CONTENT
The article names this many main threats to ecosystems.
What is four?
This word means cutting down large areas of forest.
What is deforestation?
This is the pull quote from the article — four words are missing: "When we hurt nature, ___________."
What is "we hurt ourselves too"?
Burning fossil fuels releases this gas, which traps heat in the air.
What is carbon dioxide?
The article says there is good news — ecosystems can do this.
What is recover?
This happens to coral reefs when oceans get warmer.
What is they die?
Coal, oil, and gas are all examples of this.
What are fossil fuels?
Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are both examples of this type of text feature.
What is a diagram / figure / image?
Because plastic does not break down quickly, fish eat it by mistake. This is the effect on sea animals.
What is they get sick or die?
This is one solution the article mentions to fight habitat loss and deforestation.
What is planting trees?
The article says bees help this percentage of our food crops grow.
What is 75%?
This key term means natural environments are destroyed, leaving animals with nowhere to live.
What is habitat loss?
In the article, bold italic orange words like because and as a result are called this.
What are cause and effect signal words?
Farmers use pesticides. This is the cause. Name the effect on our food supply.
What is we have less food (because bees die)?
To fight pollution in our oceans, the article says we should do this.
What is reduce plastic?
Deforestation causes these TWO natural problems to get worse.
What are soil erosion and flooding?
This is the word for harmful substances like plastic and pesticides that enter the environment.
What is pollution?
In Fig. 2, this signal word connects Overexploitation to its ecosystem effect.
What is "consequently"?
Overfishing catches fish faster than they can reproduce. Name the TWO effects on the ocean ecosystem.
What are fish populations crash and food webs collapse?
To fight overexploitation of fish, the article says we should do this.
What is stop overfishing?
Growing only one crop over a large area is called this, and it causes two problems — weaker soil and this.
What is monoculture / falling biodiversity?
This word means using natural resources faster than they can recover. Overfishing is one example.
What is overexploitation?
The Key Terms box at the bottom of the article is an example of this text feature, which helps readers understand difficult words.
What is a glossary?
Deforestation causes three effects. Name all three from the article.
What are rising carbon dioxide / gas levels, soil erosion and worse floods, and animals losing their habitat / falling biodiversity?
The article ends with this hopeful message about the power of personal choices. Give the main idea in your own words.
What is every choice we make can have a positive effect on nature?