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ECOLOGY FOR
KIDS
Lesson 15 Vocabulary
Story By Federico Arana
ORGANISMS
An individual form of life.
There are many organisms that live in a pond.
DIRECTLY
Straight.
The sign showed how to directly get to the park.
AFFECT
To cause a change in something
or someone.
Lack of gravity will have the affect of causing one to
float in space.
TRACES
A very small amount.
The man swept up traces of dirt on the floor.
VAST
Very great in area; huge.
The desert was a vast, hot land.
HABITATS
The place where a plant or an animal
naturally lives.
A rainforest is an example of the many habitats
on Earth.
VARIETY
A number of different things within the
same group or category.
A grocery store has a variety of food.
SPECIES
A group of animals or plants that are similar
and are able to mate and have offspring.
There are many species of dogs.
BANNED
To forbid by making illegal.
The use of cell phones is banned in school.
RADIATION
Energy that travels through space
as rays or waves.
The radiation from the sun can make ice cream melt
on a hot summer day.