Wildlife
What is the word for the seasonal movement of animals, usually birds moving north or south?
Migration
What did people increase to change wetlands into farmland?
Drainage
What is the first waterbody that the water from here will enter after moving through rivers and streams?
Dauphin Lake
Water that soaks into the ground is called what in the water cycle?
Groundwater
What does pollination allow plants to make?
Fruit/seeds
Besides humans, what other member of the animal kingdom changes how a river or creek moves?
Beaver
When streams are straightened, this speeds up water and creates more erosion. What can the water carry more of the faster it moves?
Soil, sediment, and/or shale.
Which major river moves the most water through this RM?
Turtle River
What happens to water vapor when it cools?
It condenses
How do trees, shrubs, and other plants "hold" streambanks together, reducing erosion?
With their roots (or can just say "roots")
What two pollinators are active at night?
Moths and Bats
What type of project does IMWD build to help hold back water and control its flow?
Water Retention
What is the one river moves water out of Dauphin Lake?
Mossey River
What is usually the only way water can leave the ocean naturally?
Evaporation
What plant "blooms" more in lakes where pollution has entered?
Algae
How do bees find a flower patch?
The Waggle Dance
Which common chemical is commonly used to sterilize water to make it safe to drink and swim in?
Chlorine
A river starts very small before getting larger. What is the name given to a smaller river that joins a larger river?
A Tributary
What is the word for how water moves up through a plant?
Transpiration or Evapo-transpiration
Milkweed
What is the practice called which improves the environment for wildlife, perhaps done after the area was damaged by a human-related activity?
Habitat restoration or conservation
How is climate change likely to affect the rate of flooding events?
It will likely increase it, like other extreme weather events
What is the highest peak in the Dauphin Lake watershed called?
Mount Baldy in the Duck Mountains, with an elevation of 832m
What is the word for when water starts as snow or ice and turns directly into water vapour without melting?
Sublimation
Many flowers have colours on them that we can't see, but pollinators can. What light does these colours reflect?
Ultraviolet