Part 1 Instructions: Select an organization that works to protect some element of the environment (ocean, land, trees, animals, etc.). Visit the organization’s website, and read the “About Us” section to learn more about the organization. Search to find the following information and record your findings in the chart below:

Essential Questions

The Answers

What is the name of the organization?

When were they founded?

Why were they founded? (This information may be found in an “Our Mission” section of the website.)

What do they actually do?

What are their goals? (This information may be found in an “Our Vision” section of the website.)

Why is their work important?

rainforest is the one I chose for this activity

Explanation:

Essential Questions

The Answers

What is the name of the organization?

The Rainforest foundation.                                                                              

When were they founded?

1987

Why were they founded? (This information may be found in an “Our Mission” section of the website.)

Human life depends on rainforests because they are essential to the balance of our climate.

What do they actually do?

They protect rainforest in south America

What are their goals? (This information may be found in an “Our Vision” section of the website.)

To protect the rainforest.

Why is their work important?

Because there are animals that live in the rainforest but can't because people are destroying forests.

question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals

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