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-To recognize something or somebody and say what or who that thing or person is
a. criticize b.greenhouse
c.identify d.issue
c.identify/v/
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-The quality of being able to continue over a period of time
a.sustainability b.severel
c.strateg d.measure
a.sustainability
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-A valuable or useful chemical substance that is formed naturally in the ground
a.mining b.mineral
c.modify d.natural gas
b.mineral
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-The strong effect something has on a situation or person
a.habitat b.mining
c.impact d.support
c.impact
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Most extinct species could have ...... if people had taken more care to protect them.
a. declined b.survive
c.survived d.impact
c.survived
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I don"t think we are ........ all our skill and knowledge to fighting climate change.
a.apply b. extract
c.decline d.applying
d.applying
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Changes to the environment wont negatively ....... people.
a.affect b.affected
c. Survive c. support
a.affect
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Natural resources can easily be ...... from endangered habitats without destroying them.
a. affect b.support
c.impact d.extracted
d. extracted
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Before she ...../write/ her influential book Silent Spring in 1962, Rachel Carson ..../spend/ years working for the US government at environmental agencies like the US Bureau of Fisheries and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
wrote, had spent
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During her time there, she did her own personal research and writing. By 1955, Carson ...../already/published/ several books on environmental research when she ...../begin/ to do research full time.
had already published, began
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During World War 2, the government ..../use/ the pesticides DDT to protect people against diseases caused by pests. After the war, farmers ...../spray/ large amounts of DDT into the air protect their crops.
used, sprayed
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My friend lives in Sicily in Italy, and has lived there for about ten years. She ...../experience/ an erupting volcano before last year. She told me that the volcano near her city burst into action on a Sunday night
had never experiencd
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According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, millions of people around the world survive by eating fish.
a.gives a specific detail /e.g. a number/ that illustrates the background information
b.introduces the background information /including the data source/
c.says how the problem might affect some of the audience personally
b.introduces the background information /including the data source/
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If we continue to pollute the world’s oceans, marine plants and animals will not survive
a.explains a possible consequence of a problem
b.introduces the background information /including the data source/
c.gives an overview and says what the main problems are
a.explains a possible consequence of a problem
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All of us who rely on the oceans for food will then have to find different food sources.
A.gives detail to explain why something needs to be protected
b.explains a possible consequence of a problem
c.says how the problem might affect some of the audience personally
c.says how the problem might affect some of the audience personally
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Human activity is destroying oceans all over the world. The two main problems are pollution and overfishing.
A.gives detail to explain why something needs to be protected
b.explains a possible consequence of a problem
c.gives an overview and says what the main problems are
c.gives an overview and says what the main problems are