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Terrestrial

'''Terrestrial''' refers to things having to do with the land or the Earth.

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- Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on the land, as opposed to in water, air, or in the trees
- Terrestrial plant, a plant that grows on land rather than in water or on rocks or trees
- Terrestrial planet, a planet that is primarily composed of silicate rocks. These planets go from Mercury (planet)|Mercury to Mars. They are very small compared to the Jovian planets. They all have an iron core and contain not much gas
- Terrestrial ecoregion, land ecoregions, as distinct from freshwater ecoregions and marine ecoregions
- Terrestrial radio, radio signals received through a conventional aerial, as opposed to Satellite radio
- Terrestrial television, television signals received through a conventional aerial
- Terrestrial Trunked Radio, a specialist walkie talkie standard used by police departments, fire departments, ambulance services and the military

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