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| amoeba |
a tiny living thing made of only one cell. Amoebas move by changing their shape. They eat by wrapping their bodies around their food. Amoebas live in fresh and salt water, soil, and in animals. Most kinds of amoebas can only be seen through a microscope. |
| Arctic Ocean |
The Arctic Ocean is one of the five oceans of the world. An ocean is a large body of salt water that covers a very large part of the earth. The Arctic Ocean is in the most northern part of the world and it is very cold and icy. If you look at a map, it is above Canada, Russia, and other far northern countries of the world. |
| Atlantic Ocean |
The Atlantic Ocean is one of the five oceans on our planet. An ocean is a large body of salt water that covers a very large part of the earth. It is much bigger than a sea or lake. If you want to travel from America to Africa or Europe, you have to cross the Atlantic Ocean. |
| bagel |
A bagel is something that people often eat for breakfast, lunch, or as a snack. A bagel is a thick roll in the shape of a ring. It is not usually sweet, and it is chewy when you eat it. Bagels are sometimes covered with seeds, bits of onions, or salt. |
| bologna |
Bologna is something made of meat, spices, and salt. People often eat round slices of bologna in a sandwich. Bologna is really a big, fat sausage, but when we see it in a store, it is usually already cut into slices. |
| brine |
salt water. [1/2 definitions] |
| Caspian Sea |
The Caspian Sea is a very large body of salt water in Asia. Some people call the Caspian Sea a lake, and some people call it a sea or even a small ocean. The Caspian Sea touches the countries of Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. |
| chlorine |
a substance that is one of the chemical elements. It combines with sodium to form table salt. It is also used in making bleach. Chlorine is poisonous in its pure gas form. (symbol: Cl) |
| coarse |
If something is coarse, it is rough instead of smooth, or it is made up of somewhat large bits instead of tiny, fine bits. Salt, for example, can be coarse or fine. The salt you eat on your food is pretty fine, but salt that they use on icy roads in the winter is much more coarse. [1/2 definitions] |
| contain |
When something is contained, it is in or inside of something else. When a food contains salt, it means that the food has salt in it. If a box contains cereal, it means that the box has cereal inside it. [1/2 definitions] |
| cracker |
A cracker is a baked food made with flour, oil, water, and salt. It is thin and crisp and often eaten as a snack. It is a little like a flat cookie, but it is not usually sweet. |
| crisp |
the British word for a very thin slice of potato that is fried in oil and seasoned with salt and sometimes other flavorings. "Crisp" has the same meaning as "potato chip." [1/4 definitions] |
| crustacean |
an aquatic animal with a hard shell and jointed legs. Crustaceans live in fresh or salt water. There are many kinds of crustaceans, including crabs, crayfish, lobsters, and shrimps. Crustaceans are kinds of arthropods. |
| crystal |
A crystal is a solid substance, like a grain of salt or a diamond, whose structure has a repeating pattern of flat surfaces. These flat surfaces reflect light and can make the substance seem to shine when looked at from different directions. [1/2 definitions] |
| dash |
A dash is a very small amount of something. A dash of salt is just a bit of salt. [1/5 definitions] |
| Dead Sea |
a large salt lake between the countries of Israel and Jordan. The Dead Sea lies at about 1300 feet below sea level, which makes it the lowest known place on the surface of the earth. |
| desalinate |
to remove salt from, esp. to make sea water drinkable. |
| desalination |
the process of removing salt from water, especially for the purpose of making sea water drinkable; desalinization. |
| desalinization |
the process of removing salt from water. Desalinization allows sea water to be used for drinking and for watering crops. |
| eat |
When salt eats the metal of a car, it means that the salt destroys the metal of the car by wearing it away. [1/4 definitions] |
| eel |
a long fish that looks like a snake. Eels live in fresh water or salt water. |
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