Pt. 1- Why is the World Green?- U- 4 L-4

What question is answered in this section?

• Where did scientists go to have an outdoor laboratory?

• Why is the world green?

• Why are laboratories only inside?

• Why is Lake Guri such an amazing location?

What were scientists hoping to study at the lake?

• Why the plant life had died in the area.

• Why the plant life had flourished in the area.

• Why the water in the lake had turned brown.

• Why all the animals in the area had left.

What is the text structure of the first paragraph?

• Problem/ Solution

• Compare Contrast

• Chronological Order

• Description

What is the best hashtag # for this section?

• #River becomes lake

• #lake becomes river

• #foolish choice

• #beavers and dams

What happened to some of the animals when the dam was built and the river water created a lake (choose 4)

• they ran away

• they flew away

• they grew gills to breathe in water

• they drowned

• they starved

What is the text structure of this section?

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological order

• description

What would be a good # hashtag for this section?

• #dam causes problems

• #no more animals

• #same old ecosystems

• #dam solves problems

What is a good #hashtag for the first paragraph in this section?

• #scientists take notice and wonder

• #plants are flourishing

• #happy predators

• #happy days at Lake Guri

What type of animals were scientists most interested in when it came to the Lake Guri ecosystem?

• predators

• insects

• fish

• reptiles

What was true about these newly formed islands?

• The big islands were green and healthy, the small islands were not.

• The small islands were green and healthy, the big islands were not.

• None of the islands were healthy at all.

• All of the islands were green and healthy.