Endangered Species Flashcards
(37 cards)
The ongoing relationship between living things and their environment
Ecosystem
Measures to protect and restore the natural world
Conservation effort
Animal or plants that are likely to go extinct
Endangered species
A person who cares about the natural world and makes an effort to protect or raise awareness for its needs
Environmentalist
The loss of a species in this world
Extinction
Food chain
A group of organisms that feed off each other
Global warming
The gradual increase in temperature on earth
Recover
To help a certain species repopulate an area
Reforestation
The planting and growth of new trees
Vulnerable
Likely to be wounded, hurt, o to face injury or danger
Wildlife
Plants and animals living in a natural environment
Polar bears are endangered
global warming causes the ice to melt
Bears live mainly on the sea ice, they feed themselves thanks to ice,
When the ice starts to melt, polar bears move to land and live off their stored fat
The ice melts earlier and forms later than usual, this results in a shorter feeding season for the polar bear.
Some risk their lives to find ice, if they have to swim too far, they will drown from exhaustion and hunger
Oil spill in the sea
Vertido de petroleo en el mar
Melting ice in the North Pole
Deshielo
Drought
Sequía
How have polar bears’ lives been affected by climate change?
They lose their natural habita
How does drought affect people’lives?
When there is drought, it is difficult to grow crops, so people are starving, or at least impoverished
What happens when there is flooding
Flooding means that roads are impassable and houses, homes are ruined
What happens when there is an oil spill
When there is an oil spill at sea, many birds and fish die as a consequence
Name or say some global environment issues
Oil spill at sea, drought, flooding, melting ice in the North Pole
How are these affected people feeling?
Desperate, angry, frustrated, starving
Who usually comes to the aid of these people, animals?
Governments, international organisation , the army, charities…
Forty thousand barrels of oil a day gushing into gulf/g Vf(v al revés
Gulf… Golfo
Gushing…..saliendo a borbotones, escapando
What causes global warming or climate change?
Increased levels of carbon dioxide and other polluting gases in the atmosphere
