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Question
Match the ‘environment words’ with their meanings.
| Words | Meanings |
| (a) ecology | (i) A person who advocates preservation and careful management of natural resources. |
| (b) habitat | (ii) The variety and variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes in which they occur. |
| (c) herpetologist | (iii) The relationship of living things to one another and their environment, or the study of such relationships. |
| (d) extinct | (iv) Tropical evergreen trees or shrubs forming dense thickets along tidal shores. |
| (e) aquifer | (v) A place where a population lives and its surroundings, both living and non-living. |
| (f) naturalist | (vi) A zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians. |
| (g) biodiversity | (vii) Having no living representative. |
| (h) mangrove | (viii) An underground geological formation, containing water. |
| (i) conservationist | (ix) A person who studies plants and animals, especially outdoors. |
Solution
| Words | Meanings |
| (a) ecology | The relationship of living things to one another and their environment, or the study of such relationships. |
| (b) habitat |
A place where a population lives and its surroundings, both living and non-living. |
| (c) herpetologist |
A zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians. |
| (d) extinct |
Having no living representative. |
| (e) aquifer |
An underground geological formation, containing water. |
| (f) naturalist |
A person who studies plants and animals, especially outdoors. |
| (g) biodiversity |
The variety and variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes in which they occur. |
| (h) mangrove |
Tropical evergreen trees or shrubs forming dense thickets along tidal shores. |
| (i) conservationist |
A person who advocates preservation and careful management of natural resources. |
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