1: How does the story of Borneo exemplify the idea of ecosystems and the interaction of organisms (specifically the importance of all organisms in that ecosystem)?
It exempifies the idea by saying that whn one species is affected another one will also be affected
2: How does the story exemplify how humans (in our attempt to fix one thing), cause unforeseeable problems in ecosystems?
Human cause unforeseeable problems because we worry too much aboput the present that they dont think about the future and what will happen
3: Explain how a toxin in a food web will harm some while killing others- why did the mosquitos and cats die while other things lived? (hint: research bioaccumulation & biomagnification)
It will harm some but kill others because they were designed to kill some animals, the mosquitos and cats died because tof the chemicals and the high concentraions in the DDT
4: Explain why you think DDT has been banned in the U.S. but is still in production and used in countries all over the world.
It is banned because it is too harmful but it is still in production because it is very effective
5: If DDT is still being used around the world, but not in the U.S.- are we still exposed to it? (Discuss).
Yes because the animals affected by DDT can move here and affect the animals here and continue on.
6: Do you think scientists should have sprayed the island with DDT? If not, what should they have done about the Malaria issue?
I think they shouldn't spray the island because it will kill them but they should make a vaccine to cure it.
It exempifies the idea by saying that whn one species is affected another one will also be affected
2: How does the story exemplify how humans (in our attempt to fix one thing), cause unforeseeable problems in ecosystems?
Human cause unforeseeable problems because we worry too much aboput the present that they dont think about the future and what will happen
3: Explain how a toxin in a food web will harm some while killing others- why did the mosquitos and cats die while other things lived? (hint: research bioaccumulation & biomagnification)
It will harm some but kill others because they were designed to kill some animals, the mosquitos and cats died because tof the chemicals and the high concentraions in the DDT
4: Explain why you think DDT has been banned in the U.S. but is still in production and used in countries all over the world.
It is banned because it is too harmful but it is still in production because it is very effective
5: If DDT is still being used around the world, but not in the U.S.- are we still exposed to it? (Discuss).
Yes because the animals affected by DDT can move here and affect the animals here and continue on.
6: Do you think scientists should have sprayed the island with DDT? If not, what should they have done about the Malaria issue?
I think they shouldn't spray the island because it will kill them but they should make a vaccine to cure it.