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level: Unit 1 The Natural World

Questions and Answers List

level questions: Unit 1 The Natural World

Question	Answer
the process of starting to make new products or offer new services	diversification
living in the water	aquatic
a large number, a collection	an array
protection	defense
the removal of all trees from a large area	deforestation
the natural world	environment
loss of soil from action of water or wind	erosion
to reach past, to get bigger	to extend
to cut down	to fell
the natural area where a plant or animal lives	a habitat
a strong effect	an impact
to prevent, to slow down	to inhibit
to catch	to intercept
the cutting down of trees for commercial purposes	logging
many, numerous	myriad
a large number of	a myriad of
food; substance that plants, animals & humans need in order to grow	a nutrient
damage to air, water, etc.	pollution
to maintain; to keep from changing	to stabilize
to disappear	to vanish
plants	vegetation
a long area of something	a swath of
happening in the whole world	spanning the globe
навес из веток деревьев	a canopy of branches
living on the land	terrestrial
a pollutant	a harmful substance that causes pollution
gas or extremely small drops of liquid that result from the heating of a liquid or solid	vapor
a part of feature	an aspect
to reproduce	to breed
active during the day	diurnal
to live under difficult conditions	to endure
to develop gradually	to evolve
to interest greatly	to fascinate
a difficult act, an achievement	a feat
to provide energy	to fuel
a substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by being burned	a fuel
a hemisphere	one half of the Earth
most important	imperative
to live in	to inhabit
movement from one place to another	migration
finding the way from one place to another	navigation
active at night	nocturnal
a person who watches something	an observer
not clear and difficult to understand or see (adj)	obscure
to make difficult to see (verb)	to obscure
best, most favourable	optimal
a priority; an urgent need	an imperative
a basic group in biological classification	a species
to leave the correct route; to become separated from the group	to stray
unprotected from the wind	windswept
a large amount of money or valuable possessions; a large quantity of a valuable natural substance (plural noun)	riches
an area that is exactly suitable for some animals/plants	an environmental niche
the distance north or south of the equator measured from 0° to 90°	latitude
freedom to behave, act, or think in the way you want to	latitude
to collect a large number of things over a long period of time	to accumulate
to change to fit a situation or environment	to adapt
to decide; to make an important decision	to determine
to make weaker by mixing with water	to dilute
varied; of many kinds	diverse
the change from liquid to gas; loss of water to the air	evaporation
strong, sudden and destructive	extreme
the edge of something	fringe
a part of your behaviour that helps you to deal with a difficult situation	mechanism
to reduce to the least possible amount	to minimise
very small drops of water, either in the air or on a surface	moisture
to be in a place; exist in	to occupy
producing a great number or amount of something	prolific
tough, able to endure difficult conditions	resilient
small in numbers or amount (adj)	sparse
something that causes great difficulties	a stressor
relating to change from one type to another	transitional
to grow well	to thrive
a sudden or big change	a swing
very severe or difficult	violent
difficult conditions	harsh conditions
to continue to live or exist, especially after coming close to dying or being destroyed or after being in a difficult or threatening situation	to survive
to show; to let something/somebody go	to release
the fact of there being many different things/species existing together in a group	diversity
the ability to be happy, successful, etc. again after something difficult or bad has happened	resilience
actions or words that are intended to hurt	violence
the process of starting to make new products or offer new services	diversification