| Vinny - Welcome to our island Vinny! You are the last human we have approached to help us save our island. | |
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Our island was once a paradise of lush vegetation but lately, there have been bush fires which have destroyed much of the beautiful greenery. Plants and forests that did not fall victim to the bush fires dry up and die. The fruits that our people eat and the plants, which have provided us with medicine, are no more. Crops are unable to grow on the cracked earth. Our people will also soon die of starvation. Vinny, we have heard of your knowledge in plants. Please help us uncover this curse that has caused the plants on our island to die. |
| Lead: What is happening to the water levels of the rivers and streams? What is the cause of it? | |
| Plants and Animals: | |
| http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/habitat.html | |
| 1. | Explain the interdependencies between animals and plants within the food web. |
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How would global warming affect this web? |
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| Plants and Water: | |
| http://www.anr.state.vt.us/Env99/waterfor.html | |
| 1. | Explain the relationship between plants and water. |
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Plants and Weather: |
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| http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/id/id89/id89.htm | |
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How will droughts in different seasons affect plants? |
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