SQ - Social Studies Vocabulary National Parks

maintain something in it original or existing state

• preservation

• recreation

• conservation

• ecosystem

• habitat

activity done for enjoyment

• preservation

• recreation

• conservation

• ecosystem

• habitat

a movement focused on protecting species from extinction, maintaining and restoring habitats, enhancing ecosystem services, and protecting biological diversity

• preservation

• recreation

• conservation

• ecosystem

• habitat

the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism

• preservation

• recreation

• conservation

• ecosystem

• habitat

biological community of interacting organisms in their physical environment

• preservation

• recreation

• conservation

• ecosystem

• habitat

expert in he study of natural history

• naturalist

• conservationist

• colonizer

• indigenous

• mangrove

inhabiting the land from the earliest times; Native Americans or Aboriginals for example

• naturalist

• conservationist

• colonizer

• indigenous

• mangrove

a country that sends settler to a place and establishes political control over the land

• naturalist

• conservationist

• colonizer

• indigenous

• mangrove

study of human history and prehistory through excavation of sites and analysis of artifacts

• naturalist

• archaeological

• colonizer

• indigenous

• mangrove

What is a hectare?

• a rough or uneven terrain

• a tree or shrub that grows in swamps

• a group of islands

• a unit of area equal to 100 acres of 10,000 square meters

• plants and leaves