reading unit 10 class 12

Can you think of some reasons why these species are in danger?... Vocabulary:- endangered adj: bị đe dọa - extinct adj: tuyệt chủng - destruction n: sự phá hủy - exploitation n: sự khai

ENDANGERED SPECIES

UNIT 10:

I Provide the name of the animals and plants

II Answer the following questions:

1 Which animals can be found in Viet Nam?

2 Which of these are listed in the Red List?

3 Can you think of some reasons why these species are in danger?

III Vocabulary:

- endangered (adj): bị đe dọa

- extinct (adj): tuyệt chủng

- destruction (n): sự phá hủy

- exploitation (n): sự khai thác

- rare (adj): quý hiếm

- contaminated (adj): bị ô nhiễm

- enact (v): ban hành

IV Match a word in A with its definition in B:

1 extinction a the existence of a large number of

different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environmet

2 habitat b the act of preventing something

from being lost, wasted, damaged or destroyed.

3 biodiversity c a situation in which a plant, an

animal, a way of life, etc.stops existing

4 conversation d the natural environment in which a

plant or animal lives

V Choose the best option to

complete the following sentences:

1 The number of species around the globe threatened will extinction is over _.

A 7,200 B 8,300

C 1,600 D 15,000

2 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a primary cause of species extinction?

A.pollution

B habitat destruction

C natural selection

D overexploitation

3 The Red List is a special book

that provides names of _animals.

A.vulnerable and endangered

B endagered

C hunted

D extinct

4 The developemnt of wildlife

habitat reserves helps .

A save a large number of endangered species

B make a list of endangered species.

C enact laws to protect wildlife.

D develop commercial trade and

overhunting.

5 The best title for the passage

is _.

A Endangered Species and Conservation Measures.

B Endangered Species and their Benefits.

C The Global Extinction Crisis.

D Endangered Species Extinction: Causes and Conservation Measures.

Find evidence in the passage to

support these statements

1 Pollution is one of the main causes of species extinction.

2 Species diversity has provided humanswith so many

essential things.

3 Laws have been enacted to protect endangered species.

The primary causes of species

extinction are: - Habitat destruction,

- Commercial exploitation and

- Pollution

food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture

Government have acted laws to protect wildlife habitat from Commercial trade and overhunting

Work in groups of 4 to find out all of the causes of species extinction

mentioned in the passage

- Habitat destruction

- Commercial exploitation

- Pollution

- The drainage of wetlands

- Deforestation

- Urbanization

- Road and dam construction

• Learn all the vocabulary by

heart.

• Prepare for the speaking and

listening sections