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Environmental Studies
12th Grade
01/31/2012

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Species
Definition
a class of individuals having some common characteristicsor qualities; distinct sort or kind.
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2. Invasion
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3. Invasive Species
Definition
 means an alien species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.
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native
Definition
being the place or environment in which a person was bornor a thing came into being: one's native land.
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5. non-native
Definition
being the place or environment in which a person was bornor a thing came into being: one's native land.
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6. spores
Definition
Biology a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive bodyof an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individualeither directly or indirectly.
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7. propagules
Definition
 any structure capable of being propagated oracting as an agent of reproduction.
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8. economic harm
Definition
Economic-harm rule is a principle of tort law that a plaintiff cannot sue in tort to recover for purely monetary loss as opposed to physical injury or property damage caused by the defendant. 
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9. environmental harm
Definition
  1.  native vegetation; or

  2.  the habitat of native vegetation or indigenous aquatic or terrestrial animals; 

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10. aggressive
Definition
characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives,attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward ormenacing:
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11. threatened species
Definition
a species likely, in the near future, to become an endangeredspecies within all or much of its range.
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12. endangered species
Definition
a species at risk of extinction because of human activity, changesin climate, changes in predator-prey ratios, etc., especially whenofficially designated as such by a governmental agency such asthe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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13. vector
Definition
a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction,represented by an arrow the direction ofwhich indicates the direction of the quantity and thelength of which is proportional to the magnitude.
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14. means of transmission
Definition
The act or process of transmitting.
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15. exotic species
Definition
plant or animal species introduced into an area where they do not occur naturally, non-native species.
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16. flora
Definition
 Plants considered as a group, especially the plants of a particular country, region, or time.
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17. fauna
Definition
 Animals, especially the animals of a particular region or period, considered as a group.
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18. habitat
Definition
The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs
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19. ecosystem
Definition
An ecological community together with its environment, functioning as a unit.
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20. predator
Definition
An organism that lives by preying on other organisms.
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21. pest
Definition
 An annoying person or thing; a nuisance.
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22. noxious
Definition
Harmful to living things; injurious to health
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23. colonization
Definition
The act or process of establishing a colony or colonies.
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24. indigenous
Definition
Originating and living or occurring naturally in an area or environment
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25.ecology
Definition
The science of the relationships between organisms and their environments
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