Terrestrial VOCAB

A plant or animal that has a low or declining population

• Cross Breeding

• Litter

• Species at Risk

• Overgrazing

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Mixture of clay, silt, & sand; best suited for crops

• Xylem

• Phloem

• Litter

• Loam

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The rotating of crop type that is planted on any given field from year to year

• Cover Crop

• Crop Rotation

• Shelterbelt

• Cross Breeding

Is dead plant material, such as leaves, bark, needles, and twigs, that have fallen to the ground

• Germination

• Shelterbelt

• Loam

• Litter

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

High-fiber plant life, such as grasses or hay, used to feed cattle or horses

• Xylem

• Tillage

• Germination

• Forage

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Graze so heavily that the vegetation is damaged and the ground becomes liable to erosion

• Overgrazing

• Forage

• Species at Risk

• Soil Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Required by a plant to complete it’s life cycle; cannot be replaced by another element

• Loam

• Forage

• Essential Element

• Germination

The process where a sprout begins to grow from a seed

• Sustainable Development

• Tillage

• Xylem

• Germination

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Tubes in plants that transport water and dissolved nutrients throughout the plant

• Germination

• Xylem

• Phloem

• Loam

An area that consists of biotic (living) and non-biotic (nonliving) factors that make it unique

• Province

• Ecozone

• Shelterbelt

• Cover Crop

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3