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1 Billy Castore and Andrew Wheeler
Endangered Species Billy Castore and Andrew Wheeler

2 What it means to be endangered?
A population of organisms that are at risk of becoming extinct, due to a decrease in numbers

3 Contributing Factors Decrease in prey Increase in predators
Natural Human Decrease in prey Increase in predators Natural disasters Drought Pollution caused by humans Deforestation Increase in predators (hunting)

4 If numbers continue to decrease
How will this end? If numbers continue to decrease Extinction Extinction often results in a collapse of the food chain/ecosystem unless the extinct animal was from the top of the chain.

5 Impact on Environment Algae function: to clean its environment
Algae dies Environment becomes dirty Fish die due to disease which built up since it wasn’t clean

6 El Yunque Rainforest (Puerto Rico)
Areas Affected Rainforest- DEFORESTATION El Yunque Rainforest (Puerto Rico)

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