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• Amphibious…At home equally on land and in water
• Gregarious…Living or moving in flocks or herds
• Hibernation…the dormant condition in which the plants and animals pass the winter
• Deciduous…trees which lose their leaves annually
• Ruminant…A cud-chewing animals (e.g. a cow)
• Rodent…A gnawing animal e.g. a rat
• Quadruped…A four-footed animal
• Marsupials…Animals which carry their young in a pouch e.g. kangaroo
• Humus…Soil composed largely of decayed vegetable matter
• Alluvium…Soil washed down or carried away by rivers
• Insecticide…A preparation for killing insects
• Parasite…A plant or animal growing on another
• Annual…Lasting for a single year
• Biennial…Lasting for two years
• Perennial…Lasting for many years
• Embryo…That part of the seed which develops into the plant
• Germ… That part of the seed which develops into the plant
• Radicle…That part of the embryo which develops into the root
• Plumule… That part of the embryo which develops into the stem
• Germination…The process by which the young plant begins to grow
• Transpiration…The process by which the plants excess water through their leaves
• Assimilation…The process by which the plants manufacture food
• Respiration…The process by which the plants and the animals breathe
• Absorption…The process by which the plants take up mineral salts in solution through their roots
• Stomata…Tiny opening on the under surface of leaves through which the plants breathe
• Chlorophyll…The green coloring matter in the leaves of plants
• Cambium…A slimy substance between wood and bark of a stem
• Stipules…A two leaf-like appendages at the base of few leaves
• Tendril…A spiral shoots of a plant which winds itself round another body for support
• Pollination…The process by which the pollen dust is transferred
• Fertilization…The entrance of pollen grains into the ovules in the ovary
• Dibble…An instrument for making holes in the soil for seeds
• Naturalist…One who studies plants and animal life
• Offal…The parts of animal killed for foods which are rejected waste
• Ore…Rock from which metal is extracted
• Spoor…The track of a wild animal
• Venison…The meat of deer
• Mutton…The meat of Sheep
• Inflorescence…A cluster of flowers on a branch
• Cotyledon…The seed-leaves of the embryo
• Mono-cotyledonous…Plants with one seed-leaf e.g. corn
• Di-cotyledonous…Plants with two seed-leaf e.g. lime
• Rhizome…A thick underground stem
• Vertebrate…An animal with back-bone
• Invertebrate…An animal without back-bone
• Kernel…That which is in inside of the nuts
• Core…the central part of a fruit
• Fauna…The animal of a certain region
• Flora…The plants and other vegetation of a certain region
• Chrysalis…The last through which an insect passes before it becomes a perfect insect
• Drought…Absence of rain for a long time
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