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Unit 4, Chapter 1
1.

endangered

a. easily hurt or harmed

b. damaging somet hing so bad t hat it cannot be

2.

species

3.

t hreat en

repaired
c. t o guess t he value, size, or cost of somet hing
d. somet hing likely t o cause harm t o somet hing

4.

ext inct

else
e. t he nat ural home or environment of an animal

5.

fact ors

or plant

6.

exot ic

f. t o do somet hing on purpose

7.

ensure

g. chasing and killing an animal for food or sport

8.

preserve

h. relat ed t o land
i. a group of animals, plant s, or insect s t hat
share common charact erist ics, and can breed

9.

deforest at ion

t oget her
j. relat ed t o bodies of wat er, e.g., rivers, oceans,

10.

habit at

11.

aquat ic

seas
k. somet hing t hat is in danger
l. using somet hing or someone in a way t hat

12.

t errest rial

benefit s you unfairly

m. t o keep somet hing safe or in it s original

13.

hunt ing

condit ion
n. relat ed t o t he locat ion of a piece of land or

14.

geographic
raise

15.

awareness

body of wat er
o. t o increase peoples underst anding of
somet hing
p. somet hing t hat causes somet hing else t o

16.

est imat e

happen

17.

vulnerable

q. no longer exist ing

18.

dest ruct ion

r. not nat ural t o an area

19.

exploit at ion

s. cut t ing down a large number of t rees

20.

int ent ionally

t . t o make somet hing cert ain