The beauty and history of the park is captured in a detailed narrative explaining Yosemite's importance to America and its people. Back to Top Yosemite National Park Photos Excellent collection of pictures of Yosemite that would be good fo rstudent research Yosemite Roadside Geology Lots of pictures and roadside information from Yosemite Yosemite Association Descriptive information about Yosemite John Muir Flashbacks Journal entries of John Muir are available here Yosemite Web Index Lots of information on John Muir's Life, trails, literature, and favorite quotations Back to Top Click on any of the vocabulary words below to hear them pronounced and used in a sentence. The biological diversity in an environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and animals. An example of Yosemite's extraordinary biodiversity is the fact that the park contains one-third of all of the bird species represented in North America. The complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit.
Most ecosystems are extremely complex, containing many different kinds of biological relationships.
The action or process of wearing away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice. The place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows. Trees are an important part of all the habitats in Yosemite, from the foothill woodlands to the mountain alpine areas. The matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid. Vocabulary Quiz Whiz Create a variety of interesting quizzes to test your students' word power.