Document A
What animal is the polar bear’s main prey?
Seals
Which animal in Document B lives in the Himalayas?
The snow leopard.
The Maldives is an archipelago. What does archipelago mean?
A group or cluster of islands.
What plant’s pollen season does Document E show?
Ragweed.
What is Mr. Washington's Favorite Color
Green
Where do polar bears hunt seals most successfully?
On sea ice.
Why do greater one-horned rhinos depend on monsoon rains?
The rains replenish the plants rhinos eat.
According to the chart, what is the Maldives’ average ground level elevation?
1.5 meters.
What two years mark the beginning and end of the period shown on the map?
1995 and 2015.
What school did Mr. Washington Attend for College?
Morgan State University
How does warming in the Arctic make it harder for polar bears to find food?
Warming melts sea ice, leaving polar bears with fewer places to hunt seals.
How can hotter, drier conditions threaten orangutans?
They can increase droughts and forest fires that threaten orangutans and their forest homes.
According to the chart, what portion of inhabited islands experiences yearly floods?
More than 90%.
What does a +25 symbol on the map tell us?
The ragweed pollen season became 25 days longer at that location.
How many siblings does Mr. Washington have
1
Name one way a mother polar bear’s low weight can affect her cubs.
She may have no cubs, produce less milk, or abandon her cubs.
Why can traveling farther for water put African elephants in danger?
They may leave protected areas, meet more people, and face a greater risk of poaching.
Why must drinking water on some islands be desalinated, or have salt removed?
Sea water has flooded underground freshwater supplies.
How does a later first frost help explain a longer ragweed pollen season?
Warmer temperatures delay the first frost, so the pollen season can last longer.
What is Mr. Washington's Birthday
April 23rd
Explain how melting sea ice could lead to fewer polar bears over time.
Less sea ice makes hunting harder. Bears may get too little food to survive or raise healthy cubs.
Use two animals to explain how climate change can make basic needs harder to meet.
Snow leopards may lose habitat. Rhinos may lose plants to eat when rainfall patterns change.
Give two pieces of evidence that rising seas threaten life in the Maldives.
More than 90% of inhabited islands flood yearly. On more than one-third, drinking water must have salt removed.
What general north-south pattern does the map show, and why could it matter to people with allergies?
Northern locations generally show larger increases in season length. People there may face more days of allergy-causing pollen.
What kind of car does Mr. Washington
2025 Honda Accord