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Grade 6ca
Science Magazine & World of Science
 
Ecology, Topic 7: How Ecosystems Change
 
 

Fire Ecology
Keyword: FIRE

Did You Know...
Almost 2 million hectares of land were destroyed during the Indonesian forest fires of 1997.

The Year the World Caught Fire

Forest fires can harm not just local ecosystems, but the whole planet. The World Wildlife Fund tells how.

Questions

  1. What are some of the harmful ways that forest fires affect people and the environment?

  2. In recent years, where have forest fires burned?

  3. What is the cause of most forest fires?