Vocabulary

-Drought
Meaning: Is a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall,
leading to a shortage of water.
Sentence: My garden died during a drought.

-Environmental
Meaning: Relating to the natural world and the impact of
human activity on its condition.
Sentence: The world will be in chaos if we don´t solve the
environmental problems.

-Wild
Meaning: (Of an animal or plant) living or growing in the
natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.
Sentence: My grandpa hunted a wild wolf.

-Global Warming
Meaning: A gradual increase in the overall temperature of
the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the
greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon
dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.
Sentence: We use bikes instead of cars to stop global
warming.

-Greenhouse Effect
Meaning: The trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's
lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the
atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared
radiation emitted from the planet's surface.
Sentence: The greenhouse effect damaged the ozone layer.

-Endangered
Meaning: Seriously at risk of extinction.
Sentence: The Mexican Wolf was declared endangered
through the pass of the years.
-Survival
Meaning: The state or fact of continuing to live or exist,
typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult
circumstances.
Sentence: The gorilla has passed a long-term survival.

-Breed
Meaning: Mate and then produce offspring.
Sentence: My uncle breeds all the animals that he has on
the farm.

-Risk
Meaning: A situation involving exposure to danger.
Sentences: The ajolote is at risk of extinction.

-Species
Meaning: A group of living organisms consisting of
similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or
interbreeding. Sentence: There´s a lot of different species
of fish.

-Habitat
Meaning: The natural home or environment of an animal, plant,
or other organism.
Sentence: The human has destroyed the habitat of the koala.
-Extinct
Meaning: Having no living members; no longer in existence.
Sentence: The mammoth was extinct many years ago.

-Conform
Meaning: Comply with rules, standards, or laws.
Sentence: We have to conform with the rules of the
park.

-Sanctuary
Meaning: A place of refuge or safety.
Sentence: The government created a sanctuary for the
new pandas.

-Hazard
Meaning: A danger or risk.
Sentence: Bringing those chemicals to the laboratory is a
hazard for all of us.