What is it?
This is an area with grass, trees, or other plants where people can relax or play.
What is a green space?
Green spaces help this by providing homes for plants and animals.
What is Biodiversity?
Cutting down trees for farms or homes is called this.
What is deforestation?
This purple flower with a cone-shaped center grows naturally in Milton.
What is a Purple Cornflower?
This type of green space is left mostly natural to protect plants, animals, and water.This type of green space is left mostly natural to protect plants, animals, and water.
What is a conservation area?
Playgrounds, sports fields, and public parks are all examples of this kind of green space.
What are parks and recreational areas?
Green spaces help control this by absorbing rainwater and reducing flooding.
What is managing stormwater?
Building roads, houses, and cities can take over green spaces. This process is known as this.
What is urbanization?
This yellow flower with a dark center is commonly seen in Milton’s fields and gardens.
What is the black-eyed Susan?
Green spaces are good for humans because they help with this, which can lower blood pressure and improve mood.
What is reducing stress?
Forests, wetlands, and riverbanks are protected areas meant to keep nature safe.
What are natural areas?
By adding plants and trees, green spaces help clean this in the air we breathe.
Carbon emissions from cars and factories can hurt plants in green spaces. This is an example of what human problem?
What is pollution?
These small red fruits grow wild in Milton and are too tart and bitter to eat raw. Their flavor improves significantly when cooked, and they are frequently used to make jams, jellies, sauces, and cider.
What are Crab Apples?
Some green spaces, like community gardens, help people grow food and connect with others in this way.
What is social interaction?
Street trees, green roofs, and rain gardens are ways cities add this type of greenery.
What are urban green spaces?
Green spaces can help keep this stable in cities, making it cooler in the summer.
What is temperature?
Droughts, wildfires, and extreme weather caused by humans can harm plants and animals. This broader problem is called this.
This tree's leaves are bright red and recognisable, and is used on the Canadian flag.
What is a Red Maple?
Trees and plants in green spaces help absorb this gas from cars and factories.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
Community gardens, botanical gardens, and some university campuses are part of this type of green space.
What are community green spaces?
Spending time in green spaces can lower stress, encourage exercise, and allow people to connect with others, improving this aspect of life.
What is mental health or human well-being?
When humans remove, damage, or pollute natural areas, it can destroy habitats for wildlife and plants. This is an example of what?
What is Human impacts?
Which of these trees is NOT native to Milton? Some of the native trees in Milton include sugar maple, red maple, black cherry, white ash, silver birch, and white birch.
What is a Silver Birch? (Bonus points if you can name a place the tree IS native to)
Many green spaces are designed to attract these small creatures that help flowers grow, like bees and butterflies.
What are pollinators?