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New Threats Endanger Great Whales
Endanger Great Whales World Wildlife Fund articlehighlights The great whales remain endangered despite protection efforts from escalating dangers, including: marine pollution from sources such as pesticide run-offs habitat and feeding ground degradation by activities such as oil explorat...
Bringing Coastal Dead Zones Back to Life
your [U.S.] zip code and find out what pollutants are being released into your community — and who is responsible.” Part of the Environmental Defense Network, the second link below. http://www.scorecard.org/ http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm Read a book Song for the Blue...
 Great Whales: A Whale of a Problem
habitat and feeding grounds ! global warming and other atmospheric changes ! the fishing industry ! oil and gas industry Whale trivia a) List at least 20 interesting facts about different whales species. For example: A Blue Whale’s tongue weighs more than an entire elephant. b)...
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habitat and feeding grounds ! global warming and other atmospheric changes ! the fishing industry ! oil and gas industry Whale trivia a) List at least 20 interesting facts about different whales species. For example: A Blue Whale’s tongue weighs more than an entire elephant. b) Create a trivia quiz using the items on your list. For example: Which whale’s tongue weighs more than an entire elephant? … a) Minke b) Blue Whale c) Orca? c) Exchange your trivia quiz with classmates and ask them to complete
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http://www.actionbioscience.org/biodiversity/lessons/wwflessons.pdf#page=6
www.actionbioscience.org/biodiversity/lessons/wwflessons.pdf#page=6
habitat and feeding grounds ! <span class="highlight">global</span> <span class="highlight">warming</span> and other atmospheric changes ! the fishing industry ! oil and gas industry Whale trivia a) List at least 20 interesting facts about different whales species. For example: A Blue Whale’s tongue weighs more than an entire elephant. b) Create a trivia quiz using the items on your list. For example: Which whale’s tongue weighs more than an entire elephant? … a) Minke b) Blue Whale c) Orca? c) Exchange your trivia quiz with classmates and ask them to complete
Introduced Species: The Threat to Biodiversity & What Can Be Done
Florida’s fires are fueled by a tree imported from Australia. When the Asian chestnut blight fungus virtually eliminated American chestnut from over 180 million acres of eastern United States forests in the first half of the 20th century, it was a disaster for many animals that were h...
The Sixth Extinction
disturbances which species, and entire ecosystems, experience and survive. What caused them? The previous mass extinctions were due to natural causes. First major extinction (c. 440 mya): Climate change (relatively severe and sudden global cooling) seems to have been at work at the first...
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