Unit 4: Week 3

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  1. critical
    urgently needed; absolutely necessary
    But while these behaviors are nasty to us, they are critical to life on earth.
  2. enable
    provide the means to perform some task
    Storing food in their living honey jars enables the colony to make it through the hottest, driest desert seasons.
  3. mucus
    protective secretion of membranes lining internal organs
    Almost every part of every living animal, from skin to dung to mucus, can provide food for some other species.
  4. scarce
    deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
    Honey ants live in large colonies in dry desert regions of North America, Africa, and Australia, where food is often scarce.
  5. specialize
    develop in a way most suited to the environment
    So instead, animals specialize.
  6. sterile
    free of pathological microorganisms
    Their bodies provide sterile, airtight food containers.
  7. adapt
    conform oneself to new or different conditions
    How do animals adapt to survive?
  8. colony
    a group of organisms of the same type living together
    It is when the colony has lots of extra food that the repletes get fed.
  9. synonym
    a word that expresses the same or similar meaning
    Synonyms are different words that mean almost the same thing.
  10. thesaurus
    a book containing a classified list of synonyms
    A thesaurus is a book that contains synonyms of words.
Created on Fri Jul 17 08:04:24 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Jul 20 15:48:13 EDT 2020)

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