We're Surrounded
This "red devil" of the sea originated from South American and Mexican waters before moving to those in California.
What is the Humboldt squid?
This is where a rich fishing industry was supported.
What is the Aral Sea?
Ferrets live in the flat, treeless, habitat.
What is a prairie?
According to scientists, the ocean food chain is unbalanced without these two organisms.
What are krill and plankton?
This word refers to a story written by you.
What is a narrative?
This sea monster probably arrived to the United States from Asia by ship.
What are Chinese Mitten Crabs?
When water was diverted from the rivers to grow cotton, the sea began to dry up... or this vocabulary word.
What is evaporate?
Ranchers killed prairie dogs because they thought that they were fighting with cattle for this food; what a misunderstanding.
What is grass?
The number of factory fishing ships going up has resulted in this, since they're looking for fish and all.
What is overfishing?
When something ends up going down in amount.
What is a decline?
Since Chinese Mitten Crabs multiply very quickly, this group told citizens to not throw them in the water.
Who is the federal government?
The second half of the reading takes place in this South American country.
What is Ecuador?
When comparing the two animals, the ferret is above the prairie dog, thus giving them this title in the food chain.
What is a predator.
When fertilizers, and the like, flow into bodies of water, they use up the oxygen and create this.
What is a dead zone?
When you make a decision on your next action, there will be this; a result will come from that action.
What is a consequence?
New Yorkers brought this bird to Central Park, which as caused a decline in other species of bird.
What is the European Starling?
Unfortunately, the waters were polluted with this substance during its booming moments.
What is oil?
According to the narrator, Oscar Anderson, ferrets may not live in North Dakota, but can be found in these two mid-western states
What are Montana and Wyoming?
Commenter, Maneh, mentions that there is an illegal trade in turtles and turtle meat in his hometown.
What is Bali?
Think of a tooth being pulled from your mouth. This is similar to this verb.
What is extracted?
Referring back to the Humboldt squid, their migration is so fast that - according to the reading - they could end up in this Northwestern state in America.
What is Oregon?
Much of the pollution came from this action, which started in 1964.
Much of the ferrets being distinct is due to these people that migrated west in the 1870s and 1880s.
What are settlers?
What is a tipping point?
After five victorious basketball games in a row, you may not have "anything left in the tank." In other words, your energy can be described this way.
What is depleted?