Fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box.

biodiversity  vulnerable   extinct   habitat   reserves                  awareness deforestation         overexploitation                  conservation             contaminated

1.               She has been interested in working with orphans and_         children.

2.                                         is the most important cause of freshwater turtle extinctions.

3.               Many more species potentially will become extinct, without gaining public notice.

4.                              is the variety of plant and animal species present in the natural environment.

5.               They developed reserves programs aimed at protecting threatened and endangered species.

6.                A  habitat is the natural environment in which an organism lives.

7.               A number of wildlife conservation have been established to preserve endangered species from extinction.

8.               deforestation is the act of cutting down or burning the trees in an area.

9.               The main objective of our program is to raise          on biodiversity conservation to students.