| Name _______________ |
Date
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Rainforest
Vocabulary Quiz
Directions: Match
the vocabulary words on the left with the definitions on the right.
| 1. ecology |
preservation
or restoration from loss, damage, or neglect. |
| 2. exploit
|
to
improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising
crops; till. |
| 3. vegetation |
to
provide with the basic necessities of life. |
| 4. cultivate |
to
use to one's own advantage and to the disadvantage of what is being
used. |
| 5. missionary
|
a
material source of wealth, such as timber, fresh water, or a mineral
deposit, that occurs in a natural state and has economic value.
|
| 6. precipitation |
the
scientific study of the relationships between living things and
their environments. |
| 7. sustain |
a
person, often a member of a church or religious order, who is sent
to a foreign country to teach, heal, or serve. |
| 8. natural
resource |
any
form of water, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, that falls to
the earth's surface. |
| 9. conservation |
having
origin in a country or locality; native. |
| 10. indigenous |
of,
relating to, or having the properties of medicine. |
| 11. medicinal |
the
plants of an area or a region. |
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