Glossary
A
- adaptable
- - easy to change for the situation or environment
- aggressive
- - inclined to behave in a hostile manner
- attracts
- - to pull towards
B
- beneficial
- - for the good
- binoculars
- - special lenses for seeing at a distance
- biologists
- - a scientist who studies living things
C
- community
- - people or animals living in the same area
- connection
- - having something in common
- corridors
- - a narrow path or passage
D
- dependent
- - to need something for survival
- digested
- - to change food to a simpler form for use by a living creature for survival
E
- ecosystem
- - a community of living organisms interacting with its non-living environment
- elevation
- - height above sea level
- encounter
- - to come upon
F
- foothills
- - the small hills at the base of a mountain
G
- generalists
- - species that can eat many different types of food
- green space
- - an area of land that is used for recreation nearby an area used for living
- greenbelts
- - a path along a river used for recreation
H
- habitat
- - a special place where a plant or animal lives
N
- nature centers
- - a museum of nature
- nocturnal
- - an animal which feeds during the night
- nutritional requirements
- - the food parts needed by a living thing for survival
O
- observe
- - to see
- omnivore
- - an animal that eats both plants and meat
P
- pesticides
- - chemicals used to kill insects considered to be pests
- predators
- - an animal which hunts other animals for food
- proper nutrients
- - the correct food requirements
R
- reliable
- - able to be trusted
- rodents
- - small mammals such as rats, mice, squirrels, beavers, etc
S
- scat
- - animal waste
- secluded
- - hidden from view
- secretive
- - to do things in secret
- specialists
- - species that eat only one, or a few, types of food
T
- tracks
- - footprints left by animals
U
- unpredictably
- - not able to predict or know in advance
- urban areas
- - areas in the city
- urban dwellers
- - living in the city
W
- wild animal
- - an animal not considered a pet or livestock
- wildlife
- - animals that live in the wild
- winter range
- - an area generally used by a group of animals each winter
