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Bionomics 12

Reading and Vocabulary

A. Discuss with your partner. “On climate change, we
often don’t fully appreciate
1. What do you know about the island of Borneo in Indonesia? that it is a problem. We
2. Do you know anyone who’s travelled to Indonesia? think it is a problem waiting
3. Would you like to go? Why/Why not? to happen.”
Kofi Annan
B. Match the words with their meanings.
1. deforestation a. an animal which attacks and eats other animals
2. endangered b. an animal which has a plant-based diet
3. extinction c. cutting down large areas of trees
4. habitat d. describing animals which are active at night
5. herbivore e. the environment in which something lives
6. migrate f. to move to another place

7. nocturnal g. under threat
8. predator h. when all the animals of a kind stop existing

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