1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
exis [7]
3 years ago
14

If the lion is the king of the jungle, then the polar bear is the king of the Arctic. Polar bears are majestic, powerful creatur

es that capture our imagination and are a living definition of wild. Unfortunately, polar bears’ habitat is changing so much that they may not survive in the wild beyond this century.
Polar bears’ survival depends on sea ice. They swim from ice floe to ice floe in search of seals and walruses. However, climate change has caused the polar bears’ hunting habitat to shrink in size. Ice floes are smaller, farther apart and farther from shore, making it necessary for polar bears to swim great distances in their hunt for food. These long journeys are dangerous. An Alaska Science Center study found that bear cubs swimming after their mothers had a 45% death rate.

The length of season in which polar bears can hunt has also decreased by almost three weeks in the past twenty years. The reason is that the ice sheets are freezing later and melting earlier. The shorter time for food hunting has caused weight loss and poor health in the polar bears. Their populations have dropped 20 to 40 percent in most areas.

Some people argue that polar bears will adapt to a new lifestyle, eating alternative foods, such as dolphins trapped by ice pockets or Arctic goose eggs. But, according to Karyn Rode, a wildlife biologist in Alaska, these occasional creative meals aren’t going to be enough to save all of the polar bears.

We may lose the polar bear, the wildest creature of the Arctic, because of habitat loss caused by climate change. What can we do? Join the World Wildlife Federation, or Polar Bears International, and send an email to your local congressperson, urging him or her to fight climate change and protect polar bears.


**Which sentence in the opening paragraph is the author's claim?**



A. If the lion is the king of the jungle, then the polar bear is king of the Arctic.

B. Polar bears are majestic, powerful creatures that capture our imagination and are a living definition of wild.

C. Unfortunately, polar bears’ habitat is changing so much that they may not survive in the wild beyond this century.
English
1 answer:
vlada-n [284]3 years ago
3 0
C! The claim is what the article is about, and C is about the habitat is what the article is about.
You might be interested in
2.
Olenka [21]

Answer:

I can assure that bank is a safer place tp keep your money than at home.

Explanation:

Because if you keep your money in your house and the you get robbed or something and they take all your money, what are going to do? and if you keep your in the house and the banks get robbed they will take responsibility . That's if they can actually rob the bank

6 0
3 years ago
How does Screwtape want the patient to try to recover the feelings of happiness that he experienced at his conversion?
klio [65]

Answer:

murder on my mind if u in ur feelings

Explanation:

4 0
3 years ago
Vocaloid song of the day!
Artemon [7]
Matryoshka. right :)
7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Read the excerpt from the song, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”
garik1379 [7]
I would say that based on this excerpt and your knowledge of American history, the stock market crash made Americans lose confidence in business because B. people worked diligently to participate in the building of the American dream with the understanding they would profit.
However, when the stock market crash happened, they lost all faith and confidence.
3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
What is Frank LoMonte's MAIN goal?
suter [353]

Answer:

College of Journalism and Communications

I hope its getting help

8 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • Which of these lines describes the free bird’s character in the poem “Caged Bird”? (i can post the poem too if you need it,, jus
    7·2 answers
  • A poem that attacks its subject by making it look ridiculous
    13·1 answer
  • Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp plzzzzzzzz
    11·1 answer
  • PLEASE HELP ASAP 2 CHOICES 20 POINTS!!!!
    5·1 answer
  • He knew that somebody would take it upon himself to arrive late. Which word is the indefinite pronoun?
    14·1 answer
  • Which aspect of the excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain best exemplifies how American Indian culture and themes can be passed
    7·1 answer
  • Another question, what word can I make with the letters yclasnutoarnek
    7·1 answer
  • Which words from goethe's "peeseeance" help convey the idea that life can be extremely positive and beautiful
    13·1 answer
  • 90 POINTS!!! Correct answer only others will be deleted
    7·1 answer
  • Can someone please help me? :(
    11·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!