Glossary
B
- biome
- - a complex community of plants and animals
- biosphere
- - the part of the earth that supports life
C
- community
- - a group of plants and/or animals living in the same area
- critical habitat
- - a habitat that is critical for the existence of an endangered species
D
- defend
- - to guard from an attack
E
- ecosystem
- - living and non-living things interacting in a community (for example: ants, anteaters, soil, trees, water, sun)
- endangered species
- - a type of animal at risk of extinction
- extinction
- - the complete disappearance from anywhere on earth of a type of organism
H
- habitat
- - the area where a plant or animal lives
I
- interact
- - when one thing acts upon another
L
- living
- - an organism that consumes food, air, and grows
N
- niche
- - a job that an organism holds in a community
- non-living
- - something that does not consume food or air and does not grow
O
- organism
- - a form of life
P
- population
- - the total of living organisms of a species living in a given area
- protection
- - to keep from harm
R
- resources
- - the supply of things needed to survive
- roam
- - to wander
S
- shelter
- - a form of protection for the body of an organism
- species
- - a group of plants or animals that are similar and can produce young
- survive
- - to continue to live
T
- territory
- - the area where an animal moves around
