Title:
Start a Weed Glossary
Aim:
To help students develop a personal understanding of weed terminology.
Use a computer word processing or spreadsheet package to develop a glossary of words relating to weeds. Keep updating the glossary file.
Make a printout of the updated file and display in a prominent location in the class for reference.
Some Useful Weed Terminology to Get You Started
Weed
– a plant that grows in the wrong place
Environmental weed
– a plant that invades and negatively affects natural areas
Agricultural weed
– a plant that affects farming
Species
– a group of similar animals or plants that interbreed naturally
Community
– a group of animals and plants that live and interact in a given area, e.g. coastal community
Ecosystem
– the interaction of communities and the physical environment
Biodiversity
– the variety of plants, animals, fungi and micro-organisms on Earth
Habitat
– the area in which an organism lives because it contains all the resources it needs to survive
Australian native plant
– a plant that occurs naturally in any area of Australia
Indigenous plant
– a plant that occurs naturally in a given local area
Introduced plant
– a plant that occurs outside its ‘natural’ range (what is natural may depend on cultural preferences too!)
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Date: 31 January 2013; 9:05:02 PM AEDT
Author Name: Zheljana Peric
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