BACK FROM THE DEAD – Should scientists bring extinct ...



BACK FROM THE DEAD – Should scientists bring extinct species back to life?

Science World – September 2, 2013

1. What is strange about the gastric-brooding frog?

2. What caused the gastric-brooding frog to become extinct?

3. What helped spread the cause of the gastric-brooding frog’s extinction?

4. What is biotechnology?

5. Identify one reason that scientists should try to bring back extinct species.

6. What was one thing that Mike Archer, a paleontologist at the University of New South Wales in Australia, needed to revive the gastric-brooding frog?

7. What is a clone?

8. Why is cloning an extinct species more difficult that cloning a living one?

9. Describe what happens in traditional cloning.

10. After discovering that no one had saved any gastric-brooding frog eggs, what method did he try to clone the gastric-brooding frog?

11. How did the passenger pigeon become extinct?

12. What is one possible benefit of de-extinction?

13. Many scientists believe that de-extinction could cause environmental problems. What could possibly happen if a long-gone species is reintroduced into the environment?

14. What is another concern of conservationists?

15. What was the first cloned animal and in what year was it cloned?

16. What was Dolly the sheep?

17. How could cloning help endangered species?

18. What happened in 2009 to the bucardo that was cloned?

19. What live animal would be needed to clone the extinct woolly mammoth?

20. OPINION: Do you think it is a good idea to clone extinct animals. Be specific in your answer.

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