Matching Pairs HabitatsOnline version Choose the correct description for each word by Lenguas Universidad Central 1 Environment 2 Climate 3 Extinction 4 Organism 5 Endangered species 6 Ecosystem 7 National Park 8 Habitat A living thing that can act or function independently The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. A tract of land declared by the national government to be public property Organisms interacting with their physical environment The state of being no longer in existence The weather in some location averaged over a period of time The type of environment in which an organism normally lives A species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction