01/29/2025 Flashcards
(25 cards)
What is the term for the natural habitat for birds in Hawaii?
Hawaii’s Birds
What does the term ‘intrinsic’ mean in the context of ecology?
Belonging naturally; essential.本来備わっている、本質的な
this is an intrinsic element of the problem
What is an ‘archipelago’?
A group of islands.
What does ‘eroded’ refer to?
Worn away or diminished.
ex) The cliffs on this coast have been eroded by the sea
Define ‘atolls’.
Ring-shaped coral reefs or islands.
What does ‘adaptive radiation’ refer to in biology?
process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms.
Diverging
What is ‘avifauna’?
the birds of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.
True or False: ‘Onslaught’ refers to a gentle approach.
False Noun
a fierce or destructive attack.
“a series of onslaughts on the citadel”
an overwhelmingly large number of people or things.
“in some parks the onslaught of cars and people far exceeds capacity”
What does ‘compounded’ mean?
make up (a composite whole); constitute.
“a dialect compounded of Spanish and Dutch”
Similar:
be composed of
be made up of
be constituted of
be formed from
2.
make (something bad) worse; intensify the negative aspects of.
“prisoners’ lack of contact with the outside world compounds their problems”
What does ‘eradication’ mean?
The complete destruction or removal.
Define ‘ornithology’.
The study of birds.
Define the term ‘pelagic’.
‘Pelagic’ refers to the open sea or ocean, particularly the water column away from the shore and the ocean floor.
Pelagic environments are characterized by their depth and distance from land.
What does ‘concentration’ refer to in a scientific context?
‘Concentration’ refers to the amount of a substance in a given volume of solution or mixture.
It is often expressed in terms of molarity, molality, or percentage.
Fill in the blank: The term _______ refers to the open sea or ocean.
[pelagic]
Concentration
結集
1.the action or power of focusing all one’s attention.
“she was frowning in concentration”
2.a close gathering of people or things.
“the island has the greatest concentration of seabirds in the north-west”
What is ‘alighting’ in the context of birds?
The act of landing or settling on a surface.
What does ‘surface commotion’ refer to?
Disturbance or activity occurring on the surface of a body of water or land.
What does ‘fledge’ mean?
To develop feathers necessary for flight.
What is ‘predation’?
The preying of one animal on others.
What type of bird is referred to as a ‘petrel’?
A seabird belonging to the family Procellariidae.
What are ‘islets’?
小島
Seamount chain
海山が互いに麓を接しあって，長くほぼ線状に並んだ海底地形
Embark
begin (a course of action).
“she embarked on a new career”
Decimate
kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of.
“the inhabitants of the country had been decimated”
2.
historical
kill one in every ten of (a group of people, originally a mutinous Roman legion) as a punishment for the whole group.
“the man who is to determine whether it be necessary to decimate a large body of mutineers”
