| A | B |
|---|
| Adaptation | Changing to suit the environmental conditions. |
| Aquatic | Living in water. |
| Biodiversity | A variety of species of plants and animals. |
| Competition | The battle between different types of organism over the same resource. |
| Conservation | Keeping a habitat the same as environmental conditions change. |
| Coppicing | Cutting trees and shrubs to ground level to encourage rapid new growth. |
| Environment | A particular set of conditions including water temperature light and air. |
| Environmental factors | The living and non-living factors which affect organisms. |
| Eutrophication | The process where fertilisers and sewage build up in water. This in turn leads to other organisms in the water dying off. |
| Extreme environment | Conditions that are far outside the boundaries where humans can live |
| Global temperature | Average temperatures measured across the whole surface of the planet. |
| Interdependence | The mutual dependence of one organism with another. |
| Living indicator | Evidence of the effects of human activity on the environment shown on a live organism. |
| Nitrate | Chemicals used as fertilisers to make crops grow better. |
| Organism | Living creatures such as animals plants or insects. |
| Ozone | A gas found in the upper atmosphere. |
| Phosphates | Chemicals that act as fertilisers which are also found in sewage. |
| Pollution | Contamination of the environment. |
| Population | A group of individuals of the same species living in the same habitat. |
| Predation | Killing and eating other animals for food. |
| Recycling | Reusing materials instead of the original resource. |
| Reforestation | Replanting trees to increase the number of trees. |
| Replacement planting | Replacing a tree or shrub by planting another of the same species. |
| Resource | Material or energy used by living things. |
| Sewage | Solid waste from humans and other animals. |
| Skin cancer | A tumour of the skin usually caused by too much UV-B radiation. |
| Succession | The gradual change of a habitat to become woodland. |
| Terrestrial | Living on land. |
| Waste disposal | Getting rid of things we no longer need. |
