Pollinators
What are pollinators?
animals/insects that transport pollen
How many bites of our everyday food come from pollinators work?
one our of three
What contributed to pollution?
Carbon dioxide (Co2)
Name one reason why deforestation takes place?
Farm, ranches, urban
How many trees remove 5 tons of carbon per year?
100
Who are animal pollinators?
Bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, flys
Why are pollinators declining?
Landscape is being taken and pesiticides
Where does Carbon (Co2) build up ?
Atmosphere
How many species are expected to go extinct due to deforestation?
28,000
Trees release what into the air?
moisture
What is not a living organism that helps fertilize plants?
Wind and water
What are designed to kill, harm, or repel one or more species of insects?
Pesticides
When trees observe carbon what do they release?
Oxygen
How many acres of forest are cut down every second ?
one and a half acres
what city nearby is in the top 10 urban forest?
Sacramento
What provides protein to bees?
How are neonicotinoids attacking insects?
Harming their nervous systems
In one year an acer of trees observes the same amount of carbon (Co2) produced as driving how many miles?
26,000 miles
How many of the world tropical forest have been cleared?
Half
by providing shade
What provides bees with nutrition?
Nectar
80% of what depends on pollinators for fertilization?
The world's crops
How long will it take to destroy all the rainforest on earth at this rate?
less than 100 years