GS12 - UNIT 8 - Vocabulary Review

Governments should enforce stricter laws for illegal hunting so that _________ cannot exploit wildlife for profit.

• nurseries

• viewers

• poachers

• sources

Wildlife organizations _________ animals that are illegally kept as pets and return them to their natural habitats.

• rescue

• threaten

• survive

• spread

Local communities are encouraged to participate in wildlife (CONSERVE) (a)   projects to help protect native species.

Some rare wildlife, like the white rhino, is on the ________ of extinction due to poaching.

• base

• frontier

• verge

• margin

The African elephant, one of the largest land (a)   , is threatened by poaching and habitat destruction.

If we do not take actions soon, many _________ species will no longer exist in the wild.

• endangered

• dangered

• dangerous

• endangering

Conservationists have set up cameras to monitor the behavior of rare species in their natural habitat.

Which word CANNOT replace "monitor" in the sentence?

• supervise

• observe

• interfere

• oversee

Max is a (a)   , whose job is to treat injured or sick wildlife and help them recover.

The polar bear is vulnerable ______ the effects of melting ice caused by global warming.

• to

• against

• about

• for

(a)   , like gorillas and chimpanzees, are highly intelligent creatures that are endangered due to habitat loss.