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Biodiversity

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Refers to all the different living things in a habitat

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indigenous

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Occurs naturally in a particular place

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variety

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Many things of the same kind

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habitat

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A plant or animal’s home; the place where it lives or grows; a habitat is
made up of all the plants, animals and non-living things in a specific area.

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scalloped

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Has a series of small curves along the edge

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characteristics

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A quality that a person, place or thing has

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fleshy

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Being plump, fat

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nectar

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A sugary liquid found inside flowers

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floral

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Of flowers

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webbed

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Having toes that are connected by some skin, a water bird has webbed
feet.

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pests

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A destructive insect that annoys people, animals or eats crops

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reproduction

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Process of producing offspring

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disperse

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Spread over a wide area

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droppings

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Waste matter of animals

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pollination/

pollinate

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When pollen is taken from one flower to another for the plant to make
seeds

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resources

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Existing things that plants and animals need in order to survive

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prey

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An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food

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scales

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Thin, flat, hard plates that cover fish

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mammal

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A vertebrate that has hair or fur and suckles its young

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fur

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Short, soft hair on many mammals, like cats

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invertebrate

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Animals without backbone

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exoskeleton

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Hard protective layer outside the body of an animal

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hydroskeleton

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Skeleton which is filled by fluid / water moist skinned body of an
invertebrate

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vertebrate

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Animals with backbones

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endoskeleton

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Skeleton found inside the body of a vertebrate