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adaptation: A change in an organism's structure to conform to its environment. The different sizes, shapes, colors, and smells of plants are often the result of adaptation to a particular environment.

alluvial plain:

aquatic: Living in or frequenting water. For example a plant or animal that lives in water.

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B

bio-diversity: 

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C

carcass: The dead body of an animal.

confluence: The area where two or more rivers come together to form one river.

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D

data: Facts or conditions that are known. Scientists gather information (data) by observation and through the use of scientific equipment.

data analysis: Processing the information or data that has been gathered in order to draw conclusions.

degradation: The act of wearing down or reducing in rank.

diversity:

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E

ecology: The branch of biology that studies the relationships between organisms and their environments.

ecosystem: A community of organisms and their interactions with their environment.

endangered:

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F

fauna: Animal life.

flora: Plant life.

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H

habitat: The natural location where a plant or animal is found.

heterogeneity:

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natural resources:

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photo identification:

plantains: A tropical plant in the banana family whose cooked fruits is an important food in the tropics.

pristine: The original or pure condition or state of something.

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species: A class of individual plants or animals having some common characteristics or qualities which makes them distinct from other classes of plants or animals.

specimen: A part or an individual taken as typical of a whole or group of animals or plants.

standard of living:

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Y

yucca: A type of plant with white or violet flowers and long rigid pointed leaves.

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