
Tertiary consumers
Carnivorous (meat-eating) animals that feed on secondary consumers.
Textiles
Types of cloth or woven fabrics.
Threatened
Species which are likely to become endangered within the next 25 years,
if nothing is done to improve their situation.
Tidal energy
Electricity produced using the movement of the ocean’s waves and tides
through turbines.
Tin
A silvery-white metal which is used to line steel cans, to protect the
contents and prevent rusting.
Topsoil
The top layer of soil, which contains most of the available nutrients.
Toxic
A material that is poisonous, and a risk to human health and the environment.
Transpiration
The process by which water vapor is lost to the atmosphere from the
leaves of plants and through humans and other animals breathing.
Tungsten
A hard steel-grey metal that is often used to make electric light filaments.
Urban
Within a town or city.

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