fifth grade glossary（glossary fifth grade）.docVIP

Fifth Grade Glossary Abiotic - nonliving Adaptation - an alteration or adjustment in structure or habits, often hereditary, by which a species or individual improves its condition in relationship to its environment Alfred Wegener - a German scientist who compiled a tremendous amount of evidence for the existence of Pangaea Apex predator - the highest consumer level (the top predator) of a food chain or food pyramid Arcuate – oriented in a curved alignment, or arc Asthenosphere – a zone of the earths mantle that lies beneath the lithosphere and consists of several hundred kilometers of defor