Endangered Species
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1. How does the website compare
endangered species?
Endangered species are
compared to a fire alarm to let us know that something is going wrong.
2. What is the difference between
endangered and extinct?
An endangered species can be saved
but a species that is extinct no longer exists.
3. Why is the African Elephant
threatened?
Poachers kill the elephants to cut
off their ivory tusks to sell them for money.
4. What is the biggest reason why
plants and animals become endangered?
The biggest reason for endangered
species is the loss of their habitat due to deforestation.
5. Name other reasons why species
are endangered.
Other reasons for species becoming
endangered are pesticides, pollution, disease and being killed by humans.
6. What is the consequence for a
human that hurts an endangered species?
Any person who steals, hurts or
kills an endangered specie will be fined $200,000.00 or the person can go to
jail.
7. What does the Endangered
Species Act do?
The Endangered Species Act is a
law that protects plants and animals from disappearing from the earth.
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