Native Trees
Forest Threats
Climate Change Basics
Forest Health
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This tree provides the sap used to make a popular breakfast syrup
What is sugar maple?
100
This change in temperature and weather threatens the stability of ecosystems
What is climate change?
100
Increases in the emissions of these are the cause behind increasing temperatures
What are greenhouse gases?
100
Individual Challenge: Juggle 3 pine cones for 5 seconds!
Win 100 points if completed!
100
Tree guards are placed on young trees to help prevent damage from this type of animal which find them tasty
What are herbivores?
200
Name 3 native trees to Ontario?
Ex) What are sugar maple, red oak, and white pine?
200
These species are from another part of the world, move in, and push out species that were already present.
What are invasive species?
200
More extreme [blank] is expected to occur due to the change in climate
What is weather?
200
Partner Challenge: Pick ONE partner on your team to help you answer the following question:
Name FOUR benefits of native trees and shrubs in 30 seconds! GO!
Did you name them all?
200
What are the names of the two other youth programs CVC runs?
What is Frontline and Conservation Youth Corps?
300
What are two things you can use to ID a tree or shrub?
ex)What is leaves and bark?
300
As of recent years, these events have been burning larger and longer than ever before
What are forest fires?
300
Challenge: Pick an opponent from the other team to challenge in the Fruit Loop Chop Stick Race! Winner gets the points!
Most Fruit Loops transferred wins!
300
This photo depicts damage done a tree by this animal
What is a beaver?
300
Trees make up the canopy of a forest while shrubs and other small herbaceous plants make up this level of the forest
What is the understory?
400
These are found on this type of tree
What are oak trees?
400
Partner Challenge: Choose ONE partner on your team to help you answer the following question in 30 seconds:
Name 4 main factors that can affect the growth of a tree
What are water, light, nutrients, and temperature?
400
Carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere have increased by 48% since this time period
What is the Industrial Revolution?
400
This photo depicts this type of harm to a tree
What is insect damage?
400
Increased storms have seen increased flooding bringing pollution into our environment, tree roots can help flooding not only by absorbing water but by doing this as well
What is water purification?
500
This white papery bark is the trademark of this tree
What is (white) birch?
500
Team Challenge: As a team, you need to SILENTLY act out a threat to forests. If your teacher can guess it right then you win 500 points! You have 3 minutes GO!
Did the teacher guess right?
500
The warming in the Arctic has been much faster than in the rest of the world. What is this effect called?
What is Arctic Amplification?
500
True or False
Fire is bad for trees?
It depends! Trick question! Defend your answer and get the points!
500
This device called a Clinometer helps measure this aspect of a tree that is difficult to do with a measuring tape
What is the height of the tree?