Word Search – Worming Their Way In

(aŋ glər): A person who catches fish with a hook and fishing line.

(kä nǝ fǝr): Any of an order of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs that have leaves resembling needles or scales, including trees and shrubs (like pines) that have true cones.

(fȯr ǝst ma ni jǝr): A person who manages a forest; in the Forest Service, forest managers focus on managing vegetation, restoring ecosystems, reducing hazards, and maintaining forest health (definition from USDA Forest Service).

(ha bә tat): The place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows.

(in vā siv): Tending to spread especially in a quick or aggressive manner, such as a nonnative species growing and dispersing easily, usually to the detriment of native species and ecosystems.

(lēf li tər): Dead plant material, like leaves and twigs.

(nā tiv): Living or growing naturally in a particular region.

(nän nā tiv): Not naturally occurring in an area.

(ȯr gǝ ni zǝm): An individual living thing that carries on the activities of life by means of organs which have separate functions but are dependent on each other: a living person, plant, or animal.

(pri stēn): Not spoiled, corrupted, or polluted.

(spē sēz or spē shēz): A category of living things that ranks below a genus, is made up of related individuals able to produce fertile offspring, and is identified by a two-part scientific name.

(tak sä nə mē): Orderly classification of living things according to their presumed natural relationships.