A Long Walk to Water Unit

PBL for Migration & Water Unit

producer

An organism that produces its own food

consumer

an organism that gets its food by eating other organisms

food web

A diagram that models feeding relationships within an ecosystem

habitat

A location within an environment where an organism lives

tributary

A stream, river, or glacier that flows into a larger body of water

resources

any physical item, natural substance, financial asset, or personal capability that can be drawn upon to function, solve a problem, or accomplish a goal

competition

The situation when two organisms or two species compete for the same resource

biodiversity

The variety of life at every level, from genes to species to ecosystems

sensory detail

words and phrases that appeal to the reader's five physical senses—sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch

personification

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

onomatopoeia

sound words

metaphor

the comparison of two unlike things not using like or as

simile

the comparison of two unlike things using like or as