Biology and Nature

Question 1

Benthos

Answer 1

Benthos - /ben-thós/

Question 2

Seal

Answer 2

Question 3

Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.

Answer 3

I specialize in Freshwater Biology

Question 4

He studied coral reefs in great depth.

Answer 4

depth

Question 6

Prey

Answer 6

The verb: to prey (on)

Jaguars in Brazil prey on the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris).

The capybara is the Jaguar’s prey. (noun)

Question 7

Predator

Answer 7

Notorious for their sharp teeth and voracious appetites, piranhas are predators that inhabit several of the major river basins in South America.

Question 8

The animals at the zoo live in enclosures.

Answer 8

enclosure aka cage

Question 9

What is the equator?

(think of a full sentence)

Answer 9

The equator is the imaginary line that goes around the middle of the earth.

Equator - /uh·kwei·tr/

Question 10

Wind speed isn’t always the most dangerous component when hurricanes come near land. It’s storm surge.

Answer 10

Component = one part of a whole

Storm surge = Storm surge is the rise in seawater level caused by a storm

Question 11

Hurricanes can cause mass destruction.

Answer 11

Mass destruction definition: death or injury on a large scale

Question 12

The hurricane was at its peak in the morning.

Answer 12

At its peak : the time when something or someone is best, greatest, highest, most successful etc.

Question 13

Photosynthesis is the process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food. Photosynthesis is necessary for life on Earth. Without it, there would be no green plants, and without green plants, there would be no animals.

Answer 13

Photosynthesis -foto·SIN·thã·sz

(stress is on the SIN)

Question 14

Photosynthesis requires sunlight, chlorophyll, water, and carbon dioxide gas.

Answer 14

chlorophyll - /clora.fill/

Question 15

Food chain, in ecology, the sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to organism. Food chains intertwine locally into a food web because most organisms consume more than one type of animal or plant. Plants, which convert solar energy to food by photosynthesis, are the primary food source. In a predator chain, a plant-eating animal is eaten by a flesh-eating animal. In a parasite chain, a smaller organism consumes part of a larger host and may itself be parasitized by even smaller organisms. In a saprophytic chain, microorganisms live on dead organic matter.

Answer 15

intertwine - If two or more things are intertwined or intertwine, they are closely connected with each other in many ways.

flesh-eating - carnivorous

parasitize - to live on (another organism) as a parasite

Question 16

Bioindicators are living organisms such as plants, planktons, animals, and microbes, which are utilized to screen the health of the natural ecosystem in the environment. They are used for assessing environmental health and biogeographic changes taking place in the environment.

Answer 16

Bioindicators

https://pt.youglish.com/pronounce/Bioindicators%20/english?