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