Mindset for IELTS 6B - Unit 6 - The Natural Envi ...

likely to be harmed or damaged

The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.

Chemicals used on plants that do not harm the plants, but kill pests and have negative repercussions on other species who ingest the chemicals.

adj.) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected

Species that normally live and thrive in a particular ecosystem

grow or develop well or vigorously

to stop something from happening before it occurs

an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action

Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide released in the atmosphere, produced by vehicles and industrial processes

Causing great damage

Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment

Gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat near the surface

balance of natural relationships in the environment

involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering

a situation involving exposure to danger

to happen

the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

war, civil disasters, accidents, terrorist acts