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The number of endangered species are increasing each day. What is causing them to be endangered?. What can you do to preserve them?. Let's find out and ACT!
This Treasure Hunt will lead us to discover more about this. Visit the links to find the answer to the following questions:
1. Give some ideas of how we are endangering Earth and its four vital parts: AIR, WATER, LAND and LIVING SPECIES.
2. How is the climate changing?
3. What is a BIOSCAPE and why is so important?
4. Name one specie from each category: Plants/trees, reptiles, insects/arachnids, amphibians, fish, crustaceans and mollusks, birds, mammals.
A. Why are they endangered?
B. Which are some of the solutions?
5. Name the direct and indirect causes that provoke the extintion of the species.
6. How many subspecies of tigers became extinct within the last 60 years?
7. Which are the main endangered habitats in our planet? What is the difference between natives species and exotic species?
8. Print, read and colour five of the endangered species introduced in this web page.