Ch. 3.6 Flashcards

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  • 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.
  • This is called ________________
A

Environment, biodiversity, purposes, extinct, food, medicines, raw materials, conservation

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How to protect wildlife and their habitats:
For animals:
~dont buy
~dont keep
~dont eat
A
  • 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
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How to protect wildlife and their habitats:
For plants:
~dont pick
~dont buy

A
  • Don’t pick plants when you visit country parks

* Don’t buy endangered plants

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How to protect wildlife and their habitats:
For habitats:
~dont leave

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Don’t leave any rubbish in country parks or marine parks

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  • We can support _________________ that work on conservation
    • We can also take part in _________________ programmes such as ___________ ______________ and ____________ ____________________ _______________
A

Organisations, conservation, tree planting, beach clean-up events

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3Rs:
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~

A

Reduce, reuse, recycle

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We can help ___________ ___________ and ______________ _____ ____________ by practicing the 3Rs principle of conservation.

A

Reduce pollution, destruction of habitats

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Reduce-_______________

A

Reduced the use of resources

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Reuse-___________________

A

Reuse items or give them to others in need

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Recycle-_________________________

~can be made into _______________

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Recycle old materials into new products

New products

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  • 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 ___________________ ________________ _______________
A

sustainable, carefully, used up, sustainable fishing methods

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Sustainable fishing methods:
~catch ____________________________
~catch ______________________________________, to avoid _____________________________________
~set up a [_____________ ________ ___________] each year so that __________________________________________.
~fishing boats stay in a ___________ ___________ during this

A

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

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Giant pandas are hunted for their ______________. Their _______________ were destroyed to ______________________________ for _______________, _______________ and ________________.

A

Skins, habitats, provide more land, farms, roads, dams

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Conservation methods taking to protect giant pandas:
~______________ the _______________ of ____________ ___________
~_______________________ _____________ _____________

A

Banning, trading, panda skins

Restoring bamboo forests

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Scientists helped giant pandas reproduce by ___________________ _____________________.

A

Artificial insemination

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