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livestock (līv´´ stŏk) - animals raised for food and other products M mammal (mă m´´ əl) - animals with fur or hair; they nurse their young and have lungs to breathe air v migrate (mī ´ grāt´ ) - to move to another location minerals (mĭn´´ ər-əl) - building blocks of life montane forest (mŏn´´ tān´´ fôr´´ ist) - a life zone encompassing approximately 6,000 to 9,000 feet elevation N nature (nā´´ chər) - the world surrounding us O old age (ōld ā j) - when an animal is old omnivore (ŏm´´ nə-vôr´) - an animal that eats both plants and animals overcrowding (ō´´ vər-kroud) - too many animals in one location P pet (pĕt) - animal kept for companionship p photo (fō´´ tō) - having to do with light photosynthesis (fō´´ tō- sĭn´´ thə-sĭs) - the process where plants make food 38 plant (plănt) - a living organism usually growing from the soil shelter (shĕ l´´ tər) - something that protects animals pollution (pə-loo ¯ ´ shən) - something that harms the environment shrublands (shrŭb´´ lă nd) - life zones; montane shrublands encompass elevations of 5,000 feet; semi-desert shrublands are at elevations of 4,000 feet population (pŏp´´ yə-lā-shən) - number of living things in an area soil (soil) - the ground precipitation (prĭ-sĭp´ə-tā´´ shən) - a process in the water cycle in which water falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, hail, etc. predator (prĕd´´ ə-tôr)- animals that hunt other animals m q prey (prā)- animals that are hunted by other animals primary (prī ´ mĕr´ē) - first, beginning produce (prō´´ doo ¯ s)- make protozoa (prō´tə-zō´´ ə) - small one celled animals R solar (sō´´ lər) - having to do with the sun 2 solar energy (sō´´ lər ĕn´´ ər-jē) - energy from the sun solid (sŏl´´ ĭd) - one of the states of water (the other states of water are vapor and liquid); frozen water space (spās) - open area species (spē´´ shēz) - type of plant or animal starvation (stär-vā´´ shən) - when animals die due to lack of food rams (rămz) - male sheep states of water (stātz ŭv wô´´ tər) - water is found as liquid, vapor (gas) and solid reptiles - (rĕp´´ tīl) animals with tough, dry, scaly skin; they are cold blooded and reproduce by laying eggs sunlight (sŭn´´ līt´) - light coming from the sun $ riparian (rī-par´´ ē-ən) - wetland areas along the banks of rivers, streams or lakes S seasons (sē´´ zənz) - different times of the year synthesis (sĭn´´ thə-sĭs) - to combine elements T tame (tām) - not wild; no longer wild transplant (trăns-plănt´´ ) - move to another location tundra (tŭn´´ drə) - life zone at elevations of 11,000 feet and higher V vapor (vā´´ pər) - gas; a state of water which is neither solid nor liquid W water (wô´´ tər) - a liquid necessary for life weather (wĕth´´ ər) - the wind, temperature, moisture in the atmosphere around us wetlands (wĕt´´ lăndz) - swamps, marshes; areas saturated with water wildlife (wīld´´ līf´) - animals that do not rely on humans to care for them { wildlife management (wīld´´ līf´ măn´´ ĭj-mənt) - controlling wildlife populations in habitat areas woodlands (woo ˘ d´´ lă ndz) - life zone encompassing elevations of approximately 6,000 feet