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Hō‘ike o Haleakalā Curriculum

High school science curriculum designed by Maui teachers and field biologists

Zonation

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

the distribution of plants and animals according to environmental conditions, generally in a pattern of vertical banding (M3)

Salinity

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

salt content of water (C3, M3)

Osmoregulator

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

organism that is able to control salt concentrations in its bodily tissues (M3)

Osmoconformer

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

organism that is not able to control salt concentrations in its bodily tissues (M3)

Neap tide

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a tide of minimum range occuring during the first and third quarters of the moon (M3)

Littoral zone

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

intertidal zone; the transition area between land and the ocean (M3)

Intertidal zone

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

the area between the normal limits of high and low tides; the transition area between land and the ocean (M3)

Ephemeral

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

lasting for a short time (M3)

Adaptation

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a change in an organism or species that enables it to survive in a particular habitat (A3, C3, R3, M2, M3)

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