Pokey - greetings Pokey!

You are the next person we have roped in to help us save our land. Our island paradise and our very existence is being threatened by the decreasing water levels of the rivers and streams. What’s worse is there has been little rainfall and the weather is getting hotter and hotter.

Pokey, can you tell us what is happening to our rivers

 
Lead: What is happening to the water levels of the rivers and streams? What is the cause of it?

 

Water and Plants:
http://www.anr.state.vt.us/Env99/waterfor.html
1.
Explain the relationship between water and plants.
Water and Animals:
   
   
http://forestry.msu.edu/msaf/PDF/HabitatMUCC.PDF
1.
How are animals dependent on water?
2.
Are animals directly or indirectly affected by water?
3.

How does global warming affect the relationship between water and animals?

   
  Water and Weather:
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/k4/teacher/weather/Woverview2.html
1.

http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/ProgramElements/water.htm

How are plants affected by the seasons?
2.

How will global warming affect this relationship?