Current Events: Pandas and Grand Canyon

Why save pandas?

• Pandas bring in big bucks

• Pandas are an umbrella species

• They are needed for Kung Fu Panda Movies

• Pandas are needed for bamboo forests

Workers wearing ______ are working to save giant pandas from dying out.

• bamboo shoots

• grizzly bear costumes

• protective gear

• panda suits

Giant Pandas are the most threatened species on earth due to _____.

• The Panda Plague

• Rampant panda poaching

• deforestation that wiped out their bamboo food source

• Panda predators on the rise

Today, there are 1,600 pandas living in the isolated areas of ________.

• Japan

• China

• The United States

• Australia

What is an umbrella species?

• Species can't survive outdoors

• Species that are larger and live longer

• Species that thrive in rain forests

• Species that provide safe habitats for other species

Scientists at the Wolong Nature Reserve are working to increase the _____ by teaching them to survive on their own.

• deforestation

• Chinese pet pandas

• wild panda population

• size and weight of the giant pandas

Giant Panda habitats are ________.

• growing in size quickly

• shrinking due to loss of bamboo

• growing due to Kung Fu Panda movies

• easy to recreate in desert areas

The _________ River runs through 277 miles of the Grand Canyon.

• Arizona

• Rio Grande

• Snake

• Colorado

The world's tallest buildings could easily fit inside the Grand Canyon.

• True

• False

The Grand Canyon is a snake free zone.

• True

• False