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

Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment

to stop something from happening before it occurs

a situation involving exposure to danger

Causing great damage

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

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

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

war, civil disasters, accidents, terrorist acts

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

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

Species that normally live and thrive in a particular ecosystem

The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.

involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering

likely to be harmed or damaged

grow or develop well or vigorously

to happen

balance of natural relationships in the environment

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