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TOEFL Vocab: Nature
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english
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Instructions:
Answer 40 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To go down suddenly; to decrease by a great amount in a short time
emission
contamination
plunge
extinction
2. The process by which green plants make their own food by combining water - salts - and carbon dioxide in the presence of light
physical
constraint
photosynthesis
diverse
3. To develop; to come forth
shrink
abandon
flood
evolve
4. Severe hunger; a drastic food shortage
process
famine
flood
feature
5. A series of steps leading to a result
adversely
famine
process
stable
6. Gathered into or amounting to a whole
aggregate
constraint
shrink
persevere
7. A place where a liquid is collected and stored
reservoir
process
abandon
feature
8. Complete disappearance; the end of existence
photosynthesis
stable
evolve
extinction
9. To become reduced in size - amount - or value
shrink
fertilize
inherent
collide
10. Naturally characteristic; always found within something - because it's a basic part of that thing
adapt
anticipate
physical
inherent
11. A strong influence
intensify
impact
shrink
survive
12. To continue living ( despite some danger or illness)
diverse
obtain
generation
survive
13. To come together with great or violent force
famine
collide
elementally
diverse
14. To increase in power; to act with increased strength
shrink
abandon
dispose
intensify
15. Various; showing a lot of differences within a group
eruption
inherent
diverse
contamination
16. To release a thing or an emotion
emission
precipitation
unleash
generation
17. To gain possession of; to get
obtain
deplete
abandon
contamination
18. Water that falls to the Earth's surface
contamination
catastrophic
adversely
precipitation
19. A group of people born at about the same time
deplete
cultivation
generation
eruption
20. To leave; to give up
elementally
evolve
abandon
catastrophic
21. To adjust to the circumstances; to make suitable
dispose
adapt
impact
contamination
22. Firm and dependable; showing little change
adversely
stable
process
shrink
23. Being made less clean by a germ or hazardous substance
adversely
contamination
precipitation
flood
24. Part - characteristic
cultivation
reservoir
feature
impact
25. To expect; to sense something before it happens
anticipate
fertilize
unleash
abandon
26. Sending out from a small space into the general environment; a substance discharged into the air
emission
migration
reservoir
precipitation
27. Extremely harmful; causing financial or physical ruin
cultivation
dispose
catastrophic
generation
28. A sudden; often violent; outburst
contamination
adversely
eruption
adapt
29. In a harmful way; negatively
evolve
survive
extinction
adversely
30. Preparing the land to grow crops ; improvement for agricultural purposes
unleash
feature
contamination
cultivation
31. An overflowing of water; an excessive amount
fertilize
flood
migration
photosynthesis
32. Related to the body; related to materials that can be seen or felt
elementally
extinction
physical
obtain
33. The supplying of water to dry land
diverse
irrigation
elementally
precipitation
34. Something that restricts thought or action
constraint
evolve
catastrophic
unleash
35. To supply with nourishment for plants by adding helpful substances to the soil
fertilize
migration
irrigation
dispose
36. In terms of elements; basically
adapt
contamination
elementally
adversely
37. Movement from one place to another by a group of people or animals
adversely
deplete
feature
migration
38. To greatly decrease the supply of a resource or material
deplete
shrink
intensify
obtain
39. To throw away; to get rid of; to kill
dispose
unleash
elementally
process
40. To keep going - despite obstacles or discouragement; to maintain a purpose
eruption
adapt
aggregate
persevere