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41 ©The Education Center, Inc. • Teacher’s Helper ® • TEC8483 • June/July 2001 Name Date Endangered Animals: vocabulary The “A.R.T.” of Animal Recovery 1. a controlled environment, possibly for breed- ing endangered animals to introduce into the wild 2. no longer living in certain areas 3. one animal killing another for food or people killing animals (for various reasons) 4. the process of becoming used to a particular environment 5. having a very small population but not neces- sarily decreasing in number 6. demand for the same things, such as food, by two kinds of animals 7. having low or declining numbers and likely to become endangered 8. the process of reversing the decline of endan- gered or threatened species 9. kind of place where an animal naturally lives and its surroundings, both living and nonliving 10. process of protecting and managing the natu- ral world 11. the geographic region in which an animal spe- cies dwells 12. putting harmful materials into the environment 13. being in immediate danger of becoming ex- tinct 14. the breakdown of habitats so that animals no longer have a natural home 15. process by which an animal species dies out completely Agent Aardvark of the Animal Rescue Team (commonly known as A.R.T.) is on a mission to help endangered and threatened animal species recover. He needs help understanding the vocabulary before he can begin his work. Read each clue below. Decide which term listed on the briefcase matches the clue. Then write your answers in the spaces provided. • adaptation • endangered • pollution • captivity • extinction • range • competition • extirpated • rare • conservation • habitat • recovery • destruction • hunting • threatened __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ a r t a r t a r t a r t a r t

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41©The Education Center, Inc. • Teacher’s Helper® • TEC8483 • June/July 2001

Name Date

EndangeredAnimals:vocabulary

The “A.R.T.” of Animal Recovery

1. acontrolledenvironment,possiblyforbreed-ingendangeredanimalstointroduceintothewild

2. nolongerlivingincertainareas 3. oneanimalkillinganotherforfoodorpeople

killinganimals(forvariousreasons) 4. theprocessofbecomingusedtoaparticular

environment 5. havingaverysmallpopulationbutnotneces-

sarilydecreasinginnumber 6. demandforthesamethings,suchasfood,by

twokindsofanimals 7. havinglowordecliningnumbersandlikelyto

becomeendangered 8. theprocessofreversingthedeclineofendan-

geredorthreatenedspecies 9. kindofplacewhereananimalnaturallylives

anditssurroundings,bothlivingandnonliving10. processofprotectingandmanagingthenatu-

ralworld11. thegeographicregioninwhichananimalspe-

ciesdwells12. puttingharmfulmaterialsintotheenvironment13. beinginimmediatedangerofbecomingex-

tinct14. thebreakdownofhabitatssothatanimalsno

longerhaveanaturalhome15. processbywhichananimalspeciesdiesout

completely

AgentAardvarkoftheAnimalRescueTeam(commonlyknownasA.R.T.)isonamissiontohelpendangeredandthreatenedanimalspeciesrecover.Heneedshelpunderstandingthevocabularybeforehecanbeginhiswork.Readeachcluebelow.Decidewhichtermlistedonthebriefcasematchestheclue.Thenwriteyouranswersinthespacesprovided.

•adaptation •endangered •pollution•captivity •extinction •range•competition •extirpated •rare•conservation •habitat •recovery•destruction •hunting •threatened

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EndangeredAnimals:vocabulary

How To Use This UnitPages 41–48Endangered Animals Endangered, threatened, extinct—whatdothesewordsreallymean?Who’stoblameforsomanyanimalsatrisk?Heightenyourstudents’awarenessofendangeredanimalsandthelawsprotectingthemwiththiscollectionofcreativestudentreproducibleactivities.

1. captivity 2. extirpated 3. hunting 4. adaptation 5. rare 6. competition 7. threatened 8. recovery 9. habitat10. conservation11. range12. pollution13. endangered14. destruction15. extinction

How To Use This UnitPages 41–48


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