Unit 4: Our Changing Oceans

Endanger

• To put someone or something in danger

• To protect someone or something

• To ignore someone or something

• To enhance someone or something

Debris

• Broken or torn pieces of something larger

• A type of solid waste

• A collection of small rocks

• A form of liquid waste

Sustain

• To keep something going for a long time

• To stop something from happening

• To create something new

• To change something completely

Populate

• To fill an area with living creatures or beings

• To remove all inhabitants from a place

• To create a new habitat for animals

• To observe wildlife in their natural environment

Discard

• To throw away

• To keep safely

• To recycle

• To donate

Legislate

• To make a law

• To enforce a law

• To interpret a law

• To abolish a law

Transplant

• To move to a new location.

• To grow in the same place.

• To remove from a location.

• To change the appearance of something.

Marine

• Relating to the sea or the creatures that live there

• Pertaining to freshwater ecosystems

• Connected to terrestrial wildlife

• Involving atmospheric phenomena

Conservation

• The protection of animals, plants, and forests from human activity

• The process of urban development and expansion

• The study of animal behavior in their natural habitat

• The cultivation of crops for agricultural purposes

Tangible

• Can be seen or touched

• Is a concept that cannot be physically interacted with

• Refers to something that is imaginary

• Describes something that is abstract