Dictionary of Words for Key Stage 2
Click on the letter below to take you to words beginning with that letter.
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Bale The process of tying together large amounts of hay or straw for storing and moving.
Biodiversity The number and variety of plant and animal species that exist in a particular environmental area or in the world generally, or the problem of preserving and protecting this.
Breed A particular type of animal or plant.
Blaze A white mark on the face of an animal.
Breed A particular type of animal or plant.
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Cattle A name referring to all types of cows.
Chaff The outer layer which has been separated from the grain. It’s used for cattle feed.
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Compost Decaying plant material which is added to earth to improve its quality. Composting is a natural process of organic matter breaking down
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Dairy Used to refer to cows that are used for producing milk.
Dairy Parlour A building on a farm where milk, cream, cheese and butter are produced.
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Fertilize To spread a substance on land or plants in order to make the plants grow well.
Forager An animal that intensely searches for food.
Habitat The natural place in which animals or plants live.
Hatch A word used when a chick breaks out of an egg.
Herd A large group of animals of the same type that live and feed together.
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Micro-organisms A living thing which on its own is too small to be seen without a microscope.
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Nutrients Any substance which plants or animals need in order to live and grow.
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Organic Not using artificial chemicals in the growing of plants and animals for food and other products.
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Pasterurised To heat milk at a controlled temperature for a fixed period of time in order to kill bacteria.
Roam To move about freely.
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Silage Grass that is cut and stored without being dried first to feed cattle.
Snout A pig’s nose.
Soil Another word for earth or the ground.
Supplements Something which is added to something else.
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Wallow To lie or roll about in wet earth or water.
Weaned To cause a baby or young animal to stop feeding on its mother’s milk and to start eating other food.
Wool The soft, thick hair which grows on the bodies of sheep and some other animals.
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