Nature Bowl Vocabulary Words C, D, E | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Conserving lands

Allow a careful amount of managed public uses, like hunting, fishing, or hiking.

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Consumers

Organisms that eat living producers and/or other consumers for food.

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Consumption

The using up of a resource

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Deciduous

Trees and shrubs that shed their leaves at the end of the growing season and go dormant to survive winter.

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Decomposition

The breaking down of dead organisms and organic waste

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Decomposers

Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return raw materials to the environment.

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Delta

An area where rivers meet and join.

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An example of a delta in California is...

where the Sacramento-San Joaquin rivers meet and join to drain into the Pacific.

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Desert

A geographical area of land with low precipitation, poor soil, and adapted flora and fauna.

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What are the three types of deserts in California?

Mohave, Sonora, and high desert

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Developement

When wild natural land is permanently converted to urban or agricultural land.

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Diurnal

A wildlife species active during the day.

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Domestic

Wild animals or plants tamed and bred over time for human use.

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Domesticated animals depend...

on humans for survival.

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Ecosystem

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

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Ecotone

The transition from one type of habitat or ecosystem to another, such as the transition from a forest to a grassland.

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