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42 The living world
1.6 Complete these sentences with your own ideas. Read the article in 1.7 to check.

1 Scientists are trying to protect bees from
2
The proportion of human food production which relies on bees is
mu Complete the article with words from the box.

duclining disappear economic existence grains humans pesticides pollinate peadulanen .ita I

population
The bee (1) in recent years. Bees
has been (2)
are (3) is linked very closely to theirs.
to humans and our (4)
We rely on bees to (5)
the crops we harvest and for almost every plant on Earth.
Crops such as cereals, (6)
and pulses which are pollinated by bees, form a major part
of global diets and approximately one quarter of all the food we eat is dependent on bees. If bees were to
entirely and become extinct, the social and (S)
(7) losses
but also for many
would be huge. The impact wouldn't only be disastrous for (9)
other species that rely on bees.
However, it's not all bad news. We can all do something to help maintain bee levels. We can make
our environment more bee-friendly by growing plants that attract bees and avoiding the use of
(10)
in our gardens.
V Vocabulary note
The word species has the same form in the
singular and the plural:
The panda is an endangered species.
There are thousands of species of bees.
The word series is similar:
Have you seen the new wildlife series on TV?
There have been four series of these wildlife
documentaries.

1.8 WORD BUILDING Complete the table with words which have related meanings.

Noun Verb Adjective
declining
disappear
existence

(negative)
x extinct
(action) pollinate pollinated
(substance)
(person) theorise
(concept)

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