"Saving America's Wolves" Vocabulary

an animal that hunts other animals for food but is not hunted itself; it is at the top of the food chain

• pack

• endangered

• apex predator

• prey

the protection of animals, plants, and natural resources

• extinction

• conservation

• species

• ecosystems

everything within a certain environment, including plants, animals, and nonliving things like rocks and water

• keystone species

• pack

• habitat

• ecosystems

at risk, in danger of becoming extinct

• endangered

• stalk

• conservation

• extinction

the death of all members of a species

• ecosystems

• predators

• extinction

• conservation

the places where plants and animals live naturally

• habitats

• pack

• species

• conservation

animals or plants that other parts of the ecosystem depend on

• prey

• pack

• keystone species

• predators

a group of animals that live and hunt together

• pack

• habitats

• prey

• species

animals that hunt other animals for food

• prey

• species

• habitats

• predators

to hunt and kill for food

• endangered

• pack

• prey

• extinction