Task 2. Match the words/ phrases on the left with their meanings on the right.

1. mammal 

2. flora

3. fauna

4. biodiversity

5. habitat

6. ecosystem

7. conservation

8. species

9. food chain

10. tropical forest 

a. thick forest that grows in hot parts of the world

b. any animal that feeds its young on milk

c. the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, etc. from the damage

d. all the plants of a particular place or from a particular period

e. a series of living things that are connected because each group of things

eats the group below it in the series

f. all the animals that live wild in a particular area

g. the number and types of plants and animals that exist in a particular area

or in the world generally

h. the natural environment in which an animal or plant usually lives

i. all the living things in an area and the way they affect each other and the

environment

j. a set of animals or plants which have similar characteristics to each other