Glossary

A glossary of terms and definitions, listed in alphabetical order, which you may come accross on this site.


Ecosystem = A community of organisms which survive in an environment and interact together and also with the environment which surrounds them, such as a forest or lake.

Habitat = An area with a specific kind of environment where a particular organism lives, for example a beaver would live in a wooded area close to water.

Organism= Any living creature, could be anything from microbes to complex multi celled creatures such as humans.