| A | B |
|---|
| endangered | at risk of becoming extinct |
| extinct | no longer exists |
| poaching | illegal hunting, trapping, or fishing |
| biome | a large community of plants and animals living together in a specific climate and environment |
| deforestation | the conversion of forests to another land use |
| endemic | something this isn't found anywhere else in the world |
| ecosystem | a community of living things interacting with each other and their environment |
| biodiversity | all the different kinds of life found in one area |
| habitat | the natural home where plants, animals, and other organisms live |
| biotic | living things |
| abiotic | non-living things |
| carnivore | an animal that eats meat |
| predator | an animal that hunts other animals for food |
| herbivore | an animal that eats only plants |
| omnivore | an animal that eats both plants and other animals |
| prey | an animal that is hunted by other animals |
| adaptation | a physical or behavioral change in animals and plants that helps them survive in their environments |
| Ursus Maritimus | the Latin name for polar bears |
| sea bear | What does Ursus Maritimus mean? |
| hatchlings | what baby sea turtles are called |
| migrate | to move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons |
| milkweed | the only plant Monarch butterflies will lay their eggs on |
| grazers | animals that eat grasses and other grass-like plants |
| a flutter | group of monarch butterflies |
| names for grasslands | a prairie, savanna, rangeland, or steppe. |
| two kinds of grasslands | temperate and tropical |
| pollinators | animals like bees and butterflies that help to move pollen around wildflowers and other plants which helps to pollinate them |
| decomposers | organisms that help to decompose dead animals and plants |
