UNIT 10: ENDANGERED SPECIES

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

• destruction

• product  

• vulnerable

• human 

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest

• threatened

• provided

• identified 

• disappeared

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

• biologist

• seriously

• commercial

• identify 

Answer explanation

biologist /baɪˈɒlədʒɪst/

seriously /ˈsɪəriəsli/                 

commercial /kəˈmɜːʃl/

identify /aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

• exploitation   

• disappearance  

• conservation  

• temperature 

Answer explanation

exploitation /ˌeksplɔɪˈteɪʃn/

disappearance  /ˌdɪsˈpɪərəns/

conservation /ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃn/

temperature /ˈtemprətʃə(r)/

Mark on your answer to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions:

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

• awareness

• preservation

• support

• impact

Mark on your answer to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions:

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

Mark on your answer to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions:

Life on Earth is disappearing fast and will continue to do so unless urgent action is taken.

• vanishing

• dameging

• polluting

• destroying

Mark on your answer to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions

Humans depend on species diversity to provide food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture

• destruction

• contamination

• fertilizer

• variety

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

• Biology

• Biological

• Biologist

• Biologically

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

• on

• in

• at

• from