Taiga: Another name for Boreal forest. See Boreal Forest.

Temperate: A region with moderate climate.

Threatened: A plant or animal that is in danger of becoming endangered if nothing is done to help it. See Endangered.

Thorax: the middle part of an insect’s body, between the head and the abdomen.

Topsoil: The rich organic layer of dirt from which plants get the nutrients they need.

Transmitter: A device used to send or pass radio signals from one thing, or person or place to another.

Transplant: To grow a plant indoors and then plant it outdoors. Or to dig up a plant from one place and then plant it somewhere else.

Tree: A woody plant four to six metres tall with a single main stem (trunk) and a more or less distinct crown of leaves.

Tropical: The hot region around the equator between two imaginary circles that run around the Earth and are known as the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

Urban Sprawl : An unplanned and unexpected expansion of development in an area where homes, strip malls and roadways take over natural areas.

Vegetation: The mass of plants that covers a given area.

Vibrate: Something is vibrating when it moves back and forth very fast.

Vulnerable: A plant or animal that is in danger of becoming threatened if nothing is done to help it. See Threatened.