Is the Clapper Raid headed for extinction or is the species having a temporary decline due to excessive predation, lack of resources, a disruption in the lower tropic levels, or some other reason? Explain your response as it relates to the specific ecosystem.

2.) If nature had previously recycled nutrients using forest fires as the mechanism, why must we use "prescribed burns" to accomplish the same results today?

3.) What are the similarities and differences between the function of the decomposers and the effects of periodic fires?

4.) Can energy be recycled?

5.) Why do ecological pyramids have a wide base and a narrow tip?

6.) What are some of the methods used to study weather patterns? Do you think the data collected can help to predict future climatic conditions?

7.) Are temperature gradients present in all biomes? What is one example of an adaptation to a colder temperature range?

8.) Can you also give an example of adaptation to a very arid environment?