Global Warming

Species: a plant or animal group

Terrifying: very, very frightening

Assessment: a judgement or opinion

Irreversible: impossible to change or bring back

Extinct: no longer existing

Underestimate: (noun) a wrong idea that something is smaller or less important than it really is

To migrate: to move to another part of the world

Conservation: the manage

1. Over the next 50 years about 25% of land animals will become extinct.

2. More than 1 million species will be lost by 2050.

3. This loss represents more than 10% of all plants and animals.

4. The research took two years to complete.

5. More than one third of 300 South African plant species studied were expected to die out.

6. The Cerrado region of Brazil covers one fifth  of the country.

7. 163  species of tree were studied in Mexico.

8. The greenhouse effect takes 25 years to have its full effect.

 

1. The scientists who were involved in the research were shocked by what they found

2. Many plants and animals could be saved from extinction if immediate action was taken to control greenhouse gases.

3. Species in mountainous areas have a better chance of survival because they can move uphill to get cooler

4. The results of the research were worse than the scientists expected

5. The national flower of South Africa will probably become extinct.

6. Survival rates in Europe are better because it is least affected by climate change.

7. Species in flatter areas have less chance of survival because they will have to travel huge distances in order to survive.

8. Most greenhouse gases are produced by the USA and European nations

Match the words in the left-hand column with the words they collocate with in the right-hand

Column.

1. become extinct

2. Die out

3. Global warming

4. Greenhouse effect  

5. Conservation areas

6. Climate change

7. Life forms

8. Research team