Instructions
Answer the following 30 questions based on the text. The questions range from basic recall to complex creative thinking.
Remembering
1. Which animal is the symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)?
2. What percentage of creatures on Earth are invertebrates?
3. Where does the blobfish live?
4. What physical feature covers the pangolin?
5. On which island is the Aye-aye found?
Understanding
6. Why do "cute" animals generally receive more funding than "ugly" ones?
7. Explain the function of the blobfish's lack of skeleton.
8. Summarize why the pangolin population has dropped by 90% in China.
9. How is the threat to the blobfish different from the threat to the pangolin?
10. Interpret the meaning of "poacher" based on the text.
Applying
11. If you were a researcher seeking funds for an insect study, what challenge would you likely face based on Paragraph A?
12. Classify the threat to the aye-aye: is it economic (for money) or aesthetic (appearance)?
13. How would the pangolin's situation change if synthetic medicine replaced traditional scales?
14. Using the blobfish as an example, illustrate how an animal's adaptation to its environment can look "ugly" to humans.
15. Provide an example of another animal not in the text that might suffer from the "ugly animal" bias mentioned.
Analyzing
16. Analyze the relationship between an animal's physical appearance and its survival chances.
17. Compare the pangolin's defense against natural predators vs. human poachers.
18. Distinguish between "intentional" and "accidental" harm in the text.
19. What underlying theme connects the Giant Panda and the Aye-aye in this text?
20. Examine the author's purpose. Is it just to inform, or to persuade?
Evaluating
21. Critique the current method of wildlife funding described in Paragraph A. Is it fair?
22. Do you agree that the Aye-aye is "harmless" based on the text? Why are they killed?
23. Assess the impact of traditional medicine on biodiversity based on the Pangolin case study.
24. Prioritize: If you had $1 million to save one animal from the text, which would you choose and why?
25. Evaluate the phrase "They Need Saving Too!". Is this an effective title?
Creating
26. Design a slogan for a campaign to save the Blobfish.
27. Propose a solution to stop fishing boats from accidentally catching blobfish.
28. Imagine you are a Pangolin. Write a short plea to a poacher.
29. Create a new fundraising strategy for the WWF that doesn't use the Panda.
30. Predict what might happen to the ecosystem if invertebrates (90% of creatures) continue to be underfunded and go extinct.