<p>Vocabulary Exercise for Lesson Plan on Migration, Nomadism and Dormancy</p><p>Match each of the words in the list below to the definitions:</p><p>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. </p><p>___ somewhat salty; not as salty as sea water; usually occurs in the locations where fresh water meets sea water. </p><p>___ 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.</p><p>___ a period when an animal is inactive because of drought and/or extreme heat.</p><p>___ living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen; or adverse to oxygen.</p><p>___ active during the day. </p><p>___ 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. </p><p>___ occurring within a species or involving members of one species. </p><p>___ reversed in position, order, direction or tendency; turned upside down. </p><p>___ the classification of organisms to show relationships between them.</p><p>___ the largest geographic biotic unit, a major community of plants and animals with similar life forms and environmental conditions. </p><p>___ to suddenly collapse inward. </p><p>___ the region throughout which a species naturally lives.</p><p>Migration, Nomadism, Dormancy Lesson Plan -- Vocabulary Exercise ___ active at night. </p><p>___ a transfiguration: a striking change in appearance, character, or circumstances. </p><p>___ to impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; occurs in the lungs and gills of animals. </p><p>___ a category of biological classification ranking immediately below the genus or subgenus, comprising related organisms or populations potentially capable of interbreeding. </p><p>___ 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. </p><p>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. </p><p>© TeachWithMovies.com Licensed pursuant to http://www.teachwithmovies.org/terms-of-use.html</p><p>Migration, Nomadism, Dormancy Lesson Plan -- Vocabulary Exercise</p>