Plant Vocabulary
Organisms | An individual plant or animal. | Endemic | Regularly occurring within an area of your community |
Species | A type of plant | Continents | a large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a region. |
Linnean Taxonomy | Based on similarities in obvious physical traits. | Gondwana | One of the two most ancient supercontinents that separated about 200 million years ago. |
Geography | Studying physical features of the earth. | Adaptation | a modification of an organism or its parts that makes it more fit for existence |
Biodiversity | All the different kinds of life you’ll find in one area. | Extinct | No living members of the plants species. |
Photosynthesis | The process in which light energy is converted to chemical energy in the for of sugars. | Evolution | Changed its looks in the last few years. |
Pedosphere | The Soil mantle of the earth | Climate | The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period. |
Decomposition | The first stage in the recycling of nutrients that have been used by an organism to build its body. | Environment | The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates |
Ecosystem | A geographical are where plants, animals, and other arganisms as well as weather and landscape work together to form a bubble of life. | Dispersal | The action or process of distributing or spreading things or people over a wide area. |
Niche | The way animals interact with the environment. | Canopy | cloth covering hung or held up over something. |
Biosecurity | helps stop damage caused by unwanted organisms | Flora | Flora means all type of plants. |