endangered
part of speech
adjective (endangered); also the past form of «endanger» (endanger, endangers, endangered, endangering)
meaning for a pupil
1) An endangered animal or plant is one that may soon die out completely because very few are left. tree →
2) Endangered means put in danger. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and geography lessons, endangered species include tigers, pandas, orangutans, sea turtles and kakapos; causes are loss of habitat, hunting, pollution and climate change. In everyday life, people help by protecting habitats and not buying products that harm them. Phrases: «endangered species», «critically endangered», «endangered animals».
examples
- Tigers are an endangered species. tree →
- The kakapo is a critically endangered parrot from New Zealand. tree →
- Cutting down forests puts animals on the endangered list. tree →
- We did a project on endangered sea turtles. tree →
- Driving too fast endangered the children's lives. tree →
- Zoos help to breed endangered animals. tree →
- Some endangered plants grow only on one island. tree →
note
«Endangered» is not the same as «extinct»: endangered animals still exist but might die out; extinct ones are gone forever (like dinosaurs). In maths, problems may compare how many are left (numbers falling year on year).
In the corpora
- Many sharks are endangered because they grow slowly and have few young, and they keep oceans healthy by eating sick fish.
- American alligators live in swamps, rivers and lakes in the south-eastern USA and recovered from being endangered once hunting was controlled.
- Wild orangutans live only on Borneo and Sumatra and are critically endangered, largely because forests were cut down for palm oil farms.
- Sawfish are critically endangered, mainly because their saws tangle in fishing nets.
- Today it is one of Britain's most endangered mammals.
Trees and pragmatics
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