Environment Vocabulary

Column 1:Descriptions

100

This is the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

Habitat

300

This word means to make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

Exploit

400

This word means something is not commonly seen or heard.

Rare

500

This is the strict setting aside of natural resources to prevent the use or contact by humans or by human intervention. This often means setting aside areas as nature reserves or parks.

Preservation

Column 2: Descriptions

100

This word means that a species of animals is in danger of extinction.

Endangered

200

This is a large to enormous flightless bird that once lived on the island of Madagascar.

Elephant bird

300

This is an animal that breathes air, has a backbone, and grows hair at some point during its life.

Mammal

400

This word means living things and especially mammals, birds, and fish that are neither human nor domesticated.

Wildlife

500

The broad term for anything that furthers the goal of making life more sustainable for the planet. It is helping keep the planet safe and healthy.

Conservation

Column 3:Descriptions

100

This word means to establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.

Identify

200

This is a person who studies plants and animals as they live in nature.

Naturalist

300

This is a place covered with dense vegetation. It has animals such as frogs, snakes, parrots, and monkeys.

Jungle

400

The composition of this is mainly oxygen and nitrogen.

Atmosphere

500

This is a summation of all the organisms of the same group or species, who live in the same geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding.

Population

Column 4:Fill in the Blank

300

I wish that woolly mammoths were still alive to be able to see them. We can't see them though, because they are __________.

extinct

400

__________ refers to the illegal hunting, killing, or capturing of wild animals. It is a big problem when animals are endangered.

Poaching

500

Sabre-toothed cats _________ for about 42 million years before they went extinct.

existed

Column 5:Fill in the Blank

100

The Amazon is a very ______________ place, with a large variety plants and animals.

diverse

200

If we want to leave the Earth in the condition that we found it, it is very important that we ______________ our environment and natural resources.

protect

300

Believe it or not, there are about 950,000 ___________ of insects.

species

400

If people get too close to wild animals, it can become a dangerous situation. Many people may end up with __________ from bites.

injuries

500

A _________________ is a place of refuge where abused, injured and abandoned captive wildlife may live in peace and dignity for the remainder of their lives.

sanctuary