Cargo, also called freight, is goods that are being transported. Cargo is usually being moved so it can be sold. When people talk about cargo they usually mean very large quantities of goods, like the shipping containers full of goods on the ship in the picture.
Scientific name: rangifer tarandus
A caribou, otherwise known as a reindeer, is a type of deer from the cold, northern regions of the world.
Scientific name: dianthus caryophyllus
Carnelian, also called sard, is a deep red stone often used in jewelry. It is a silicate with large amounts of iron impurities.
A carnivore is an animal, person or plant that eats flesh, particularly that of other animals.
The opposite of a carnivore is a vegetarian or herbivore.
Scientific name: ceratonia siliqua
The carob is a small tree from the Mediterranean area. It will grow in a wide variety of soils and climates as long as it is not waterlogged. The young trees are frost sensitive but mature trees are frost tolerant, and the tree is drought tolerant and will even grow in slightly salty soils. Carobs grow big seed pods that start green like in the picture and gradually turn dark, wrinkly brown over a year and then fall off. Carobs are related to peas.
Carob seedpods are sweet and can be dried, roasted and ground and used to make a chocolate substitute.
Scientific name: family: cyprinidae
