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Conservation
Bogs & Adaptations
Fens
Marshes/Sloughs/swamps
Ponds
100
Name one benefit from wetlands
What is etoxification of pollutants inactivation of pharmaceutical drugs silt filtration sewage breakdown removal of excess fertilizers general water purification recharging of groundwater provision of a buffer against both floods and droughts storage of atmospheric carbon and accompanying moderation of greenhouse gas levels habitat for rich biodiversity and abundant life
100
What is the moss commonly found in bogs A) The common squishy moss B) Sphagnum moss C) Hepaticopsida D)Carboniferous moss
What is B) Sphagnum Moss
100
Which creature is one of the first to come out of hibernation? A) Canadian Toad B) Northern Leopard Frog C) Boreal Chorus Frog D) Great Plains Toad
What is C) Boreal Chorus Frog
100
What plant grows in marshes / sloughs? 1) Cabbage 2) Dogtails 3) Cattails 4) Small trees
What is 1) cabbage .... Just kidding 3) Cattails
100
Which of these characteristics may you see in a pond? A) shallow water B) slow water flow C) Pelicans D) water lilies E) A, B, and D
What is E! ponds have shallow open water, usually have no obvious rate of flow and contain water plants like duckweed and water lilies
200

There is a lot of area of land that used to be wetlands. What has majority been converted into in Alberta?

What is Farm land

200

The northern part of Alberta, known as the boreal forest, contains approximately how many km2 of bogs and fens? A) 100 B) 1000 C) 100 000 D) 100 000 000

What is 100 000?

200

How can you tell the difference between a Muskrat and a Beaver?

Muskrats have rat-like tails.  Beaver tails are wide and flat. 

200

This is how butterflies taste their food.

What is with their feet?

200

This is a non-ornamental reason artificial ponds are created.

What are habitat restoration programs?

300
What percentage of Canadian prairie wetlands have been drained and filled in, mainly to facilitate agriculture? A) 60% B) 70% C) 80% D) 20%
What is B) 70%
300

This plant eats bugs to supplement low availability of soil nutrients.

What is a pitcher plant, or venus flytrap, etc...?

300

Fens often have Sphagnum moss growing in them. What was the moss used for during World War I?

It was used to dress wounds as it is very absorbent and obviously cheaper than cotton dressings.

300

Even though I am a large bird, I only weigh about 5-6 pounds (about as much as a chihuahua!) because of my hollow bones--which all birds have. I can be found in Alberta marshes and have an S-shaped neck. What bird am I?

What is Great Blue Heron?

300

Who doesn't live in pond ecosystems here in Alberta? A)Water shrews B) Water lilies C) Cod fish D)Painted turtles

What is C) cod fish

400

Unaltered wetlands are one of the most cost-effective means of controlling what?

What are Floods?

400

How many dens does a typical beaver lodge have and why?

Beavers are good house guests. Their lodges typically contain two dens, one for drying off after entering the lodge under water, and a second, dryer den where the family will live and socialize.

400
Where are fens found? A) Prairie regions B) Urban regions C) Boreal regions
What is C) boreal regions
400
The tiger WHAT is the largest amphibian on land? A) snake B) lizard C) salamander D) Toad
What is C) salamander
400
Where do minnows have their teeth? A) their stomachs B) their mouths c) their tonsils D) their throats
What is D) Their throats
500
What percentage of the earths surface is wetlands? A) 6% B)5% C) 59% D) 99%
What is A) 6 % and let's make that number higher!
500

Dragonflies have this many stages in their lifecycle.

What is 3? 

 Egg -> Nymph -> Adult

500

This of the fastest growing plants in the world. They are found in fens and the name begins with a "W."

What is Willow?

500

Swamps or Sloughs are often transition zones between these two types of area.

What are lakes and marshes?

500
What do pond skaters have on their legs so that they can sense vibrations on the water’s surface?
What is Tiny hairs