Endangered+Species

**Zoo Excursion Projects** Research Task**: Australian Flora & Fauna Under Pressure to Survive
 * Essays "****Extinction is emotive but inevitable****."

1. In your workbooks write down the heading **ENDANGERED SPECIES** and:
 * TASKS:**
 * create your own heading which means the same but uses different words
 * write your own definition for the meaning of this phrase
 * write down as many words as possible which are synonyms to the word "endangered"

2. Many Australian indigenous animals can be classed as "endangered". As a starting point, help complete the following table by adding the name of any indigenous animal starting with that letter of the alphabet.  **If you believe the animal is endangered, highlight it in red!**

If anyone adds a non-indigenous (non native) Australian animal please change it's colour to yellow!
Australian sea-lion Australian Magpie Angel Shark African Elephant || M || Magpie, meerkat || rock wallaby, Butterfly, Black Swan, Baw Baw frog   Black rhino || N || Numbat,northern quoll || Crimson Rosella, Cassowary, cheetah || O || ornithopttera richmondia, ornamental snake, ostrich || humpback whale hippopotamus || T || tasmanian devil,tree kangaroo, Tasmanian Pademelon, Turquoise Parakeet, Torrent Tree Frog, Tristan Albatross Tasmanian Tiger || Kangaroo, Kookaburra kakapo || W || wombat, wallaby western gray whale || Lumholtz tree-kangaroo Lyerbird, || Y || Yabby, Yellow-snouted Gecko ||  ||   ||   ||
 * A || Anteater ,
 * B || Bettong, Bilby,bandicoot,brush-tailed
 * C || Cockatoo, Crocodiles, Cape Barron Goose,
 * D || Dingo,dugong,Dibbler, <span style="color: rgb(245,20,20);"> || P || <span style="color: rgb(255,3,0);">platypus,pygmy blue tongue lizard ,<span style="color: rgb(245,20,20);"> ||
 * E || Echidna, Emu || Q || <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> Quall, Quoll, <span style="color: rgb(255,243,0);">Quail, ||
 * F || Frilled neck Lizard, freshwater crocodiles || R || <span style="color: rgb(235,231,66);">Rabbit<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">, <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">Regent honeyeater, Ring tail Quoll, <span style="color: rgb(245,20,20);">Regent Honeyeater ||
 * G || Greater Bilby, galah, Gecko, grizzly bear || S || Scaly-tailed Possum, <span style="color: rgb(255,3,0);">Short-necked Turtle, saltwater crocodiles ||
 * H || <span style="color: rgb(255,3,0);">haired nosed wombat,
 * J || Jellyfish, Joey || U || Unicorn Fish ||
 * K || Koala,
 * L || <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">Leadbeater's possum ,

3. Closely examine the following picture and devise six questions starting with **WHERE, WHEN, WHO, WHAT, WHY** and **HOW** which you would need to research to fully understand the circumstances within this picture. Write these questions in your workbook and using the Internet try and find answers to these questions.



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 * NOTE: During your research, if you find any excellent Internet sites, please copy the URL and paste it below (I have started by providing a good example):**

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