aquatic: An adjective that refers to water.
astronomy: The area of science that deals with celestial objects, space and the physical universe. People who work in this field are called astronomers.
biologist: A scientist involved in the study of living things.
data: Facts and/or statistics collected together for analysis but not necessarily organized in a way that gives them meaning. For digital information (the type stored by computers), those data typically are numbers stored in a binary code, portrayed as strings of zeros and ones.
drone: A remote-controlled, pilotless aircraft or missile.
eel: A fish with a snake-like body and no scales. Many migrate from freshwater to salt water when it’s time to spawn. Note: Electric eels are not true eels but a type of knifefish.
extinct: An adjective that describes a species for which there are no living members.
field: An area of study, as in: Her field of research is biology.
freshwater: A noun or adjective that describes bodies of water with very low concentrations of salt. It’s the type of water used for drinking and making up most inland lakes, ponds, rivers and streams, as well as groundwater.
hydrophone: A microphone that detects sound waves under water.
indigenous: Native to some region. (in anthropology) An adjective (and capitalized) for people that have lived for eons in some region, developing a culture that reflects the resources, climate and ecosystems of that place.
mass: A number that shows how much an object resists speeding up and slowing down — basically a measure of how much matter that object is made from.
moa: Large, wingless birds that lived in New Zealand until going extinct about 500 years ago.
New Zealand: An island nation in the southwest Pacific Ocean, roughly 1,500 kilometers (some 900 miles) east of Australia. Its “mainland” — consisting of a North and South Island — is quite volcanically active. In addition, the country includes many far smaller offshore…
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