Definition Flashcards
Biodiversity
Refers to all the different living things in a habitat
indigenous
Occurs naturally in a particular place
variety
Many things of the same kind
habitat
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.
scalloped
Has a series of small curves along the edge
characteristics
A quality that a person, place or thing has
fleshy
Being plump, fat
nectar
A sugary liquid found inside flowers
floral
Of flowers
webbed
Having toes that are connected by some skin, a water bird has webbed
feet.
pests
A destructive insect that annoys people, animals or eats crops
reproduction
Process of producing offspring
disperse
Spread over a wide area
droppings
Waste matter of animals
pollination/
pollinate
When pollen is taken from one flower to another for the plant to make
seeds
resources
Existing things that plants and animals need in order to survive
prey
An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food
scales
Thin, flat, hard plates that cover fish
mammal
A vertebrate that has hair or fur and suckles its young
fur
Short, soft hair on many mammals, like cats
invertebrate
Animals without backbone
exoskeleton
Hard protective layer outside the body of an animal
hydroskeleton
Skeleton which is filled by fluid / water moist skinned body of an
invertebrate
vertebrate
Animals with backbones
endoskeleton
Skeleton found inside the body of a vertebrate
