of one or more closely related species into different species
- Evolution of two or more species from one ancestral species
- Measure of an organism's ability to survive and produce offspring relative to other members of a population
- Trace of an organism from the past
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- Process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors
- Body part that is similar in function as a body part of another organism but is structurally different
- Pathway of natural selection in which one uncommon phenotype is selected over a more common phenotype
- Pathway of natural selection in which two opposite, but equally common, phenotypes are selected over the most common phenotype
- Mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptations produce more offspring on average than do other individuals
- Theory that states that the geologic processes that shape Earth are uniform throughout time
- Ability of a trait to be passed from one generation to the next
- Observable change in the allele frequencies of a population over a few generations
- Genetic drift that results from an event that drastically reduces the size of a population
- Remnants of an organ or structure that functioned in an earlier ancestor
- Body part that is similar in structure on different organisms but performs different functions
- Pathway of natural selection in which intermediate phenotypes are selected over phenotypes at both extremes
- Elimination of a species from Earth
- Group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring
- Selection in which certain traits enhance mating success
40 Clues: Trace of an organism from the past • Elimination of a species from Earth • Study of fossils or extinct organisms • Isolation between populations due to physical barriers • Study of the distribution of organisms around the world • Selection in which certain traits enhance mating success • Physical movement of alleles from one population to another • ...
The enviroment 2014-11-11
Across
- A resticted area where some types of animals and plants are born and live in harmony
- It causes global warming
- Energy wich can be reused more times
- What we singly to the enviroment
- Maintenance made without the use of chemicals
- It's used to separate glass from other type of rubbish
- Animals that are going to disappear soon
- Protect something
- A new type of energy wich caused so many disasters in the world
- It causes the rise of the temperatures all around the world
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- The biggest problem that we have nowadays
- Maintenance mad with the use of chemicals.
- When some objects are reused
- Fishing more fish than what's necessary
- Where all our trash is throw away
- Cutting too much trees
16 Clues: Protect something • Cutting too much trees • It causes global warming • When some objects are reused • What we singly to the enviroment • Where all our trash is throw away • Energy wich can be reused more times • Fishing more fish than what's necessary • Animals that are going to disappear soon • The biggest problem that we have nowadays • ...
Old Testament 2023-08-17
Across
- The religious leader authorized to perform sacred rituals.
- The Nation to which the Israelites belonged.
- Dry Arid uninhabited area.
- God's agreement and promise with His people.
- King defeated Goliath and established Jerusalem as the capital.
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- Specially trained individuals who copied and preserved religious texts.
- Series of disasters that befell Egypt before the Exodus.
- Ancient city where the Israelites were exiled.
- Communicator of divine messages.
- A state of being removed from one's homeland.
- The complete Jewish Scriptures, including the Law, Prophets, and Writings.
- Wrongdoing against divine law, or being separated from God
- The ability to discern and apply knowledge and experience.
- Patriarch who receive a promise of a great nation.
- The first book in the Bible.
- Mother of Isaac.
16 Clues: Mother of Isaac. • Dry Arid uninhabited area. • The first book in the Bible. • Communicator of divine messages. • The Nation to which the Israelites belonged. • God's agreement and promise with His people. • A state of being removed from one's homeland. • Ancient city where the Israelites were exiled. • Patriarch who receive a promise of a great nation. • ...
The Natural World 2021-02-07
Across
- Cinders, or a type of tree.
- plant grown for human use or consumption.
- 0.405 of a hectare.
- Very dry, like a desert.
- Large animal, not too different a reindeer.
- Animal or insect that causes damage.
- Whirlwinds, twisters.
- Rough paths, routes followed by animals.
- Band of sand beside the sea.
- Night birds, with large eyes.
- Scottish equivalent of a lake.
- Area around the North Pole.
- There are four of these each year.
- A root vegetable, usually white inside.
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- Short period of rain.
- Large animal associated with Father christmas.
- large European hardwood tree.
- Direction from which the sun rises.
- A type of fruit; its tree has pink blossom.
- It is disappearing from the upper atmosphere.
- It sometimes falls as flakes in winter.
- Rapidly rotating atmospheric systems.
- Large expanses of fresh water.
- Freshwater fish that is often eaten.
24 Clues: 0.405 of a hectare. • Short period of rain. • Whirlwinds, twisters. • Very dry, like a desert. • Cinders, or a type of tree. • Area around the North Pole. • Band of sand beside the sea. • Night birds, with large eyes. • Large expanses of fresh water. • Scottish equivalent of a lake. • large European hardwood tree. • There are four of these each year. • ...
Natural Hair Conditioning 2020-06-09
Across
- natural certification
- hair center
- likes all
- type of grooming
- cabbage family
- balanced charges
- moniker
- hair top layer
- feeling good
- Feline Charge
- granted
- fat combo
- sheets
- not fourth order
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- Sticks to it
- thick or thin
- not forever
- C18 hydroxy
- pulling force
- building block
- Novel All Natural Conditioner
- innovative technology excellence
- Cheek to cheek
- for long haul
- amino acid
- oil in water
26 Clues: sheets • moniker • granted • likes all • fat combo • amino acid • not forever • C18 hydroxy • hair center • Sticks to it • feeling good • oil in water • thick or thin • pulling force • for long haul • Feline Charge • building block • cabbage family • hair top layer • Cheek to cheek • type of grooming • balanced charges • not fourth order • natural certification • Novel All Natural Conditioner • ...
Sustainability & Natural Resources 2021-10-06
Across
- Its sugars are used to make ethanol
- Energy created by burning the remains of dead animals
- Natural gas is a collection of odorless gasses that is mainly composed of ________
- Energy that comes from the heat in the Earth
- Can not be replaced as soon as it is used; Will eventually run out
- Human _____ are the things that we need in order to survive
- The three pillars of sustainability are social, ________, and environmental
- Energy created when water flows through a dam to power a turbine
- Fossil _______ are formed from millions of years of heat and pressure
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- Remains of living things buried deep underground
- Energy that comes from the sun
- Fuel that is made by separating water with electricity
- Made by refining soybean oil
- The ability to continue without interruption
- Also known as crude oil, it is a liquid formed from the remains of ancient marine life
- Where we store our groundwater
- Solid sedimentary rock that was formed from ancient plants
- Can be replaced as soon as it is used; Almost never runs out
- Sustainability is focused on how we use our _________ resources
- We as a society would need 1.5 _______ to match the rate we consume natural resources
20 Clues: Made by refining soybean oil • Energy that comes from the sun • Where we store our groundwater • Its sugars are used to make ethanol • The ability to continue without interruption • Energy that comes from the heat in the Earth • Remains of living things buried deep underground • Energy created by burning the remains of dead animals • ...
Natural Landscapes 2 2022-03-08
Across
- A type of weathering that allows the breakdown of rock through the action of chemicals
- A flow of ash and mud down the side of a volcano
- This agent of erosion removes smaller dry particles of soil creating dunes and deflation hollows
- A disaster on Dec 24, 1953, caused by a lahar from the collapse of the Ruapehu crater lake
- The leeward side of a mountain barrier which is much drier
- A drainage pattern frequently found on the cone shapes volcanos.
- Denudation processes are most active on these slopes
- The desert that lies on the eastern side of Ruapehu
- Rock created when the materials erupted from a volcano are welded together ny heat
- This water feature is created when a river flows on resistant rock and then encounters softer rock
- An agent of erosion created by moving ice
- These processes operate below the surface of the crust
- A type of rainfall created by a mountain barrier
- Rock that easily Erodes such as sedimentary
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- An agent of erosion created by moving water
- The breaking down of rock by physical chemical or biological means
- A type of weathering where the rock is broken down by physical actions such as freezing.
- Any processes that result in the wearing down of landforms altering the landform
- The Te Reo name for White Island
- A type of forest that extend up to 1000 meters ASL and contains trees such as Rimu and Miro.
- A type of weathering that involves the actions of plants and animals
- A glaciated valley below Mt Ngaruhoe
- The direction slopes face
23 Clues: The direction slopes face • The Te Reo name for White Island • A glaciated valley below Mt Ngaruhoe • An agent of erosion created by moving ice • An agent of erosion created by moving water • Rock that easily Erodes such as sedimentary • A flow of ash and mud down the side of a volcano • A type of rainfall created by a mountain barrier • ...
Natural Selection & Evolution 2022-02-25
Across
- A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area.
- A change in an organism's environment that affects its ability to survive and reproduce.
- A segment of DNA that codes for a trait.
- Traits gained through experiences, learning, or environmental factors; will not be passed on to offspring.
- The English naturalist who came up with the theory of evolution by natural selection.
- A characteristic
- The surroundings or conditions in which an organism lives and operates.Evolution Change over time
- A feature of the physical body.
- A period of inactivity that is a behavioral adaptation to winter cold and food scarcity.
- The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive, reproduce, and pass on their traits more successfully than less well adapted individuals.
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- A process where individuals that are more "fit" for their environment survive, reproduce, and pass on their traits. (natural selection)
- The wide range of living things on Earth.
- A behavioral adaptation in which a species moves from one place or region to another to find food or a warmer place.
- A change in the genetic code; responsible for a lot of variation in populations of organisms.
- The dying out of a species of organism.
- Differences in traits in populations of organisms.
- Traits passed from parents to offspring.
- The child (or children) from a parent.
- An inherited trait that improves an organism's chance of survival in its environment.
- A behavior that has been learned from experience or observation is a __________ behavior.
20 Clues: A characteristic • A feature of the physical body. • The child (or children) from a parent. • The dying out of a species of organism. • A segment of DNA that codes for a trait. • Traits passed from parents to offspring. • The wide range of living things on Earth. • Differences in traits in populations of organisms. • ...
La riqueza natural 2022-03-01
20 Clues: trash • humans • should • jungle • plastic • to recycle • to develop • to educate • population • to respect • Sin. echar • environment • It's our turn • It's dangerous • Ant. es inútil • tropical forest • cuando no llueve • Ej. Saturno,Venus • diverse, different • to pick up or gather
Natural selection vocabulary 2022-04-12
Across
- a group of living things that can mate with one another but not with those of other groups
- the degree to which something varies; amount of change or difference
- a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change
- An animal that hunts other animals for food
- in biology, the evolutionary principle that only the forms of plants or animals best suited to or most easily able to adapt to existing conditions will survive, while other less suited forms will become extinct
- in biology, a change in an organism, over time, that better enables it to survive and multiply
- the diversity of life forms on earth or part of the earth, including diversity of species, genes, and ecosystems, esp. when regarded as providing the optimal conditions for evolution
- money or things that are available for a particular use
- is a natural process of evolution in which the organisms that are best adapted to their environment survive and are able to reproduce, while those that are weak leaves fewer or no offspring
- a way of hiding something by covering or coloring it so that it looks like its surrounding
- in biology, similar in form or function, but of different evolutionary origin
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- a variety
- corresponding structurally, often because of a common evolutionary origin
- of, pertaining to, or being a vestige, esp. an anatomical one
- is something that pollutes, esp. a waste substance that makes air, water, or land impure or unhealthy; contaminant.
- a condition that causes harm to the health of a person, animal, or plant; illness; sickness
- the process or act of trying to win
- the child or young of a particular human, animal, or plant
- to have young or offspring
- an animal being hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal
- the theory that describes how all life forms developed from simpler life forms by changes that took millions of years
- fills with more inhabitants than available resources can sustain
- everything that surrounds a particular type of living thing and affects its growth and health
- the branch of science that concerns the formation and development of embryos
24 Clues: a variety • to have young or offspring • the process or act of trying to win • An animal that hunts other animals for food • money or things that are available for a particular use • the child or young of a particular human, animal, or plant • an animal being hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal • of, pertaining to, or being a vestige, esp. an anatomical one • ...
Earth's Natural Resources 2018-01-30
Across
- precipitation carrying dangerous chemicals that kills living things
- re-use old materials to make new products
- materials that cycle through natural processes to be used again
- cutting all the trees in a forest
- large farms that depend on modern technology to produce crops in large amounts
- areas of Asia that are rapidly disappearing because of deforestation
- a place where living elements depend on other living and nonliving elements for their survival
- products are distributed to peole who need them
- materials that cannot be replaced when they are used up
- chemical that kill insects
- countries with few industries
- a slow increase in the Earth's temperature (now called "climate change")
- rocks, soil, air, water
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- coal, oil, and natural gas
- any useful material found in the environment
- dangerous chemicals destroying the ozone layer
- farms that raise a single crop for export using many workers
- a device used to reduce dangerous chemicals released into the air
- raising only enough food to feed your family
- using resources directly to make products
- changing raw materials into finished products
- gifts or loans from one country to another
- countries with many industries
- resources that must be changed before they can be used
- turning raw materials into things people use
- resources that can be replaced
- the blanket of gas in the upper part of our atmosphere
- top petroleum producer and consumer
- the place where organisms live
29 Clues: rocks, soil, air, water • coal, oil, and natural gas • chemical that kill insects • countries with few industries • countries with many industries • resources that can be replaced • the place where organisms live • cutting all the trees in a forest • top petroleum producer and consumer • re-use old materials to make new products • using resources directly to make products • ...
A Natural Balance 2017-05-25
Across
- to stay alive or continue to live
- place into a group
- to hurt
- the total number in a group
- to make sure that a rule is obeyed
- against the law
- to become larger or more
- the natural home of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- everything that surrounds you
- when you lose something or someone (perdida)
- to produce an effect or change
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- to take care of a person or animal - from baby to adult
- to become smaller or less
- watching and researching
- to produce more animals or plants
- responsible for
- at serious risk of disappearing
- to help to cause something to happen
- the contamination of land, water, air, etc.
- no longer existing
- to get stronger and return to normal
- a group of animals or plants that are similar
- at risk / to say that you will hurt someone
- the number or quantity of something
- garbage / to use something inappropriately OR to not use it appropriately
25 Clues: to hurt • responsible for • against the law • place into a group • no longer existing • watching and researching • to become larger or more • to become smaller or less • the total number in a group • everything that surrounds you • to produce an effect or change • at serious risk of disappearing • to stay alive or continue to live • to produce more animals or plants • ...
Natural Systems Review 2016-10-25
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- The "supercontinent" which broke-up 300 million years ago.
- Common sedimentary rock...made of grains of sand
- Ideal soil with a balance of silt, clay, sand and humus.
- Oldest landform region in Canada
- A mixed forest region is an example of what?
- Main reason why Tundra is the predominant vegetation type Canada's north.
- Layer between the crust and outer core.
- Highest - lowest temperature
- Opposite to the windward side of a mountain in an Orographic precipitation pattern
- This sedimentary rock is largely made up of the skeletal remains of shelled organisms etc.
- "Nearness" to water has what effect on climate?
- The six factors which affect climate
- Oil-rich landform region.
- Process by which sediment becomes cemented into sedimentary rock
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- Most common igneous intrusive rock.
- Orographic/Relief precipitation is affected by this single factor.
- High-temp range, low total precip. and summer max precipitation maximum....
- Of all the factors which affect climate, which appears to have the single greatest impact?
- In the summer this is the most common precipitation pattern in Burlington.
- The upward movement of water in a calcified soil profile.
- Most of Canada's population lives in this soil region.
- These "currents" explain why plates move.
- Came up with the theory of Continental Drift
- The prairies are largely composed of this type of soil profile.
- Geologist who came up with the theory of Plate Tectonics
- A typical consequence of a very wet soil profile
26 Clues: Oil-rich landform region. • Highest - lowest temperature • Oldest landform region in Canada • Most common igneous intrusive rock. • The six factors which affect climate • Layer between the crust and outer core. • These "currents" explain why plates move. • A mixed forest region is an example of what? • Came up with the theory of Continental Drift • ...
Natural Resources Crossword 2019-03-07
Across
- The water & human wastes that are washed down sinks, toilets, and showers
- A form of oxygen that has three oxygen atoms in each molecule instead of the usual two
- A type of pollution caused by factories & power plants releasing superheated water into natural bodies of water
- A rate of change that increases more and more rapidly over time
- A resource that is either always available, or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time
- A widely-spread source of pollution that is difficult to link to a specific point of origin
- The practice of allowing renewable resources time to recover and replenish
- Pollutants that are released into the air
- The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock or soil
- The practice of using less of a resource so that it can last longer
- The advance of desert-like conditions into areas that were previously fertile
- The number of people born per 1,000 individuals over a certain period of time
- Energy-rich substances formed from the remains of organisms
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- The number of deaths per 1,000 individuals over a certain period of time
- Contamination of Earth's land, water, or air through the release of harmful substances into the environment
- Abnormal rain that is caused by the release of sulfur dioxide & nitrogen oxide into the air
- Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms
- A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame
- Anything naturally occurring in the environment that humans use
- A process that removes salt from sea water to make fresh water
- The splitting of an atom's nucleus into two nuclei, which releases a great deal of energy
- To form a crystal structure
- A condition in which the number of humans grows beyond what the available resources can support
- A mineral deposit large enough and valuable enough to be extracted from the ground
- Using a resource in ways that maintain it at a certain quality for a certain period of time
- A specific source of pollution that can be easily identified
26 Clues: To form a crystal structure • Pollutants that are released into the air • Energy-rich substances formed from the remains of organisms • A specific source of pollution that can be easily identified • A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame • A process that removes salt from sea water to make fresh water • ...
Natural Hazards Crossword 2019-08-09
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- A segment of the Earth that sits below the crust.
- A type of natural hazard caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
- A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall causing a shortage of water.
- The name for tropical storms in North American and the Caribbean.
- A type of plate boundary where the plates move apart.
- A cloud of this is emitted during a volcanic eruption.
- One of the Three Ps: P..., Protection and Planning.
- A extremely large wave from the ocean that floods coastal areas.
- The name for lava before it reaches the surface.
- The circular center of a tropical storm.
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- The dense oceanic plate that subducts beneath the South American plate creating the Andes Mountains.
- An area of volcanic activity far from plate margins. Hawaii is an example of this. (Two words)
- A type of natural hazard caused by the occurrence and distribution of water.
- The likelihood of a natural hazard occurring. (Two words)
- A type of plate boundary where the two plate rub past each other. An example is the San Andreas Fault.
- A period of strong, sustained surface wind.
- The point on the surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
- The name of the force that causes the winds to bend and storms to spin. It is caused by the curvature of the Earth.
- A type of effect or response that happens immediately affect an event.
- A type of volcano that occurs at constructive plate margins. These volcanoes have non-viscous lava, so their sides are very shallow.
20 Clues: The circular center of a tropical storm. • A period of strong, sustained surface wind. • The name for lava before it reaches the surface. • A segment of the Earth that sits below the crust. • One of the Three Ps: P..., Protection and Planning. • A type of plate boundary where the plates move apart. • A cloud of this is emitted during a volcanic eruption. • ...
Natural Hazard Project 2013-07-14
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- widespread,long lived,straight lined wind storm.
- when up drafts are balanced by down drafts.
- result of localized convection in an unstable air mass.
- occur along the boundaries of weather fronts (e.g coldfront).
- thunderstorm which produces hail that reaches the ground.
- visible mass of condensed water vapour floating in the atmosphere,typically high above ground.
- prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which maybe accompanied by high humidity.
- occurance of a natural electrical discharge of very shortduration and high voltage.
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- rapidly rotating storm system characterised by a low pressure system,strong winds and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorm that produce heavy rain.
- action of warm air rising and cold air sinking.
- area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as earth.
- condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visiblyin seperate drops.
- disturbed state of an astronomical body's atmosphere especially affecting it's surfcace.
- caused by air that is forced up by a mountain or hillside.
- violentily rotating column of air.
- intense column or vortex that occurs over a body of water.
- collection of liquid water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air or near the earths surface.
- of frozen rain.
- line of thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front.
- very localised column of sinking air.
20 Clues: of frozen rain. • violentily rotating column of air. • very localised column of sinking air. • when up drafts are balanced by down drafts. • action of warm air rising and cold air sinking. • widespread,long lived,straight lined wind storm. • result of localized convection in an unstable air mass. • thunderstorm which produces hail that reaches the ground. • ...
Natural Resources Crossword 2016-10-11
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- Contains liquid inside which is the produced to make drugs
- Normally a silvery metal, used to make coins
- Biggest aquatic mammal
- Jewel that woman like which is expensive
- What we breath
- Jumpy little animal
- fish which you can its bones
- Long haired type of cow, normally found in Central Asia
- Small type of wild dog found in forests, normally red
- Shiny stone sometimes used to build kitchens
- What we take iron from
- Rock made of skeletal parts of fish, corals etc...
- Emblem of the U.S - bird
- Big black bird, normally found in deserts eating dead animals
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- Rock which is normally colorless or pale, very common
- Hard, black rock - sometimes used to cook in BBQ
- Type of sea hedgehog but doesn't move on its own
- Jumpy animal found in Australia
- Pokemon game which mascot is Giratina
- Normally put it on food
- Black and white animal
- Small type of wild dog found in dry areas of North America
- Energy produced using water, can also be man-made
- leader of bees in a hive
- Turns Carbon Dioxide into Oxygen, sometimes very tall or small
- .... medal won if 1st place in the Olympics
26 Clues: What we breath • Jumpy little animal • Black and white animal • Biggest aquatic mammal • What we take iron from • Normally put it on food • leader of bees in a hive • Emblem of the U.S - bird • fish which you can its bones • Jumpy animal found in Australia • Pokemon game which mascot is Giratina • Jewel that woman like which is expensive • .... medal won if 1st place in the Olympics • ...
Natural Resources 2.5 2016-10-20
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- It germinates when add water
- A layer of earth were plants grow
- Use as fuel
- nuclear fuel
- Another name for H20
- Oil
- We slather billions of them every year for meat coat bags, and etc.
- Its used to catch fish
- A fuel found in the earth
- A star that will blow up in 4 billion years later that will aslo eat up the earth.
- We sitting or standing on it right now
- A black, carbon fossil fuel used for energy
- A material that can mine diamond in mine-craft
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- A animal that has no limbs in the sea
- The hardest material to find in mine craft
- Use to make silverware
- Its green
- It clovers 71% of the earth
- The chemical element of atomic number 29
- A animal that give birth not by egg
- It can grow up to 400 feet
- Five cents
- an air-like fluid substance which expands freely to fill any space available
- A chemical element with the symbol Au
- A clean energy that comes from the air
- Another name for Oxygen
26 Clues: Oil • Its green • Five cents • Use as fuel • nuclear fuel • Another name for H20 • Use to make silverware • Its used to catch fish • Another name for Oxygen • A fuel found in the earth • It can grow up to 400 feet • It clovers 71% of the earth • It germinates when add water • A layer of earth were plants grow • A animal that give birth not by egg • A animal that has no limbs in the sea • ...
Natural Resources 2.5 2016-10-19
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- A chemical element with the symbol Au
- A clean energy that comes from the air
- The chemical element of atomic number 29
- Another name for Oxygen
- Use as fuel
- It clovers 71% of the earth
- A star that will blow up in 4 billion years later that will aslo eat up the earth.
- The hardest material to find in mine craft
- Use to make silverware
- A black, carbon fossil fuel used for energy
- A animal that give birth not by egg
- It can grow up to 400 feet
- A animal that has no limbs in the sea
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- We sitting or standing on it right now
- Another name for H20
- Oil
- Its green
- A material that can mine diamond in mine-craft
- It germinates when add water
- nuclear fuel
- Its used to catch fish
- an air-like fluid substance which expands freely to fill any space available
- We slather billions of them every year for meat coat bags, and etc.
- A fuel found in the earth
- Five cents
- A layer of earth were plants grow
26 Clues: Oil • Its green • Five cents • Use as fuel • nuclear fuel • Another name for H20 • Its used to catch fish • Use to make silverware • Another name for Oxygen • A fuel found in the earth • It can grow up to 400 feet • It clovers 71% of the earth • It germinates when add water • A layer of earth were plants grow • A animal that give birth not by egg • A chemical element with the symbol Au • ...
Natural Selection Vocabulary 2024-01-30
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- A trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive
- to receive genetic information from a parent.
- a change in a species over a long period due to natural selection.
- Everything that surrounds an organism
- a characteristic of an individual organism
- a random change to a gene that sometimes causes a new trait.
- An adaptation that is an action that benefits survival
- a trait that makes it less likely for an organism to survive and reproduce.
- A piece of DNA that codes for many genes
- a group of organism of the same kind
- living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria.
- an organism that is produced by reproduction
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- a characteristic that all members of a species have
- the number of individuals with a specific trait in a population
- an instruction for making a protein molecule, leading to a physical trait.
- a group of the same type of organism living in an area
- A related organism from a previous generation
- something in the environment that affects an individuals chances of surviving.
- a molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
- the process by which traits change in a population over many generations.
- a group of individuals born at the same time
- A way of hiding by blending into the background
- any differences between organisms.
- an adaptation that is a physical trait on an organism that helps them survive
24 Clues: any differences between organisms. • a group of organism of the same kind • Everything that surrounds an organism • A piece of DNA that codes for many genes • a characteristic of an individual organism • a group of individuals born at the same time • an organism that is produced by reproduction • to receive genetic information from a parent. • ...
Natural Science Vocabulary 2023-11-23
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- mensaje
- receptores del gusto
- mezcla
- función de relacion
- respuestas glandular
- receptores del olfato
- sudar
- pupila
- nervios
- piel
- cerebro
- tener hambre
- órganos de los sentidos
- papilas gustativas
- Retina
- órganos efectores
- canal auditivo
- moverse
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- receptores del tacto
- tímpano
- estímulo interno
- sentidos
- estímulo
- receptores
- respuesta motora
- ambiente
- llorar
- Estímulo externo
- cuerpo
- oído externo
- glándula pituitaria
- caracol(oido)
- huesecillos
33 Clues: piel • sudar • mezcla • pupila • llorar • cuerpo • Retina • tímpano • mensaje • nervios • cerebro • moverse • sentidos • estímulo • ambiente • receptores • huesecillos • tener hambre • oído externo • caracol(oido) • canal auditivo • estímulo interno • respuesta motora • Estímulo externo • órganos efectores • papilas gustativas • función de relacion • glándula pituitaria • receptores del tacto • receptores del gusto • ...
Natural Selection Vocabulary 2023-02-21
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- to stay alive
- a related organism from a previous generation
- a result or change that happens because of an event or process
- the number of individuals with each trait in a population
- larger cells with a nucleus
- everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
- to receive genes from a parent
- a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
- a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
- something in the environment that affects an individual’s chances of surviving
- a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
- an organism produced as a result of reproduction
- a specific characteristic of an individual organism
- trait a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
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- an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
- living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
- the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
- any difference in traits between individual organisms
- to put in groups based on shared characteristics
- an instruction for making a protein molecule
- a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
- trait a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- an event or process that leads to a result or change
- a group of tiny organisms that are made of a single cell with important molecular differences from the cells of bacteria
- an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
- the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
- a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
- evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
- a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
- a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
30 Clues: to stay alive • larger cells with a nucleus • to receive genes from a parent • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • a related organism from a previous generation • to put in groups based on shared characteristics • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • a specific characteristic of an individual organism • ...
Natural Selection- Amplify 2024-02-19
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- a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
- an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
- a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
- a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
- an event or process that leads to a result or change
- a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
- something in the environment that affects an individual's chances of surviving
- a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
- a related organism from a previous generation
- to receive genes from a parent
- a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
- an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
- living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
- a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations)that do not reproduce
- any difference in traits between individual organisms
- a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
- a characteristic that all members of a species have
- a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
- a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- the number of individuals with each trait in a population
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- the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
- an instruction for making a protein molecule
- a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
- everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
- a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- a result or change that happens because of an event or process
- an organism produced as a result of reproduction
- an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
- the dying out of a species
- the process in which two parents pass on thier genes to create offspring
- a specific characteristic of an individual organism
- to stay alive
- a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
33 Clues: to stay alive • the dying out of a species • to receive genes from a parent • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • a related organism from a previous generation • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • a specific characteristic of an individual organism • ...
A Natural Balance 2024-04-23
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- Biologists study plants at ______________ gardens.
- My towel is very _____________.
- Wildlife _____________ efforts protect plants and animals.
- The government put out a ___________ for that criminal.
- My little cousin is very ______________. She's always causing problems.
- The U.S. Army is a government ____________.
- I need to buy _____________ at the store for my treehouse.
- The farmer _____________ the corn from his farm.
- This bowl is too small to __________ my ice cream sundae.
- In the 1800's, American ___________ moved west.
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- I like to look for seashells in the __________ water at the beach.
- Gasoline for cars is made using _________.
- Birds, bees, and flowers are examples of ______________.
- Oil travels across the ocean in large ___________.
- I _____________ candy and drinks into the movie theater.
- This statue ______________ our president.
- The oxen pull the __________ in the field.
- This flower is ___________. Don't touch it!
- Humans should reduce their plastic _____________.
- Put your _____________ in the trashcan when you are done.
20 Clues: My towel is very _____________. • This statue ______________ our president. • Gasoline for cars is made using _________. • The oxen pull the __________ in the field. • The U.S. Army is a government ____________. • This flower is ___________. Don't touch it! • In the 1800's, American ___________ moved west. • The farmer _____________ the corn from his farm. • ...
Evolution/Natural Selection 2024-05-07
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- islands Darwin observed natural selection on
- Darwin waited so long to post his ideas because they were ____
- short term scales
- forelimbs of bats and whales
- who said we need our death rate to increase?
- what are the Galapagos islands west of?
- other name for natural selection
- how long did the Beagle Voyage take?
- legs on a skink
- Organisms with low fitness produce few offspring and __
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- whale bones are an example of this
- who's essay convinced Darwin to publish his book?
- common ancestors, different functions
- change over time can result in
- evolution occurs through the process of this
- long time scale
- where was Wallace and Darwin's papers published?
- what group of people had been observing and using variations in organisms?
- DNA/supports evolution
- naturalist who established evolution
- the bird Darwin based his findings off of
21 Clues: long time scale • legs on a skink • short term scales • DNA/supports evolution • forelimbs of bats and whales • change over time can result in • other name for natural selection • whale bones are an example of this • naturalist who established evolution • how long did the Beagle Voyage take? • common ancestors, different functions • what are the Galapagos islands west of? • ...
Protecting Natural Resources 2023-02-07
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- the practice of harvesting only the part of the plant needed for food and leaving the rest in the soil
- the process of cleaning infection from a material
- materials that occur in nature that can be used by people
- a relationship in a system through which factors affect each other
- describing material that decays through the action of bacteria or other living organisms
- methods to measure the types and amounts of chemicals in water
- all the living and nonliving things that interact in a given area
- an artificial or natural substance that contaminates air, water, or soil
- a set of steps needed to complete a successful project
- water that has been used by people
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- the practice of changing the type of crop grown in a field each season
- the practice of taking care of land, water, air, and living things
- a place where waste is buried underground
- any type of substance that is in air and make it unsafe to breath
- to save or protect
- an energy resource that does not release pollutants when it is used
- the variety of species on Earth or in any one environment
- a facility that cleans wastewater before it is discharged into the environment
- land that contains chemicals that are harmful to the environment
- land that is set aside and left without buildings
- a type of air pollution that results from a mixture of gases from burning fuels, air, and sunlight that makes air look hazy
- a measure of how clean the air is
22 Clues: to save or protect • a measure of how clean the air is • water that has been used by people • a place where waste is buried underground • the process of cleaning infection from a material • land that is set aside and left without buildings • a set of steps needed to complete a successful project • the variety of species on Earth or in any one environment • ...
Natural World-4 2022-06-06
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- n. a fine powder produced by flowers
- n. 糖水 a sweet liquid made from sugar and water, often used in cans of fruit
- n. A number of different kinds; diversity
- n. scientist who studies plants
- n. a person or animal that lives in or occupies a place
- n. 溶液A mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another.
- n. the tough material that covers the outside of a tree
- n. a chemical substance that kills harmful bacteria or viruses
- n. a sweet liquid produced by flowers
- n. scientist who studies animals
- n. 病菌 a very small organism that causes disease
- adj. native
- n. 木炭
- v. 分泌 Produce and release a substance from a cell or gland of the body for a functional purpose
- n. A long period of dry weather
- n. the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment
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- n. The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas
- v. stand up against; resist
- adj. absolutely necessary; extremely important; vital; significant; crucial
- adj. easily broken or damaged; vulnerable
- v. 获得,可接近,可利用
- adj. 可持续的
- n. act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness
- v. to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
- v. to thrive, to grow well
- v. 抵制, 抵消 to act in opposition to
- adj. worrying or disturbing; shocking, upsetting
- n. A living thing
28 Clues: n. 木炭 • adj. 可持续的 • adj. native • v. 获得,可接近,可利用 • n. A living thing • v. to thrive, to grow well • v. stand up against; resist • n. scientist who studies plants • n. A long period of dry weather • n. scientist who studies animals • v. 抵制, 抵消 to act in opposition to • n. a fine powder produced by flowers • n. a sweet liquid produced by flowers • n. A number of different kinds; diversity • ...
Natural born angel 2022-05-23
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- Darcy's assistant
- Billionaire thta was skeptic about Maddy
- Location where Sylvester searched for answers about bomb making
- Maddy's friend in college
- food that Tom brought to maddy
- what were the demons feeding on
- other name for dark angel
- how many demon attacks have happened over the globe
- angel with robotic battle armor
- color of tom's eyes
- drink sylvester poured himself
- Angel that set up the bombings
- black and smoking whirlpool
- Angel with gold robes
- Pilot that helped maddy
- the name of the ring that all guardians get
- Red head angel that makes fun of Maddy
- Location of Angel City
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- program that linden thought was corrupt
- What is HDF
- what is NAS
- name of the ACPD police captain
- what did Tom give to maddy
- person who leaked demon attack info to sylvester
- Jack's first ex
- name of the ocean where the portal opens
- book that described the end of days revelations
- Jack's best friend
- what candy did Sylevester go to the store for
- Jack's little sister
- law that prohibits angel activity
- Angel that gave maddy her father's sash
- Sylvester's unsanctioned save
- homeless guy that gave sylvester a clue about the demons
- color of maddy's wings
- thing that killed penelope
- jack's stepdad
- ceremony of becoming a guardian
- Maddy's unsanctioned save
- the new waiter at kevin's
- Name of jack's and maddy's assistant
- Name of Sylvester's Ex
42 Clues: What is HDF • what is NAS • jack's stepdad • Jack's first ex • Darcy's assistant • Jack's best friend • color of tom's eyes • Jack's little sister • Angel with gold robes • color of maddy's wings • Name of Sylvester's Ex • Location of Angel City • Pilot that helped maddy • Maddy's friend in college • other name for dark angel • Maddy's unsanctioned save • the new waiter at kevin's • ...
Lily Natural World 2023-10-10
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- stream a strong ocean current that brings warm water
- organic component of soil formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plants
- resources a resource that earth replaces naturally
- group of plants and animals that depend on another for survival and the environment in which they live in.
- the spread of the desert like conditions.
- high latitude region that receives little precipitation
- forming or belonging of a continent
- fuel nonrenewable resource that formed from the remains of ancient plant and animals
- the place where a plant of animal lives
- the distance north or south earths equator
- currents large streams of surface seawater that move heat around earth
- a species that died out
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- types a long term pattern of weather
- a seasonal wind that brings either dry or moist air
- front a transition zone between two different air masses at earths service
- water that falls to earths surface as rain snow sleet or hail
- permanently frozen layers of soil
- resource any material in nature that people use and value
- what the climate feels like around you
- the height of an object or point in the relation to see level
20 Clues: a species that died out • permanently frozen layers of soil • forming or belonging of a continent • types a long term pattern of weather • what the climate feels like around you • the place where a plant of animal lives • the spread of the desert like conditions. • the distance north or south earths equator • resources a resource that earth replaces naturally • ...
Shaely Natural Environment 2023-10-10
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- disappearance of species
- area of tall grasses
- formed from plant, animal
- clearing of trees
- wind blows same direction
- frozen layers soil
- planting trees
- material people use
- surroundings
- seasonal dry or moist air
- cannot be replaced
- plant, animal living together
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- replaces naturally
- a plant or animal lives
- large streams surface water
- a region's average weather
- decayed plant or animal
- spread desertlike conditions
- the short-term changes in air
- place two air masses meet
20 Clues: surroundings • planting trees • clearing of trees • replaces naturally • frozen layers soil • cannot be replaced • material people use • area of tall grasses • a plant or animal lives • decayed plant or animal • disappearance of species • formed from plant, animal • wind blows same direction • place two air masses meet • seasonal dry or moist air • a region's average weather • ...
Animals and natural 2025-04-03
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- A material that you can use for make tables
- A animal that have wings but they can fly
- A large area that have sweaty water but you can’t drink it if is not conected to a river
- A big place with his own flag
- A place with to many sand and where you can swim with no limits
- A plant that have something that make it beatiful or the insects can take something from that
- A large area that normally goes from the mountain to the sea (sweat water)
- A big place with salty water, only swim
- A place where you can stay if the ship goes down
- A place with to much sand
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- A big area that goes up and you can climb it
- A big sea that covers almost all the world
- A animal that defends himself with the legs
- The animal that look’s like a human
- A big and intelligent animal that leave in the central Africa
- A place where to many terrestrial animals stay
- A little plant that it’s usually in a garden
- Something blue that you see when you luke up
- A insect that collects pollen from the flowers
- Some water that turns cold
20 Clues: A place with to much sand • Some water that turns cold • A big place with his own flag • The animal that look’s like a human • A big place with salty water, only swim • A animal that have wings but they can fly • A big sea that covers almost all the world • A material that you can use for make tables • A animal that defends himself with the legs • ...
The Natural World 2025-02-02
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- insect that makes honey
- large plant that gives oxygen
- long period without enough rain
- of a plant that is usually green and helps it make food
- destructive windstorm with a rotating column of air
- place with many trees and animals
- large tropical storm with strong winds and heavy rain
- that falls from the sky
- large body of salt water that covers most of the Earth's surface
- star that gives us light and warmth
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- insect with colorful wings that starts as a caterpillar
- large wild cat with stripes
- collection of tiny water drops in the sky
- overflow of water that submerges land
- Bear|A large white bear that lives in the Arctic
- sudden shaking of the ground
- natural flow of water, usually to the sea
- mountain that erupts with lava and ash
- dense forest found in tropical areas
- hard material that makes up the Earth's surface
- large mammal that lives in the ocean
21 Clues: insect that makes honey • that falls from the sky • large wild cat with stripes • sudden shaking of the ground • large plant that gives oxygen • long period without enough rain • place with many trees and animals • star that gives us light and warmth • dense forest found in tropical areas • large mammal that lives in the ocean • overflow of water that submerges land • ...
The Natural World 2025-02-02
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- insect that makes honey
- large plant that gives oxygen
- long period without enough rain
- of a plant that is usually green and helps it make food
- destructive windstorm with a rotating column of air
- place with many trees and animals
- large tropical storm with strong winds and heavy rain
- that falls from the sky
- large body of salt water that covers most of the Earth's surface
- star that gives us light and warmth
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- insect with colorful wings that starts as a caterpillar
- large wild cat with stripes
- collection of tiny water drops in the sky
- overflow of water that submerges land
- Bear|A large white bear that lives in the Arctic
- sudden shaking of the ground
- natural flow of water, usually to the sea
- mountain that erupts with lava and ash
- dense forest found in tropical areas
- hard material that makes up the Earth's surface
- large mammal that lives in the ocean
21 Clues: insect that makes honey • that falls from the sky • large wild cat with stripes • sudden shaking of the ground • large plant that gives oxygen • long period without enough rain • place with many trees and animals • star that gives us light and warmth • dense forest found in tropical areas • large mammal that lives in the ocean • overflow of water that submerges land • ...
Natural Selection Vocab 2025-04-09
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- a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- a specific characteristic of an individual organism
- an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know
- a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms
- to stay alive
- an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
- to receive genes from a parent
- living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
- a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
- a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
- an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
- the number of individuals with each trait in a population
- a characteristic that all members of a species have
- an organism produced as a result of reproduction
- a result or change that happens because of an event or process
- any difference in traits between individual organisms
- everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism
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- something in the environment that affects an individual’s chances of surviving
- a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
- a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
- the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring
- a related organism from a previous generation
- a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
- an instruction for making a protein molecule
- a long piece of DNA that contains many genes
- a group of individuals born and living at about the same time
- an event or process that leads to a result or change
- a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
- selection the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
- a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group
- a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
- a young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult
32 Clues: to stay alive • to receive genes from a parent • an instruction for making a protein molecule • a long piece of DNA that contains many genes • a related organism from a previous generation • an organism produced as a result of reproduction • a specific characteristic of an individual organism • a characteristic that all members of a species have • ...
