Forests
Forest Values
Bats
SAM
Bonus Questions
100

A complex ecological system in which trees are the dominant life-form.

What is a Forest?

100

One way we can use the forest recreationally.

What is camping, hiking, birdwatching, etc.?

100

Bats use this to hunt for food.

What is echolocation?

100

The careful, responsible management of something entrusted into one’s care.

What is stewardship?

100

Something you can install to help bats.

What is a bat box?

200

How many layers does the forest have?

What are 4? - Floor, Understory, Canopy and Emergent.

200

Forests remove this from the air, helping keep the environment clean.

What is carbon dioxide?

200

There are this many species of bats in NL?

What are 3? Little Brown Bat, Northern Long-Eared Bat and Hoary Bat.

200

The act of taking care of the environment, especially the wildlife habitats which have been entrusted to our care.

What is environmental stewardship?

200

This species of bat is the only known species in Labrador.

What is the Little Brown Bat?

300

Grows near the equator with warm temperatures year round. Lots of precipitation which promotes lots of biodiversity!

What is the Tropical Rainforest?

300

We can use forests to help improve the economy, meaning we have more of this.

What is money?

300

Bats are this type of animal, meaning they are warm-blooded and give birth to live young.

What are mammals?

300

We help protect these - which provides everything that an organism needs to survive: Food, Water and Shelter.

What is a habitat?

300

This many people currently work for SAM.

What is 4? - 3 on the East Coast and 1 on the West Coast!

400

Located further North than the Temperate forest, before the Arctic Circle. Very short moist and mild to warm summer and long, cold, and dry winter. More snow. Mostly evergreens.

What is the Boreal Forest?

400

Forest help contribute to this, meaning lots of different life.

What is biodiversity?

400

Bats are badly affected by this disease.

What is White Nose Syndrome?

400

Name one of the seven types of wildlife habitat that SAM works to identify, map and conserve.

What is are: Wetlands, Freshwater Shorelines and Riparian Buffers, Atlantic Salmon Habitat, Coastal Estuaries and Beaches, Unique Forest Habitats, Limestone Barrens, and Species at Risk Habitat?

400

Little Brown Bats are listed as this under the Federal Species at Risk Act in Canada.

What is endangered?

500

Further North from the equator and experiences 4 seasons with a moderate climate: cold winters/warmer summers. Mostly leafy trees.

What is the Temperate Forest?

500

Nearly how many people live in the forests in Canada?

What is 300 million?

500

There are this many species of bats worldwide.

What is 1400+?

500

Currently we have this many members across the province.

What is 50?

500

The year that the first SAM Agreement was signed.

What is 1993?

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