animals come home vocabulary
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Animals Come Home to Our National Parks
MacMillan/McGraw-Hill Treasures
4th Grade – Unit 1 – Week 3Created by Teresa Wilson – Desert Palms Elem. – June
2010
Vocabulary
Something that roamed moved around with no purpose.
Roamed
Large herds of buffalo once roamed the prairies.
How is “He roamed” different from “He
ran a race”?
Something is completed when it is finished.
Completed
I completed the puzzle quickly.
What is a synonym for completed
?
A journey is a long trip.
Journey
She went on a journey to Alaska.
Tell about a journey
that you or someone you know
took.
Something that is made by nature or is not artificial is natural.
Natural
Natural can also mean having qualities that are
inborn.
Do you have any natural
talents?
Animals living in their natural environment are
called wildlife.
Wildlife
The growth of cities puts wildlife in
danger.
How might building
more houses affect
wildlife?
An ecosystem is a community of living things that interact in
a particular place.
Ecosystem
The park rangers are working to restore the balance of the park
ecosystem.
What kind of wildlife
might you find in a
pond ecosystem
?
To restore something is
to fix it or bring it back.
Restore
The park rangers are working to
restore the balance of the park
ecosystem.
What might be done to restore the
park wildlife?
Animals that graze feed on
plants throughout
the day.
Graze
People built towns and
roads where the elk used
to graze.
What other animals do you know of that graze?
My plants seemed to flourish when I started playing classical music for them.
Flourish
To flourish is to do well; to live and grow.