TOEFL_ecology【荐】.pptVIP

TOEFL Ecology Topics History Ecology Astronomy Biology Anthropology Medical Science Paleontology Technology Environment Oceanography Sociology Culture Zoology Climatology Vocabulary chimpanzee peer similarity groundbreaking astonishing reveal on the contrary primate innate recognize characteristics pandemonium tool makeup chromosome identical threaten entire existence peer previously Paragraph 2 critical fundamental living hack habitat source viable lack exception organism essential extinction indigenous omnivorous subsistence take refuge predator violent canopy provide shelter flooding worrisome Paragraph 3 deforestation jungle profit tactics brutal predict profound generation jeopardy immediate livelihood skyrocketing paucity simultaneously uproot displace eventually isolate separate tiny fragment Paragraph 4 disease tread population seal fate suffer infect encroach explode prove fatal sore throat pneumonia expose contact with immunity Paragraph 5 factor existence thrive trade cute furry exotic infant decrease strip jungle obedient domestic senseless individual continual implementation guideline regulate thwart destruction eternity greed Reading Since the birth of agriculture, farmers have tried to avoid using pesticides by employing various biological methods to control nature. The first method involved introducing a predator that would control pests by eating them. This was used successfully in 1925 to control the prickly pear population in Australia. The prickly pear had originally been used as a divider between paddocks. However, it eventually spread from a few farms to 4 million hectares of farming land. The Cactoblastis moth larvae was introduced to help control the situation and within ten years, the prickly pear was virtually eradicated. Further attempts at biological control weren’t so successful. When farmers