Unit 6: Week 3: Adaptations

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  1. adaptation
    the process of adjusting or conforming to new conditions
    One example of an adaptation to this environment is seen in the starfish.
  2. aggressive
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
    Deep sea starfish grow larger and more aggressive than their shallow water relatives.
  3. agile
    moving quickly and lightly
    They reach up their five arms, which have pincers at the ends, to catch meals of agile, fast-moving shrimp.
  4. cache
    save up as for future use
    Do any of them cache food the way land animals do?
  5. dormant
    not erupting but not extinct
    It includes active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes.
  6. forage
    collect or look around for, as food
    Instead, deep sea starfish are predators that actively forage for food.
  7. frigid
    extremely cold
    This undersea world is a harsh environment because of its frigid temperatures and lack of sunshine.
  8. hibernate
    sleep during winter
    Do any ocean species hibernate?
  9. insulate
    surround with material to protect from heat, cold, or noise
    It has a fleece of bacteria on its back that, as far as scientists can determine, insulates it from heat.
  10. sparse
    not dense or plentiful
    As scientists anticipated, life generally seems sparse at the bottom of the deep ocean.
Created on Wed Jul 08 14:09:05 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Jul 09 14:46:09 EDT 2020)

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