Educational in Nature
Educational in Nature

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WORDS TO KNOW:
Mammals & Forests




A Forest Is ...
canine - part of the dog family

carnivore - meat-eater

den - a safe place within an animal’s territory where it can sleep and rear its family

food chain - A series of living things that can be linked together because each one is food for the next

food web - all the interacting food chains in an ecosystem

habitat - a place where an animal typically lives, such as a forest, a prairie or a wetland

herbivore - plant-eater

home range - a large area where mammals find food and other things they need to survive

omnivore - both meat- and plant-eater

predator - an animal that hunts other animals

understory - the shrubs and small trees between the ground and the tops of the tallest trees



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