Our environment and wildlife

Question 1

An effect

Answer 1

A change which is caused by sth.

Question 2

To affect

Answer 2

To make it change in a particular way

Question 3

Climate

Answer 3

the normal weather conditions of a particular region.

Question 4

The environment

Answer 4

the natural world: the air, land, and water in which people, plants, and animals live

Question 5

An environmentalist

Answer 5

Sb who studies the environment

Question 6

Gradual

Answer 6

happening slowly over a long period of time

Question 7

the atmosphere

Answer 7

the gases around the earth, planets

Question 8

Harmful

Answer 8

causing damage, injury or illness

Question 9

gas

Answer 9

a substance like air (e.g. oxygen, hydrogen)

Question 10

Pollution

Answer 10

Dirty and dangerous gases, chemicals that harm environment

Question 11

Human

Answer 11

connected with people

Question 12

Melt

Answer 12

Change from a solid to a liquid

Question 13

Rise

Answer 13

Increase, go higher

Question 14

Extreme

Answer 14

much hotter, colder or more violent than usual

Question 15

Unpredictable

Answer 15

If sth is unpredictable, you can’t say how it will change in the future

Question 16

Disappear

Answer 16

stop existing

Question 17

Famine

Answer 17

When there is not enough food in a country

Question 18

Disease

Answer 18

illness in people, animals or plants

Question 19

Spread

Answer 19

Affect more and more people or things

Question 20

Habitat

Answer 20

The place where a plant or animal is usually found

Question 21

Deforestation

Answer 21

The act of clearing forests

Question 22

Endangered

Answer 22

in danger because numbers are falling

Question 23

Species

Answer 23

a group of animals, plants whose members are similar and can breed with each other

Question 24

Under threat (of sth) (gresiant)

Answer 24

likely to be harmed or damaged

Question 25

reserve

Answer 25

a protected area for plants, animals etc.

Question 26

in the wild

Answer 26

in a natural environment not controlled by people

Question 27

in captivity

Answer 27

kept in a zoo or park

Question 28

in decline

Answer 28

Continuously decreasing in number, quantity

Question 29

breed

Answer 29

have sex and produce young or keep animals in order for them to produce young

Question 30

wipe sb/sth out (nugalabyti)

Answer 30

destroy or get rid of sth completely

Question 31

die out

Answer 31

become less common and eventually disappear.

Question 32

poaching

Answer 32

the illegal hunting of animals, birds

Question 33

a poacher

Answer 33

Person illegal hunting animals

Question 34

pose a threat to sb/sth

Answer 34

create a threat also pose a risk/ danger to sb/sth

Question 35

sought after

Answer 35

wanted by many people but not easy to get

Question 36

divert sth (from sth)

Answer 36

use sth for a purpose that is a different from its original purpose

Question 37

funds

Answer 37

money availanle to be spent

Question 38

raise funds

Answer 38

collect money

Question 39

poverty

Answer 39

the state if being poor

Question 40

likelihood

Answer 40

probability

Question 41

take a heavy toll ont sth/sb

Answer 41

have a bad effect on sth

Question 42

encroachon/upon sth

Answer 42

Gradually cover more and more of an area

Question 43

territory

Answer 43

an area an animal regards as it’s own and defends against others

Question 44

gene

Answer 44

a unit of information inside a cell which controls what the living thing will be like

Question 45

gene pool

Answer 45

the total in all genes in a species