Grade 7 Geography Terms

Sustainable Resource: Resource that cannot be renewed or reused by the government.
Desalination: Process of turning salt water from oceans into fresh water.
Introduced Species: A species brought into a new environment.
Biotic: All living thing in an ecosystem.
Abiotic: Inanimate objects in the ecosystem.
Habitat: A place where living things live.
Biome: A vegetation region.
Ecology: The study of ecosystems.
Ecosystem: Arrangement of plants and animals.
Photosynthesis: Process of plants changing water and carbon dioxide into their food.
Balance of Nature: The balance of plants and animals in an ecosystem.
Extinct: No longer existing.
Endangered: Almost extinct.
Fragile ecosystem: An ecosystem that needs many things to survive.