Vocabulary Lesson 1

1. A type of large black-and-white seal that was found in the Caribbean. They are extinct
3. To use something in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose
7. At risk of no longer existing
9. A large bird that could not fly and that is now extinct
10. The standard amount of food. It may be used to quantify recommended amounts that people typically consume on a Nutrition Facts label.
13. The place where a particular type of animal or plant is normally found
14. An area where wild birds or animals are protected and encouraged to produce young
15. To stop living
16. Existing only in small numbers and therefore valuable or interesting
17. To treat something as an opportunity to gain an advantage for yourself

1. To continue to live or exist
2. To be alive, especially at a particular time
4. Any of several huge, extinct, flightless birds of the genus Aepyornis, of Madagascar, reaching a height of about 9 feet (2.7 meters).
5. A yellow-brown type of zebra from southern Africa, which no longer exists
6. An animal like a large elephant covered with hair, that lived thousands years ago and now it is extinct
7. To be real; to be present in a place or situation
8. The strength, effort and enthusiasm required for physical or mental activity, work, etc.
11. The information presented on food product, is one of the most important and direct means of communicating information to the consumer.
12. Any animal that gives birth to live young, not eggs, and feeds its young on milk.
14. A set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with each other