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162 Preparing for final exams  As a result, the organisation has asked its subscribers to turn their outside spaces into homes for nature, which is one aim of RSPB’s ‘Giving Nature a Home’ campaign, launched (Q4) that some 60 percent of the species studied, – starlings, hedgehogs, some butterflies, and ladybirds – many of them backyard animals, are all in danger of further declines unless more is done to provide better habitats.  So far, the response has been positive. On the website’s activity wall, (Q5) . Susan Mills vowed to “create a lawn for wildlife” as grass in many cities and towns has been covered over in concrete. Georgia Mullen pledged to “plant a variety of native flowers” in her yard, helping pollinating insects like rapidly declining bumblebees. And Kim Ashbrook promised to build a hedgehog home on her property, after learning that England has lost more than a third of its hedgehogs since 2003.  Similar projects exist in the United States, says Dr Susan Elbin, director of conservation and science at the New York City Audubon Society. She says that birds are most likely suffering in London because hot weather leads to water evaporation. It might also be possible that bird species particular to that area may have hatched fledglings who haven’t yet learned to thermo-regulate and (Q6) . Elbin applauds the work of the RSPB, especially as it relates to helping birds that migrate.  Even in New York City, where most people don’t have lawns, Elbin says citizens are reaching out to help wildlife. They’re adding water features and planting gardens with flowers known to help birds and butterflies. The only thing Elbin warns against is planting (Q7) . She says, “If birds see plants reflected in the glass, there’s a chance they can fly into it and be injured.”  In general, animals are going to great lengths to live in human territory. In 2010 in London, building staff found a fox living on the 72nd floor of the unfinished Shard skyscraper, where it had been living on construction workers’ discarded food scraps.  It’s reasonable to assume that some animals are moving to the cities because they’re being displaced by climate change and habitat destruction, but that’s only part of the explanation. One of the biggest factors is that there are more large carnivores than there used to be – primarily because of successful conservation efforts. As we make our cities greener, (Q8) .  Finally, the relationship between humans and large predators is changing. “We’re now seeing generations of certain carnivores that have had fairly light amounts of persecution by people,” Stan Gehrt, a wildlife ecologist at Ohio State University, says. “They may view cities quite a bit differently than their ancestors did 50 years ago. Then, if they saw a human, there was a good chance they were going to get shot.” A to provide water and food to help birds B trying to wash and drink from a barely dripping hose C want to live in human territory D RSPB members have pledged all sorts of ways to help E Londoners may start to see wild plants die off F flowers and shrubs near windows or other glass G if nothing is done to improve habitats H reportedly reaching into the mid-80s I they become more attractive to humans and animals alike J after the results from a ‘State of Nature’ report showed K are therefore unable to cool themselves in the hot temperatures 0 A Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv