ENDANGERED SPECIES: POLAR BEARS

Discover why polar bears are endangered and how climate change affects them!

Polar bear was placed on the endangered species list in... summer 2009 spring 2008 winter 2007 autumn 2018 What's the main reason polar bear has been put on the endangered species list? People used to kill them. There was too much ice. Deforestation. Global warming. Which greenhouse gas is mentioned in the text? Oxygen. Carbon dioxide. Helium. Fossil fuel. Where do polar bears live (their natural habitat)? In the Antarctica. In the Arctic. In Australia. Mostly in Argentina. What do polar bears eat? Ice. Mostly insects. Fish. Other bears. What happens to many polar bears when the ice melts? They live off their fat on the land. They live under water. They swim all summer long. They take a lot of fish to their dens. What effect does global warming have on the Arctic? It doesn't have any effect. It gets very cold. The ice melts earlier and forms later. Many people move to live there. Why do some polar bears drown? Because they can't swim at all. Because they get hit by boats and ships. Ice that melts surprises them and gives them heart attack. Because they get tired and hungry. How much of the Arctic sea ice has disappeared in the past 30 years? 35%. 25%. 45%. 55%. According to the text, why are donations mostly given for the protection of big animals? Big animals eat small animals, so they would die anyway. There is not enough money for both big and small animals. Small animals aren't endangered, so there's no need for protecting them. People are not that interested in protecting small animals.