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Salmon and Penguin Vocabulary Games

The salmon and penguin life cycle unit has a great deal of new vocabulary. Play these games to help you learn these unfamiliar words.

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embryothe new chick developing inside the egg
environmentThe physical surrounds of an organism
adaptedfitted by structure and behavior for a certain environment
structurethe way something is "build" or put together
warm-bloodedhaving a body temperature that stays about the same regardless of temperature of surroundings
reproduceto make more of the same thing
migrationthe traveling of certqin animals from one environment to another and back again
life cyclethe series of changes an organism goes through from birth or conception to death
spawnto lay eggs (fish)
spermthe cell from the male that joins with a female cell to begin a new organism
fertilizedwhen a sperm joins with the egg causing a new living organism to develop
parrthe young of the salmon that lives in the river
smoltthe young salmon that leaves the river for the sea
oxygenthe element of air that is needed for life and burning
lungsbody parts by which animals take in oxygen from the air
gillsstructures in a fish that take in oxygen from the surroundings
behaviorswhat living things do in adapting to their environment
inbornwithin a living thing at birth, such as behaviors

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