aquatic: An adjective that describes water.
action: the way something, often a person or other living thing, acts towards others or acts itself.
colleague: A person who works with other people, colleagues and team members.
ecology: The branch of biology that deals with the relationships between living things and their physical environment. Scientists who work in this field are called “scientists.” ecologist.
freshwater: A noun or adjective that describes a body of water with very low salinity. This is the type of water used for drinking water and as the constituent water of most inland lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and groundwater.
Goby: A small, usually marine fish, often with a sucker on its underside.
mammalian: A warm-blooded animal distinguished by having hair or fur, by the fact that females secrete milk to nurse their young, and (usually) by the fact that they give birth to live young.
ocean: Things related to the ocean world and environment.
Case: Something that occupies space and has mass. All substances on Earth have a property called “weight.”
month: Natural satellites of all planets.
native: Associated with a specific location. Since recorded history, native plants and animals have been found in specific locations. These species also tend to develop within an area and occur there naturally (not because they were planted or moved by humans). Most are particularly well adapted to their environment.
orbit: The curved path of a celestial body or spacecraft around a galaxy, star, planet, or moon. A complete orbit around a celestial body.
Predation: A term used in biology and ecology to describe a biological interaction in which one organism (predator) hunts and kills another organism (prey) for food.
predator: (adjective: predatory) A creature that preys on other animals for most or all of its food.
prey: (n.) A species of animal eaten by others. (v.) To attack and eat other species.
possum: A small carnivorous marsupial with spotted fur and resembling a cat. These animals are native to Australia and New Guinea.
risk: The probability or mathematical probability that something bad will happen. For example, exposure to radiation poses a risk of cancer. Or danger, or danger itself. (for example: The cancer risks people faced included drinking water contaminated with radiation and arsenic.. )
sea: Ocean (or area that is part of the ocean). Unlike lakes and streams, sea water, or ocean water, is salty.
seed: A group of similar organisms that can survive and produce offspring that can reproduce.
strategy: A thoughtful and clever plan to achieve a difficult or challenging goal.
solar: The star at the center of Earth's solar system. It is located approximately 27,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. It is also a term used to refer to stars like the sun.
tide: (adjective: tidal) The rising and falling of the ocean, usually twice a lunar day, at a particular location due to the gravitational pull of the moon and sun. (In biology) When used with colors such as red tide, refers to excessive growth of algae, or “blooms,” that can pose a health risk to other species.
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