Total Words 264
ablation -
The sun can directly vaporize snow...
adaptation -
A process in nature where an organ...
adfluvial -
Refers to a lake/stream process. A...
air pollution -
Air that has been altered by human...
alluvial -
Referring to landscape features pr...
alpine zone -
The portion of land that lies abov...
ameoboid -
Resembling an amoeba specifically ...
amphibian -
An ancient animal without scales, ...
anadromous -
Fish that migrate from saltwater i...
anthropologist -
A person who studies the culture a...
antlers -
Antlers are bony growths from the ...
aquatic -
Plants or animals that live in the...
aquatic animals -
Animals living in the water.
aquatic macrophyte -
Vascular rooted plants growing in ...
arachnids -
Terrestrial invertebrates (arthrop...
archaeologist -
A person who studies that which re...
arthropod -
An invertebrate animal (such as an...
artifact -
Archaeologists uncover artifacts (...
aspirator -
A tool used to collect insects by ...
ATBI -
All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory - ...
banding -
To identify birds and other small ...
barrens -
Barrens are open-canopied forests ...
baseline -
Scientists study nature and try to...
beat sheet -
A piece of light colored material ...
benthic -
A term that applies to those thing...
benthic macroinvertebrates -
Bottom-dwelling animals without ba...
berlese funnel -
A tool used to collect insects out...
bio-indicator -
Researchers monitor certain specie...
bioassessment -
A generic name for monitoring meth...
biodegradable -
The property of a substance allowi...
biodiversity -
The variety and variability of liv...
biofilm -
A thin layer of biota that lives o...
biological integrity -
Ecological systems, such as forest...
biologist -
Park biologists study plants, anim...
biology -
The study of life.
biomass -
Anything that is or has once been ...
blowdown -
A tree or trees that have been blo...
boreal forest -
The northern coniferous forest.
botany -
The study of plants.
broadleaf -
A term describing a plant with bro...
browse -
v. To eat twigs and leaves of wood...
buffer -
Buffers are sponges in nature. Nat...
cambium -
The layer just inside a tree's bar...
canopy -
The layer formed by the leaves and...
carnivore -
An animal that feeds principally o...
carrion -
The flesh of an animal that is alr...
carrying capacity -
The maximum population of a given ...
cavity -
A hole in a tree that can be used ...
chlorophyll -
The green pigment used by plants t...
chlorosis -
Discoloration of normally green pa...
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