Glacial Beginnings
These massive, slow-moving bodies of ice covered the Earth thousands of years ago.
What are glaciers?
This soft, green plant acts like a giant sponge, holding tons of water on the surface of the bog.
What is Sphagnum moss?
Because bogs don't have many nutrients in the soil, some plants get their "vitamins" by eating these.
What are insects (or bugs)?
This tart, red berry is a famous bog fruit often served as a sauce at Thanksgiving.
What is cranberry?
Climate change is causing New Hampshire to get warmer and much ________.
What is wetter?
This type of glacier left behind huge blocks of ice that created kettle holes.
What is a continental glacier?
When moss and other plants die but don't fully rot, they turn into this thick, brown material.
What is peat?
This famous bog plant has leaves shaped like a cup or tube that insects slide into.
What is a Pitcher plant?
You might find this blue fruit growing on bushes at the edges of the bog.
What is blueberry?
Bogs are great "indicators," meaning if a bog is healthy, the surrounding ________ is usually healthy too.
What is forest (or environment)?
A kettle bog is formed when a buried block of this melts.
What is ice?
This is the name for the thick, springy layer of vegetation that often grows across the surface of a kettle lake, making it feel like a "waterbed."
What is a floating mat (or quaking mat)?
This tiny plant has sticky, "dewy" drops on its leaves to trap flies like a piece of living flypaper.
What is Sundew?
This "L" tree is special because it is a conifer (has needles) but its needles turn yellow and fall off in the winter!
What is Larch (or Tamarack)?
One way climate change might hurt a bog is by causing it to ________ out.
What is dry?
As the buried ice block slowly melts, the overlying sediment does this, creating the characteristic bowl-shaped depression.
What is collapses?
Bogs are "nature's kidneys" because they help do this to our water supply.
What is filter (or clean) it?
Plants that eat meat (like bugs) are called by this "C" word.
What are carnivorous plants?
Trees in a bog are often "stunted," which means they look like this because of the poor soil.
What is small (or short/tiny)?
When a bog gets too dry, it might release this "C" element that it has been storing for thousands of years.
What is Carbon?
Unlike most lakes, kettle bogs are often "closed ecosystems," meaning this is their only source of water.
What is precipitation (rain/snow) and groundwater?
Bogs help our planet's climate by soaking up and storing this "C" element from the air.
What is Carbon (or Carbon Dioxide)?
Unlike most plants, bog plants can survive in water that is very "sour" or "sharp," also known by this "A" word.
What is a acidic?
This evergreen tree with dark needles and small cones is one of the few that can handle the wet, acidic bog soil.
What is a Black Spruce?
Scientists say that if a bog dries out, it changes the ________ for the plants and animals that live there.
What is habitat?