Read the passage and fill in the gaps with the given words. predators, ornaments, endangered, tusks, earth, species, nature, fashionable, statuettes, extinct, palaces, strong, fur, ivory 1. “species” is another word for kinds of plants and animals. “” means they are in danger of becoming extinct. “” means that a species no longer exists. for example, we can say that dinosaurs are . 2. millions of years, since people began to live on the they have used animal furs* to keep warm. today women pay a lot of money for expensive coats, as they want to be . another example is the elephant. many centuries ago, people discovered that they could use the of elephant . tusks are used for making teeth, bracelets and other and even for decorating the walls . 3. years ago the bald eagle was a disappearing species. it was an endangered . then people stopped killing and began protecting it. 4. and animals are important on our planet. if any plant or animal disappears, this will disturb everything else- other species will also disappear. 5. which kill and eat other animals are necessary for . they hunt and kill those animals which are weak. so, only healthy and animals keep living. in this way nature selects healthy individuals to continue the life of the species. this is called “natural selection”.

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