Adventure #5:
Water & Ecology

Aquatic – Relating to water or an area with lots of water. 

Biodiversity – The variety seen in an ecosystem.

Ecology – The study of ecosystems. 

Ecosystem – An ecosystem is all of the plants and animals that live in a certain area, how they interact with each other, and the physical environment they are all in. 

Environment – The surroundings or conditions in which a plant or animal lives. 

Evolve – To develop gradually from simple to more complex. 

Fossil – Any preserved remains, impression or trace of a once-living thing from the past.

Fossilized – Ancient or incapable of change. 

Organism – An individual plant or animal.