Unit 10 Endangered Species

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

                                                                                  

• a. on

• b. in

• c. from

• d. for

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

                                                     

• a. agencies

• b. reserves

• c. awareness

• d. challenges

The world's biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, which makes wildlife _______.

                                                

• a. prosperous   

• b. prefect

• c. vulnerable 

• d. remained

Toxic chemicals from factories are one of the serious factors that leads wildlife to the _______ of extinction.

                                                                                             

• a. wall    

• b. fence

• c. verge

• d. bridge

If an area is _______, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed.

                          

• a. endangered

• b. polluted

• c. contaminated

• d. deforested

All the countries of the area have _______ to protect their wildlife but they are rarely enforced.

                                                                                         

• a. efforts

• b. laws

•   c. results   

• d. reserves

Forest dwellers had always hunted the local _______ but their needs had been small.

                                         

• a. wildlife

• b. commerce

• c. reserve    

• d. generation

Closest meaning

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

                                               

• a. awareness

• b. preservation

• c. support   

• d. impact

Closest meaning:

World Wide Fund for Nature was formed to do the mission of the preservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of natural resources, and the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.

                      

• a. contamination

• b. energy

• c. extinction

• d. development

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

              

• a. reserve   

• b. habitat

• b. generation

• d. diversity