Endangered Species Flashcards

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The ongoing relationship between living things and their environment

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Ecosystem

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Measures to protect and restore the natural world

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Conservation effort

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Animal or plants that are likely to go extinct

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Endangered species

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A person who cares about the natural world and makes an effort to protect or raise awareness for its needs

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Environmentalist

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The loss of a species in this world

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Extinction

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5
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Food chain

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A group of organisms that feed off each other

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Global warming

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The gradual increase in temperature on earth

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Recover

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To help a certain species repopulate an area

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Reforestation

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The planting and growth of new trees

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Vulnerable

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Likely to be wounded, hurt, o to face injury or danger

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Wildlife

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Plants and animals living in a natural environment

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Polar bears are endangered

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global warming causes the ice to melt
Bears live mainly on the sea ice, they feed themselves thanks to ice,
When the ice starts to melt, polar bears move to land and live off their stored fat
The ice melts earlier and forms later than usual, this results in a shorter feeding season for the polar bear.
Some risk their lives to find ice, if they have to swim too far, they will drown from exhaustion and hunger

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12
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Oil spill in the sea

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Vertido de petroleo en el mar

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Melting ice in the North Pole

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Deshielo

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14
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Drought

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Sequía

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How have polar bears’ lives been affected by climate change?

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They lose their natural habita

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How does drought affect people’lives?

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When there is drought, it is difficult to grow crops, so people are starving, or at least impoverished

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What happens when there is flooding

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Flooding means that roads are impassable and houses, homes are ruined

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What happens when there is an oil spill

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When there is an oil spill at sea, many birds and fish die as a consequence

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Name or say some global environment issues

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Oil spill at sea, drought, flooding, melting ice in the North Pole

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How are these affected people feeling?

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Desperate, angry, frustrated, starving

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Who usually comes to the aid of these people, animals?

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Governments, international organisation , the army, charities…

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Forty thousand barrels of oil a day gushing into gulf/g Vf(v al revés

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Gulf… Golfo

Gushing…..saliendo a borbotones, escapando

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What causes global warming or climate change?

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Increased levels of carbon dioxide and other polluting gases in the atmosphere

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Say other effects,issues, of global warming

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Rising sea level,declining sea cover, retreating glaciers, heat waves, hurricanes…

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Heat wave

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Ola de calor

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Carbon neutral

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Not emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

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Solar panel

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Device that converts solar energy into heat or electricity

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Wind turbine (windmill) /wind/

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Molino de viento

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Wind up /uaind/

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Acaber en …

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Wind turbine /’t3:bin/

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Molino de viento

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Sorting out the rubbish takes some time

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Organizar la basura se lleva tiempo

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Triple glazing

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Window with three panes of glass for maximum insulation

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Pane of window

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Cristal, hoja de ventana

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Compost / ‘kampost

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Mixture of decomposed vegetation used as a fertiliser

Abono, fertilizante

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Landfill

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Place where rubbish is buried /berid/

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Environmentally friendly

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Ecologico, respetuoso con el medio ambiente