Plans to save African elephants

Listen to the news item and fill in the gaps.

1.    In Tsavo, pilots and counters are using _____________________ to help quantified elephants in wildlife conservation area.

2.    FRANCIS FUZZ DYER has been _________________________ for a long time.

3.    The population of elephants has been recorded as the smallest _________________ .

4.    The number of elephants is down because _____________________ is still a  huge problem.

5.    Another challenge animals face is the __________________________ available for them to disperse to.

6.    New laws were introduced in Kenya in an effort to stop the flow of _____________ out of Africa.

7.    The new law _____________________________ a lot of poaching in the country.

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One Step Beyond: Predicting Earthquakes

One Step Beyond: Predicting Earthquakes

Watch the video clip and fill in the missing information.

1.       Jim claims to have predicted 100 earthquakes in the past ______________ .

2.       Jim believes that up to two weeks before an earthquake the number of pets that ______________________________increases.

3.       In ____________________he knowledge 18 missing cats and 58 missing dogs

4.       He has a ____________________of people from various countries that report on what the animals are doing.

5.       A Japanese scientist has shown that animals are sensitive to ________________________________produced by seismic activity.

6.       Just every animal checked has the __________________Magnetite in its body.

7.       Tides tell him the time of a high probability for a quake but don’t tell him _______________________________

8.       The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami occurred during a _____________ Zyzygy .

9.       Iit was reported in all National Parks birds and animals had fled to higher grounds and in coastal areas animal were found __________________

     Answers: 30 years, go missing, 1089, network, electromagnetic waves, mineral, where and how big, full moon, unharmed.

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