Under Your Feet

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GLOSSARY

Bacteria

Type of microorganism

Burrow

Tunnel made by a

creature, often to find

food or for shelter

Carbon

Substance found in all

living things and in the

gas carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide

Gas found in the air,

also written as CO

2

Cast

Poo of a worm

Decomposition

Process of living things

breaking down into

their chemical building

blocks after death

Deforestation

Process of the trees in a

forest being chopped or

burned down

Desertification

Process of fertile soil

becoming dry, loose sand

Ecosystem

Community of plants and

animals in a single area

Fertile

Suitable for things to grow

Flower

Part of a flowering plant

that makes seeds

Fungi

Group of living things

separate to plants,

animals, and bacteria

Gas

Substance that can be found

in the air, with no shape

Global warming

Process of the Earth

becoming warmer

Insect

Small creature with six

legs and a body with

three parts

Invertebrate

Animal without a backbone

Larva

Newly hatched insect

Leaf

Part of a plant that turns

nutrients, carbon dioxide,

and oxygen into food for

the plant

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