ENDANGERED SPECIES - VOCAB

_______ is a branch of Natural Science, and is the study of living organisms and how they interact with their environment.

• Biology

• Biological

• Biologist          

• Biologically

A / an _______ species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming extinct.

• dangerous

• endanger

• endangered

• endangerment

Only a few of the many species at risk of extinction actually make it to the lists and obtain legal _______.

• protect

• protection

• protective         

•  protector

Probability of extinction depends _______ both the population size and fine details of the population demography.

•  on

• in

• from

• for

Many modern medicines are derived _______ plants and animals.

• from

• on

• in

• for

15,589 species (7,266 animal species and 8,323 plant species) are now considered ___ risk ____ extinction.

• at / of  

• on / in  

• for / with

• in / at

Many nations have laws offering protection to these species, such as forbidding hunting, restricting land development or creating _______.

• agencies          

• reserves         

• awareness       

• challenges

SYNONYM.

1.     Being listed as an endangered species can have negative effect since it could make a species more desirable for collectors and poachers.

• impact

• support

• preservation

• awareness       

SYNONYM.

The Bali Tiger was declared extinct in 1937 due to hunting and habitat loss.

• reserve

• generation

• natural environment    

• diversity

SYNONYM.

It is found that endangered species are often concentrated in areas that are poor and densely populated, such as much of Asia and Africa.

• disappeared

• increased

• threatened

• reduced