Familiarisation of terms and vocabulary
In this programme we will using some new terms and vocabulary.
Here is a list and we hope that it will help you and your students have a greater understanding of these terms.
Browse the glossary using this index
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EcosystemAn ecosystem describes how the plants and animals live together in a particular environment. This definition includes both all living and no living things such as, plants and animals, water, climate, and soil. | |
EndangeredAn animal or plant that is at serious risk of extinction. | |
ExtinctionThe dying out of a species, i.e. dinosaurs, dodo, woolly mammoth, thylacine. these species have no living individuals of that species left alive anywhere in the world. Extinction can also be sped-up by habitat destruction, over hunting, pollution, climate change and invasive species. | |