Read A World Without Mosquitoes and answer
the following questions.
- How
many people are infected with malaria every year worldwide? How many are killed?
- According
to the article, mosquitoes have been around for more than 100 million
years, so what is one problem with simply wiping them out?
- What
types of animals depend on mosquitoes and their larvae as a food source?
- There
are several different opinions given about what would happen if we simply
eradicated mosquitoes from the planet.
What do you think would happen?
What evidence do you have to support your view?