SF3 _ Fire_Vocab

Adapt to (v)

• to be used instead of somebody/something else

• change in order to deal more successfully with a new situation

• to ignore things to get on well with

• to be used instead of somebody/something else

take it for granted (id)

• regard someone or something as important and worthy of attention

• make little effort; rest

• to remove something

• assume that something is true without questioning it

thus (adv)

• as a result or consequence

• however

• last but not least

• furthermore

We often _____ the clean air we breathe until we visit a polluted city

• expand

• preserve

• take for granted

• adapt to

Environmental organizations are working to ______ awareness about the importance of biodiversity.

• protect

• adapt

• tackle

• expand

Using renewable energy sources reduces reliance on fossil fuels, _____ decreasing pollution.

supervise (v)

• to make sure that people obey a particular law or rule

• to see or notice somebody/something

• in charge of somebody/something and make sure everything is done correctly

• to do what you are told or expected to do

wilderness (n)

• a large area of land that's never been developed or used for growing crops

• very big fire that spreads quickly and burns natural areas like woods.

• a flower growing in natural conditions, not planted by somebody

• with eyes that express strong and uncontrolled emotion

enforce (v)

• to make somebody pay money as an official punishment

• to push something closely against something

• to do what you are told or expected to do

• to make sure that people obey a particular law or rule

The wildfire that swept through the national park resulted in __________ damages, not only destroying thousands of acres of forest but also necessitating extensive rehabilitation efforts.