GEI-3 LS.4A VOCABULARY

Save the Javan Rhinos!

Based on the fossil records found, about 30 species of rhinos are . . . . . . . to have lived on earth.

• awareness

• estimated

• extinct

Unfortunately, people . . . . . . . . rhinoceros for their horns due to their presumed medicinal benefits and ornamental use.

• endangered

• make every effort

• poach

Most of the species have become . . . . . . . and reduced to only five species.

• endangered

• extinct

• on the verge of

One of the surviving species is the Javan rhino. Unfortunately, these animals are critically . . . . . . .

• endangered

• extinct

• on the verge of

One of the surviving species is the Javan rhino. Unfortunately, these animals are critically endangered because their population keeps . . . . . . . . . . .

• estimated

• on the verge of

• shrinking

Due to poaching and . . . . . . . , there were only 51 individuals remaining in 2018.

• endangered

• habitat loss

• volunteers

The remaining Javan rhinos, whose habitat is in Ujung Kulon National Park, are . . . . . . . . . . . extinction.

• make every effort

• habitat loss

• on the verge of

We must . . . . . . . . . . . to protect what is left of these animals.

• habitat loss

• make every effort

• on the verge of

Sahabat Badak Indonesia is a community where . . . . . . . . . . . . can work hand in hand to protect the remaining species of rhinoceros, including the Javan rhino.

• awareness

• shrinking

• volunteers

The members of this community do not only raise people’s . . . . . . . . . . . . , but also help conserve the rhinos at a national as well as an international scope.

• awareness

• shrinking

• volunteers