Earthweek: A Diary of the
Planet, Week Ending March 21
Here are the questions
I put in an e-mail message to all of you.
Now you can answer them!
1.
1. What are "invisible" flashes coming
from, and who sees these "invisible" things better than we humans do?
a.
a. They’re coming from melting ice, and dogs see
them better than we humans do.
b. b.
They’re coming from meteorites,
and deer see them better than we humans do.
c. c.
They’re coming from the
ultraviolet flashes of power lines, and dozens of mammals can see them better
than we humans do.
d.d.
They’re coming from
earthquakes in Peru and Chile, and cattle and pigs see them better than we
humans do.
2. 2.
Speaking of humans, how do chimps feel about
us if they've had good experiences with humans in the past?
a.
They trust us almost as much as they trust baboons
and members of their own species that they don’t know.
b.
They trust us as much
as they trust baboons and members of their own species that they don’t know.
c.
They trust us more
than they trust baboons and members of their own specie that they don’t know.
d.
They don’t trust us at
all in spite of the good experiences they’ve had in the past.
3. 3.
What are three examples Earthweek gives of
things we've done to chimps?
a.
We’ve hunted them for their meat.
b.
We’ve blasted them
into space.
c.
We’ve used them for
medical research.
d.
We’ve done a, b, and
c.
4. The dolphin ice tragedy was caused by…
a.
a whale invading their space
b.
Japanese fishermen hunting
them for sale
c.
jagged pack ice trapping
them
d.
a cyclone entering
their habitat.
For the topics 4-9, write the letter of the place where it
occurred.
5. Dolphin ice tragedy
6. Chimp
trust
7. Fearsome
flashes
8. Hottest
spot
9. Coldest
spot
a.
Antarctica
b.
Emory
University, SE USA
c.
Newfoundland, Canada
d.
Northern Europe (England, Norway)
e.
Sudan
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