SOME NEW WORDS

Since the previous activity, “Recreating an ecosystem,” will make some of these words easier to understand, we recommend that you complete the pre-visit activities before looking at this list.

Objectives

• To encourage reading;
• To help participants expand their vocabulary;
• To help participants get more out of their visit to the Biodôme.

PLACES
North America
South America
Antarctic
continent
ecosystem
Laurentian Forest
Tropical Forest
marsh
Polar World
North Pole
South Pole
St. Lawrence Marine Ecosystem

OTHER
cover
diversity
ecology
mud
migrate
conservation program
thermal
shelter

FAUNA
carnivore
poison-arrow frog
down
species
fauna
fruit-eating
insectivorous
invertebrate
mammal
omnivore
predator
prey
quadruped
reptile
vertebrate

FLORA
conifer
density
bark
flora
foliage
reforest
soil
undergrowth
trunk
plant
vegetation

WATER
aquatic
freshwater
saltwater
estuary
river
glacier