Invasive Characteristics
Name That Invasive
Climate Change Basics
Biodiversity
Random
100
Many invasive species lack this allowing them to spread unchecked
What are predators?
100
This invasive plant has berries that will make you very sick
What is buckthorn?
100
Increases in the emissions of these are the cause behind increasing temperatures
What are greenhouse gases?
100
Biodiversity leads to more [blank] in the face of a changing climate and increased extreme weather events
What is resilience?
100
When working in an area with invasive species, it is important to do this after to prevent the spread of seeds
What is wiping off your footwear?
200
Invasive species have this which allows them to outcompete native species with ease as they quickly form dense colonies
What is displacement capacity?
200
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This herbaceous plant makes an excellent pesto
What is garlic mustard?
200
More extreme [blank] is expected to occur due to the change in climate
What is weather?
200
Threats from things such as climate change and invasive species are leading to more and more native species being labelled as this
What is a species of concern/at risk/endangered?
200
As temperatures rise many plants and animals are having to do this in order to survive, causing them to enter new areas
What is migration?
300
Invasive species are surprisingly resilient to these which includes things such as fire and flooding
What are disturbances?
300
These small insects are responsible for the destruction of ash trees
What is the emerald ash borer?
300
Climate change facilitates the movement of these into new areas
What are invasive species?
300
Challenge: Name 5 examples of local trees!
Examples include Sugar Maples, Red Oaks, White Birch, American Beech, and Eastern Hemlock.
300
Challenge: Name 5 things you can do to protect the environment!
Examples include planting more trees, picking up trash, walking/biking/carpooling/taking public transit, using more reusable materials, using less single-use plastics, recycling, and not wasting energy.
400
Challenge: Name 5 examples of local wildlife!
Examples include Foxes, Coyotes, Raccoons, Skunks, Groundhogs, Beavers, Minks, and Muskrats.
400
This aquatic invasive is actually a highly efficient water filter
What are zebra mussels?
400
Challenge: Name 5 impacts of climate change!
Examples include warmer temperatures, extreme weather events, increased drought, rising sea levels, habitat loss, more species at risk, food shortages, and poverty.
400
When an ecosystem is disturbed and species are lost it might not be able to provide all of these that it once did anymore
What are ecosystem services?
400
Many aquatic invasive species enter new environments when they are discharged along with this from ships
What is ballast water?
500
Many invasive species are capable of this, allowing them to change the chemical composition of the soil around them
What is allelopathy?
500
Challenge: Name 5 invasive species!
Examples include Garlic Mustard, Buckthorn, Emerald Ash Borer, Zebra Mussels, Dog Strangling Vine, and Phragmites.
500
This greenhouse gas that is not carbon dioxide comes from things such as the permafrost thawing and dairy farming
What is methane?
500
As species move in to new territories they increase biodiversity locally but decrease it globally causing this phenomenon
What is the invasive species paradox?
500
Changes in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere can lead to changes in this in the water, leading to less aquatic biodiversity
What is pH?