Monday 21 November 2011

Why do animals go extinct?

In our science class we have been studying habitats and how the organisms work and live together in order to survive in their ecosystem.  The class made wonderful dioramas (which I hope to have up soon!) showing what they had learned through out the unit.  The last unit of this biology section discusses how humans make changes on habitats, both for the good and for the bad.
When we look at Genesis, we are told "Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground." Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it.  They will be yours for food.  And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground--everything that has breath of life in it -- I give you every green plant for food." And it was so.  God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. (Genesis 1:28-31)

With such as responsibility how can we live with the pollution, waste, and damage to the environment?  We should be jumping up and down in eagerness to help and change the world to a better place! After all, it's the reason humanity began!  To take care of God's creation! Then when sin fell into the world, we were bound to mess up. Thank goodness for God's grace and His covenant with us to bring Jesus into the world to save us from our sins....and our filthiness on Earth and what it would become.

As we talk about pollution, waste and damage, we start to learn about animals that did not survive.  How does God feel about entire species dying out?  Are we as humans responsible? Why would God create animals knowing that they would die, like dinosaurs?  (As we discuss these questions, we learned that often questions just bring more and more questions!)

Sometimes we get answers and sometimes we don't.  It's best to trust in God in everything, even our questions.  And if we can't answer questions, we should at least continue to try and do the right thing.  And when it comes to our environment, it is our responsibility to take care of our world.

For some answers on extinction and why habitats can't keep organisms alive, we browsed this website: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/endangered_animals/overview.htm

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