Terminology

Community -- An interacting population of various species in a common location.

Conservation -- Working to preserve and maintain nature.

Consumer -- An organism that ingests other organisms or organic matter in a food chain.

Decomposer -- An organism that feeds on and breaks down organic substances.

Diversity -- Variety

Food Chain -- The transfer of food energy from the source in plants through a series of animals.

Habitat -- The environment in which an organism normally lives. The arrangement of food, water, shelter and space suitable to an organism's needs.

Interrelationships -- Mutual or existing relationships.

Memorial -- Something that serves to honor and/or remember.

Naturalist -- A person who studies nature.

Natural Resources -- Something found in nature that is useful to people.

Poofer -- A device used to collect small insects.

Producer -- A photosynthetic green plant that constitutes the first nutritional level in a food chain.

Scat -- Animal droppings.

Spicebush -- An aromatic shrub which grows in forested areas.