Ch. 3.6 Flashcards
- We need to protect the _______________ and the _________________ of the Earth
- If we continue to damage the natural environment for our own ________________, many living things will become ______________ and we will run out of resources such as
- ____________
- ____________
- _________ ____________
- in the future.
- If we continue to damage the natural environment for our own ________________, many living things will become ______________ and we will run out of resources such as
- This is called ________________
Environment, biodiversity, purposes, extinct, food, medicines, raw materials, conservation
How to protect wildlife and their habitats: For animals: ~dont buy ~dont keep ~dont eat
- Don’t buy products such as crafts or clothing made from endangered animals
- Don’t keep endangered animals as pets
- Don’t eat food made from endangered animals
How to protect wildlife and their habitats:
For plants:
~dont pick
~dont buy
- Don’t pick plants when you visit country parks
* Don’t buy endangered plants
How to protect wildlife and their habitats:
For habitats:
~dont leave
Don’t leave any rubbish in country parks or marine parks
- We can support _________________ that work on conservation
- We can also take part in _________________ programmes such as ___________ ______________ and ____________ ____________________ _______________
Organisations, conservation, tree planting, beach clean-up events
3Rs:
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Reduce, reuse, recycle
We can help ___________ ___________ and ______________ _____ ____________ by practicing the 3Rs principle of conservation.
Reduce pollution, destruction of habitats
Reduce-_______________
Reduced the use of resources
Reuse-___________________
Reuse items or give them to others in need
Recycle-_________________________
~can be made into _______________
Recycle old materials into new products
New products
- We can help protect biodiversity by using the resources provided by living things in a __________________ way
- This means using the resources _________________ so that they are not _______________ _________
- An example is choosing seafood that is caught by ___________________ ________________ _______________
sustainable, carefully, used up, sustainable fishing methods
Sustainable fishing methods:
~catch ____________________________
~catch ______________________________________, to avoid _____________________________________
~set up a [_____________ ________ ___________] each year so that __________________________________________.
~fishing boats stay in a ___________ ___________ during this
Only what we need
Adult fish bigger than a certain size, catching fish before they can reproduce
Fishing ban period, fish can reproduce during this period
Typhoon shelter
Giant pandas are hunted for their ______________. Their _______________ were destroyed to ______________________________ for _______________, _______________ and ________________.
Skins, habitats, provide more land, farms, roads, dams
Conservation methods taking to protect giant pandas:
~______________ the _______________ of ____________ ___________
~_______________________ _____________ _____________
Banning, trading, panda skins
Restoring bamboo forests
Scientists helped giant pandas reproduce by ___________________ _____________________.
Artificial insemination