Many invasive species lack this allowing them to spread unchecked
What are predators?
This invasive plant has berries that will make you very sick
What is buckthorn?
Increases in the emissions of these are the cause behind increasing temperatures
What are greenhouse gases?
Biodiversity leads to more [blank] in the face of a changing climate and increased extreme weather events
What is resilience?
When working in an area with invasive species, it is important to do this after to prevent the spread of seeds
What is wiping off your footwear?
Invasive species have this which allows them to outcompete native species with ease as they quickly form dense colonies
What is displacement capacity?
This herbaceous plant makes an excellent pesto
What is garlic mustard?
More extreme [blank] is expected to occur due to the change in climate
What is weather?
Threats from things such as climate change and invasive species are leading to more and more native species being labelled as this
What is a species of concern/at risk/endangered?
As temperatures rise many plants and animals are having to do this in order to survive, causing them to enter new areas
What is migration?
Invasive species are surprisingly resilient to these which includes things such as fire and flooding
What are disturbances?
These small insects are responsible for the destruction of ash trees
What is the emerald ash borer?
Climate change facilitates the movement of these into new areas
What are invasive species?
Challenge: Name 5 examples of local trees!
Examples include Sugar Maples, Red Oaks, White Birch, American Beech, and Eastern Hemlock.
Challenge: Name 5 things you can do to protect the environment!
Examples include planting more trees, picking up trash, walking/biking/carpooling/taking public transit, using more reusable materials, using less single-use plastics, recycling, and not wasting energy.
Challenge: Name 5 examples of local wildlife!
Examples include Foxes, Coyotes, Raccoons, Skunks, Groundhogs, Beavers, Minks, and Muskrats.
This aquatic invasive is actually a highly efficient water filter
What are zebra mussels?
Challenge: Name 5 impacts of climate change!
Examples include warmer temperatures, extreme weather events, increased drought, rising sea levels, habitat loss, more species at risk, food shortages, and poverty.
When an ecosystem is disturbed and species are lost it might not be able to provide all of these that it once did anymore
What are ecosystem services?
Many aquatic invasive species enter new environments when they are discharged along with this from ships
What is ballast water?
Many invasive species are capable of this, allowing them to change the chemical composition of the soil around them
What is allelopathy?
Challenge: Name 5 invasive species!
Examples include Garlic Mustard, Buckthorn, Emerald Ash Borer, Zebra Mussels, Dog Strangling Vine, and Phragmites.
This greenhouse gas that is not carbon dioxide comes from things such as the permafrost thawing and dairy farming
What is methane?
What is the invasive species paradox?
Changes in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere can lead to changes in this in the water, leading to less aquatic biodiversity
What is pH?