Glossary

GLOSSARY

Captive: A person who has been taken prisoner or an animal that has been confined.

Ecosystem: a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Endangered: A species in danger of going extinct.

Endangerment: The represensentation

Environment: the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates: the control of the functioning of a machine, process, or system.

Extinct: when a species has been wiped out or no longer living.

Habitat: the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

Organization: an organized body of people with a particular purpose, especially a business, society, association, etc.

Species: a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, Homo sapiens.

Transdisciplinary: relating to more than one branch of knowledge; interdisciplinary.

Urgency: importance requiring swift action.

Utmost: most extreme; greatest.

Vital: absolutely necessary or important; essential.

Exabihtion: an group of peolpe working on a issue or promble