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Glossary
Glossary
apex predator a predator ecozone large geographic plain large area of flat land
with no natural enemies, at region with diverse plants with few or no trees
the top of the food chain and animals
sediment bits of sand or
corrugated a surface with glacial till clay, sand, and clay carried by water or
ridges and grooves, like rocks left behind by a wind
cardboard cartons glacier
sedges a grasslike plant
denning going into a heath low-growing, that grows in cooler
shelter or den and staying flowering, woody plants regions
there for a time
invertebrates animals subsistence the minimum
ecotourism visiting without a backbone resources needed to survive,
environmental areas no extra left over to sell
to observe wildlife and muskeg spongey bog
ecosystems containing water and
dead plants that are
decomposing and covered
with mosses
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