Transcript Should We Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth?

Should We Bring Back the
Woolly Mammoth?
Vocabulary
Should We Bring Back the Woolly
Mammoth? - Vocabulary
• clone – (verb) to produce an exact genetic copy of a plant or animal.
– Scientists plan to clone an extinct animal.
• extinct – (adj.) a species that is no longer in existence because the last
living example has died out:
– Scientists plan to clone an extinct animal.
• behemoth - (noun) any creature or thing of monstrous size or power
– This behemoth is a woolly mammoth.
• gruesome – (adj.) causing great horror; disgusting, gross
– Cloning efforts often fail, and cloned animals tend to have serious and
sometimes gruesome health problems.
• resurrect – (verb) to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
– Many people wonder why millions of dollars and countless research hours
should be spent attempting to resurrect a species that went extinct thousands of
years ago
Should We Bring Back the Woolly
Mammoth? – Vocabulary Review
• clone –
– (verb) to produce an exact genetic copy of a plant or animal.
• extinct –
– (adj.) a species that is no longer in existence because the last living
example has died out:
• behemoth –
– (noun) any creature or thing of monstrous size or power
• gruesome –
– (adj.) causing great horror; disgusting, gross
• resurrect –
– (verb) to raise from the dead; bring to life again.