BBC Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole
Introduction: A hundred years ago there were 1.5 billion people on earth. Now, over 6 billion crowd our fragile planet. But even so, there are still places barely touched by humanity. This series will take you to the last wildernesses and show you the planet, and its wildlife, as you have never seen them before.
1. Who is the narrator?
David Attenbo nborough 2. What is the great ordeal (challenge or
or hardship) that male emperor penguins face for four
months every year?
no food, water or sunlight.
3. Why can the mother polar bear leave her den in March?
The sun has come back, so ithe warmer, cand her cubs arabi enough to leave the den.
She went without food for. outros utsatt Red Groupust hout seals 5. What do the wolves do to catch caribou from before the sea ce
They scare the herd so that one would get get 6. How can a caribou escape? Seperated from the others in paybreaks
By not making any mistakes of falling downs a 7. The taiga or boreal forest cannot support much animal life, purpose for the Earth. What does it provide? does serve a very important
Oxygen
8. Why can the forests farther south (below 50° of latitude) support so much more animal life? Summers are longer so broadlean fleat trees CON
9. How many Amur leopards are left in the wild?
grow.
Only 40
10. Why are they so endangered?
Hunting and Habitat destruction.
11. Why do 300,000 Baikal teal (a type of water bird) migrate from Russia to Korea every year? To escape the winter cold and final food and warmth.
12. Why is it so amazing to see this number in one flock (group)?
Its the entire worlds population of this bird all all together
3. Why do tropical forests have no seasons? in one
wear angle of the earth the sour swines all year 14. Tropical forests cover only 3% of the plariet, but what % of animal & plant species live there?
More than 50%. does
15. Why does the male bird of paradise in New Guinea give such a strange performance? Why does the male bird of paradise in New
To attract a female. Why does he have so much time and energy to spend on this?
16. 7 Because it is easy to find food in the tropical forest
The Lape of South Africa
18. What is the great white shark's main strategy for catching seals?
suprise
19. What advantage does the great white shark have over the seal?
Speed or power
20. What advantage does the seal have over the shark?
Agility and the ability to turn quickly 21. Why are the elephants migrating through the Kalahari desert?
To find Water
22. Name two other animals that are also heading for the swamps of the Okavango delta.
Zebras and Buffalo 23. What aquatic (water) animal travels with the floodwaters?
Catfish
24. What are the first animals to arrive in large numbers?
birds
25. Why is this area so special on our planet?
It cleary shows us the life-giving power of water
26. Which animal doesn't seem to like getting wet?
The Baboon
27. What endangered (rare) mammal is the most efficient predator (hunter) in Africa?
Hunting, Dog 28. Why are they so good at hunting?
Teamwork
29. As the sur custo Antarctica, what is happening with the Emperor penguins?
Their eggs are hat hatching. 30. How do the male Empera penguins keep their chicks warm?
They keep them on their feet, under their stomach
Which in this video made the biggest impression on you (gave you the strongest st feeling Why
I found it hard to believe that the entire worlds population of one bird are all together in one flock.