Read the passage and fill in the gaps with the given

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) ____For 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 centuires ago, people discovered that they could use the ... of elephant ... .
Tusks are used for making teeth, ... , bracelets and other ... even for
decorating the walls ... .

3) ____ Thirty years ago the bald eagle was a disappearing species. It was an
endangered ... . Then people stopped killing and began protecting it.

4) ____Plants and animals are important on our planet . If any plant or animal disappears , this will disturb everything else-other species will also disappear .

5)____Even ... , which kill and eat other animals which are weak . So , only healthy
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" .