Question

Complete the gaps in the following text with relative pronouns (who, that, which or whose).

Medicinal plant knowledge of native people

One of the most exciting areas of research in tropical forests is ethnobotany, (a) ___________ is the study of how people use native plants to treat illness and disease. Forest people have an incredible knowledge of medicinal plants with remedies for everything from snake bites to tumors. Nowadays many of the prescription drugs (b) ___________ are used in the western world have been derived from plants and 70% of the plants identified as having anti-cancer characteristics by the US National Cancer Institute are found only in the tropical rainforest.

Typically, knowledge of medicinal plants is carried by the shaman (c) ____________ is called “the medicine man” of a village. The shaman, (d) _____________ healing powers are incredible, treats the sick during elaborate ceremonies and rituals using plants (e) ___________are gathered from the surrounding forest.

But unfortunately, the shamans’ knowledge is rapidly disappearing as rainforests are cut down and tribes abandon their traditions. Maybe they are going extinct faster than species (f) ____________ are rare and endangered.

Answer 1

Resposta:

One of the most exciting areas of research in tropical forests is ethnobotany, (a) WHICH is the study of how people use native plants to treat illness and disease. Forest people have an incredible knowledge of medicinal plants with remedies for everything from snake bites to tumors. Nowadays many of the prescription drugs (b) THAT are used in the western world have been derived from plants and 70% of the plants identified as having anti-cancer characteristics by the US National Cancer Institute are found only in the tropical rainforest.

Typically, knowledge of medicinal plants is carried by the shaman (c) WHO is called “the medicine man” of a village. The shaman, (d) WHOSE healing powers are incredible, treats the sick during elaborate ceremonies and rituals using plants (e) THAT  are gathered from the surrounding forest.

But unfortunately, the shamans’ knowledge is rapidly disappearing as rainforests are cut down and tribes abandon their traditions. Maybe they are going extinct faster than species (f) THAT are rare and endangered.

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