Movie Worksheets Green Matters Habitat Loss

1.   Why is the Congo Basin important?            
    
            
2.  Why has deforestation in the Congo basin continued?            

3. What exacerbates the ecological impact of the logging?            

4.  Which international organization has called for a moratorium on the logging until it can be better studied?            

5. How much does deforestation contribute to atmospheric C02 levels?            

6.  What is the problem at the Chinese alligator breeding center?            

7. Why have efforts to release the alligators into the wild been unsuccessful?            

8.  With their natural habitat so hostile to their existence, what will happen to the Chinese alligators in the breeding facility?

9. What part of Rio De Janeiro’s ecosystem is threated?            
    

10. How much of this ecosystem has been destroyed, and for what purpose?            

11.  What species studied at the botanical gardens are considered “bio-indicators” of the planet’s overall health?            

12. What is the newest Christmas tradition in Berlin?            

13.  For what are civet cats (mongoose) increasingly prized?      

14. Ironically, who has recently saved these wild cats from dwindling numbers, even possible extinction?    

15. What new role are giant pandas playing throughout the world specifically mentioned in the movie?            

16. What and where is Meribel?            

17.  What is the increasingly missing component in Meribel’s ecosystem?            
    
            
18.  Can this endangered component and its ecosystem be sustained