VO C A B U L A RY

WHOOPING CRANE

CONSERVATION

• the protection of wild lands and the living things found there

ECOSYSTEM

• a community of living things together with their habitat

ENDANGERED

• in danger of dying out completely

HABITAT

• the natural environment of a plant or animal

PREDATOR

• an animal that hunts and eats other animals to survive

SPECIES

• a group of living things that are physically similar and can reproduce