Lucy Cooke travels across the globe to make certain animals stars. It has been her mission to find the ugly, misunderstood creatures and get people to care about them.
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This encyclopedia entry is for the term "autotroph." An autotroph is an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals. Because autotrophs produce their own food, they are sometimes called producers. Text for this entry is appropriate for the middle and high school grade levels.

This is an encyclopedia entry for "biosphere." The biosphere is made up of the parts of Earth where life exists. The biosphere extends from the deepest root systems of trees, to the dark environment of ocean trenches, to lush rain forests and high mountaintops. Text for this entry is appropriate for the middle and high school grade levels.

This encyclopedia entry is for the term "food chain." A food chain describes who eats whom in the wild. Text for this entry is appropriate for the upper elementary, middle and high school grade levels.

This is an encyclopedia entry for "habitat." A habitat is a place where an organism makes its home. Text for this entry is appropriate for middle and high school levels.

This is an encyclopedia entry for "keystone species," a plant or animal that plays a unique and crucial role in the way an ecosystem functions. Text for this entry is appropriate for the middle and high school grade levels.

This is an encyclopedia entry for "marsh." A marsh is a wetland, an area of land where water covers ground for long periods of time. Text is appropriate for middle and high grade levels.

This is an encyclopedic entry for the term "silt." Silt is a solid, dust-like sediment that water, ice, and wind transport and deposit. Silt is made up of rock and mineral particles that are larger than clay but smaller than sand. Text for this entry is appropriate for the middle and high school grade levels.

This is an encyclopedia entry for the term "swamp," described as an area of land permanently saturated, or filled, with water. Text for this entry is appropriate for the middle and high school grade levels.

This is an encyclopedia entry for the term "taiga." The taiga is a forest of the cold, subarctic region. The subarctic is an area of the Northern Hemisphere that lies just south of the Arctic Circle. Text for this entry is appropriate for the middle and high school grade levels.