Reading4 Vocabulary3

Question 1

botanist

Answer 1

-a scientist who studies plants

Question 2

catalog

Answer 2

• to list things in a systematic and organized way

- >katalogisieren

Question 3

combat

Answer 3

• to try to stop a particularly serious problem

- >bekämpfen, begegnen

Question 4

consensus

Answer 4

• a wide agreement; a generally accepted opinion

- >Übereinstimmung, Einigkeit

Question 5

conservation

Answer 5

• protection of natural resources

- >Erhaltung, Schutz

Question 6

debt

Answer 6

• money owned by a person, business, or government

- >Schuld, Forderung

Question 7

designate

Answer 7

• to choose something for a specific purpose

- >bezeichnen, bekennen

Question 8

excessive

Answer 8

-too much; more than is reasonable

Question 9

extinction

Answer 9

-the state of no longer existing

Question 10

generate

Answer 10

-to create; to produce

Question 11

halt

Answer 11

• to stop

- >anhalten

Question 12

harvest

Answer 12

• to bring in a corp Fromm the fields when it is ripe or ready
• > ernten

Question 13

partnership

Answer 13

-an arrangement in which people, business, and organizations work closely together

Question 14

preserve

Answer 14

• to stop something from being damaged or hurt

- >erhalten, bewahren

Question 15

properties

Answer 15

• qualities of something

- >Eigenschaften

Question 16

tackle

Answer 16

• begin to solve a difficult and complex problem

- >angehen, herangehen

Question 17

unanimous

Answer 17

• complete agreement

- >einstimmig