Vocabulary Exercise for Lesson Plan on Migration, Nomadism and Dormancy

Match each of the words in the list below to the definitions:

1. anaerobic, 2. biome, 3. brackish, 4. class, 5. diurnal, 6. estivation, 7. genus, 8. hibernation, 9. implode, 10. intraspecific, 11. inverse, 12. metamorphosis, 13. nocturnal, 14. oxygenate, 15. range, 16. resident, 17. species, 18. taxonomy, 19. torpor, 20. vertebrate.

___ somewhat salty; not as salty as sea water; usually occurs in the locations where fresh water meets sea water.

___ a member of the Kingdom Animalia which has a spinal chord (Phylum Chordata) encased in vertebrae. This includes the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

___ a period when an animal is inactive because of drought and/or extreme heat.

___ living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen; or adverse to oxygen.

___ active during the day.

___ the long winter dormancy of warm and cold blooded vertebrates in which metabolism is drastically reduced and body temperature lowered to near the level of the environment.

___ occurring within a species or involving members of one species.

___ reversed in position, order, direction or tendency; turned upside down.

___ the classification of organisms to show relationships between them.

___ the largest geographic biotic unit, a major community of plants and animals with similar life forms and environmental conditions.

___ to suddenly collapse inward.

___ the region throughout which a species naturally lives.

Migration, Nomadism, Dormancy Lesson Plan -- Vocabulary Exercise ___ active at night.

___ a transfiguration: a striking change in appearance, character, or circumstances.

___ to impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; occurs in the lungs and gills of animals.

___ a category of biological classification ranking immediately below the genus or subgenus, comprising related organisms or populations potentially capable of interbreeding.

___ a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility which usually lasts a few hours and is accompanied by a mild reduction in metabolism and body temperature.

1. anaerobic, 2. biome, 3. brackish, 4. class, 5. diurnal, 6. estivation, 7. genus, 8. hibernation, 9. implode, 10. intraspecific, 11. inverse, 12. metamorphosis, 13. nocturnal, 14. oxygenate, 15. range, 16. resident, 17. species, 18. taxonomy, 19. torpor, 20. vertebrate.

Migration, Nomadism, Dormancy Lesson Plan -- Vocabulary Exercise