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propeller leg Natural World Quiz
weapon meat insects plants

Antarctica Australia herbivores omnivores carnivores hunting winter spring
Asia South America they're 10 they're 20 they're 50 deforestation day night
NorthAmerica Europe they're 100 they're 150 overfishing summer winter

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on every conrinenr except __
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Spiders live in every conrinenr excepr Chickens ofren live unril _
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Some rigers have become exrincr due ro Gianr rorroises live unril
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Some sharks may soon become exrincr due ro ear mear and planrs.
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Completethe text with six of the linking words in %8 Write a short text to answer the questions
* the box. below. Use ideas from exercises 7 and 8 O
and your own ideas. Use linking words
and and as because during except
where possible.
like due to while so thanks to
Many species of animals face the possibility of
extinction in the future. Why is this?
Some species of plants ÿ and animals Which animals would you most like to save? Why?

have already become extinct 1_
human activity, 2_ other species face
s face the -possibility of
the possibility of extinction inthe future. extíiÿctíoÿ u the future because humans ...

Extinctioncan happen 3 _ people hunt
and killtoo many animals of one species.

Inother cases, people damage the animals'
habitat, _ the animals losetheir Self-evaluation Rateyour progress.
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homes and food.
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Organizations 5_ the World Wildlife
Fundhelp to preserve animals in danger

of extinction. 6 _ their help,many
animals have been saved.

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