What does the term biodiversity mean?

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What does the term biodiversity mean?

The total variety of all life on earth

Lots of wild habitats

Different types of species

The variety of characteristics

within a species

A B C D

The total variety of all life on

earth

A

What covers one third of the land’s surface, and helps keep the climate stable

by storing carbon?

A B C D

Forests Deserts Grasslands Rivers

What covers one third of the land’s surface, and helps keep the climate stable

by storing carbon?

A

The world’s forests store 296 gigatonnes of carbon just in the actual trees and plants. Over 40% of the carbon stored in the world's forests is found in three rainforest basins:

the Amazon, the Congo and south-east Asia.

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Forests

Why are pollinators such as bees so essential to life on earth?

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Why are pollinators such as bees so essential to life on earth?

A B C D

They provide oxygen

They turn over the soil helping plants to grow

They help reduce pest populations

They help provide the food we eat

They help provide the food we eat

D

Did you know the UK has over 250 species of bee, but habitat loss, climate change and intensive farming mean they are increasingly under threat.

Some pitcher plants are found deep in jungles. What is strange about these unusual plants?

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Some pitcher plants are found deep in jungles. What is strange about these unusual plants?

A B C D

They are carnivorous

They take three years to grow

to full size

They live for 100 years

There are over 50 species of Bornean

pitcher plant

A

Pitcher plants are carnivorous and have pitcher-shaped leaves into which animals can fall. Their corpses are then dissolved by digestive enzymes.

Many animals that fall into the trap are consumed, but many - from snails to frogs -survive and even breed inside these deadly traps.

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They are carnivorous

There are different types of forest including boreal, deciduous and rainforests.

Where in the world are rainforests found?

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There are different types of forest including boreal, deciduous and rainforests.

Where in the world are rainforests found?

A B C D

In the northern hemisphere

Along the equator

In the southern hemisphere

Anywhere

Along the equator

B

Forests located far from the equator experience changes in temperature and daylight throughout the year due to the tilting of the earth. The plant and animal species they harbour are well adapted to

these changes.

In which type of forest do trees shed their leaves every year in the Autumn?

In which type of forest do trees shed their leaves every year in the Autumn?

A B C D

Deciduous Rainforest Coniferous Boreal

Deciduous

A

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Forests are cleared for timber and to make room for infrastructure and agriculture (often to

grow food for animals). Forests around the world are being cleared at an alarming rate.

How much of our forests are being cleared every year? An area around the size of….

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How much of our forests are being cleared every year?

An area around the size of….

A B C D

Malta: 122 square miles

Andorra: 180 square miles

Wales: 8,005 square miles

Portugal: 35,556 square miles

Portugal: 35,556 square

miles

D

We are losing 8.8 million hectares of forest each year; that’s the equivalent of a football pitch of forest every two seconds!

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Building roads, railways, electric pylons and pipelines has an impact on wildlife such as

grizzly bears and Siberian tigers as they need large areas of continuous forest to survive.

This is because…..

Building roads, railways, electric pylons and pipelines has an impact on wildlife such as grizzly bears and Siberian tigers as they need large areas of continuous forest to

survive. This is because…..

A B C DPipelines take

away water essential for

survival

They confuse dangerous

electric pylons with trees

Infrastructure fragments forests

into smaller blocks

There is too much noise

Infrastructure fragments forests

into smaller blocks

C

Tigers and other large animals need space to roam. Tiger habitats cover large areas, so when protected, they help safeguard lots of other wildlife too.

Which of these species doesn’t have a home in the forest?

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Which of these species doesn’t have a home in the forest?

A B C D

Orangutan Grizzly bearRing tailed

lemurCheetah

Cheetah

D

Cheetahs are listed on the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable.There are fewer than 7,000 cheetahs left on our planet.

Found mainly in the Amazon rainforest of South America, which predator’s name comes from the

native word meaning “he who kills with one leap”?

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Found mainly in the Amazon rainforest of South America, which predator’s name comes from the native word

meaning “he who kills with one leap”?

A B C D

Cheetah Leopard Puma Jaguar

Jaguar

D

The jaguar is the third biggest cat in the world - after the tiger and the lion - and is the largest cat in the Americas. They stalk their prey using cover - before launching an attack

and can kill prey three to four times their own weight.

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A rainforest could not exist without these organisms which help to form the soil that

nourishes the forest. Some are also essential for seed germination and tree

growth, connecting with a tree’s roots to provide minerals and nutrients.

What are they?

A rainforest could not exist without these organisms which help to form the soil that nourishes the forest. Some are also essential for

seed germination and tree growth, connecting with a tree’s roots to provide minerals and nutrients. What are they?

A B C D

Algae Fungi Spiders Frogs

Fungi

B

Across Sumatra and Borneo, forests are being cleared to plant this crop. What is it?

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Across Sumatra and Borneo, forests are being cleared to plant this crop. What is it?

A B C D

Oil palms Rubber trees Bamboo Banana trees

Oil palms

A

Palm oil has been and continues to be a major driver of deforestation of some of the world’s most biodiverse forests, destroying the habitat of already endangered species

like the Orangutan, pygmy elephant and Sumatran rhino.

All life on earth depends on freshwater almost all of which is locked up in ice caps, glaciers or buried

deep underground.

How much of the water on our planet is freshwater?

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How much of the water on our planet is freshwater?

A B C D

Less than 3% Around 5% Around 15%More than

25%

LESS THAN3%

A

Almost all freshwater is locked up in ice caps or glaciers or buried deep underground. We are able to use less than one per cent of freshwater as it flows

through rivers and streams, ponds, lakes and wetlands.

We use too much water at home and for farming. How much of the freshwater we use

worldwide accounts for agriculture?

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We use too much water at home and for farming. How much of the freshwater we use worldwide

accounts for agriculture?

A B C D

25% 30% 60% 70%

70%

D

The amount of water used in agriculture worldwide is expected to increase by 19% by 2050.

By 2030, almost half of the world's population will be living in areas of high water stress.

With their webbed feet and dense fur, which of these animals is perfectly adapted to

life on the river?

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With their webbed feet and dense fur, which of these animals is perfectly adapted to life on the river?

A B C D

Walrus Sea lion Otter Leopard seal

Otter

C

There are 13 species of otter globally.

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How many large dams are there in the world?

How many large dams are there in the world?

A B C D

19,000 30,000 57,000 73,000

57,000

C

500 million people have been negatively affected by dam construction.

Billions of these birds inhabited North America in the early 1800s.

Which migratory bird was hunted to extinction by man?

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Billions of these birds inhabited North America in the early 1800s.

Which migratory bird was hunted to extinction by man?

A B C D

DodoPassenger

pigeonLabrador duck Laughing owl

Passenger pigeon

B

Standing at up to 176cm, which of these is the

tallest flying bird in the world?

Russ Hopcroft, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. - NOAA

Standing at up to 176cm, which of these is the tallest flying bird in the world?

A B C D

Sarus craneAndean condor

Bar headed goose

Black stork

Sarus crane

A

The sarus crane, (Grus antigone), can be found along the Ganges River in India.

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These creatures run to the top of dunes when moisture is in the air and stand on their heads so that water runs down their body and into their

mouth. Some have even evolved geometric patterns of raised areas on their bodies that

maximise the amount of moisture that condenses from the fog.

What creatures are there?

These creatures run to the top of dunes when moisture is in the air and stand on their heads so that water runs down their body and into their mouth. Some have even evolved geometric patterns of

raised areas on their bodies that maximise the amount of moisture that condenses from the fog. What creatures are there?

A B C D

Namib beetlesBactrian camels

MeerkatsMonarch

butterflies

Namib beetles

A

_______ were introduced into Switzerland from Eastern Europe in the 1970s,

partly to control animals such as deer that were overgrazing the woodlands.

_______ were introduced into Switzerland from Eastern Europe in the 1970s, partly to control animals such as deer

that were overgrazing the woodlands.

A B C D

Eurasian lynx Grey wolves Arctic foxes Siberian tigers

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Eurasian lynx

A

In which of these biomes do you get the phenomena of flying rivers, a movement of large quantities

of water vapour in the sky?

In which of these biomes do you get the phenomena of flying rivers, a movement of large quantities of

water vapour in the sky?

A B C D

Rainforests of South America

Mangroves of East Africa

Deserts of Australia

Tundras of Russia

Rainforest of South America

A

South America’s Amazon contains nearly a third of all the tropical rainforests left on Earth.

Mountain tree shrews have a symbiotic relationship with these plants.

They use them as toilets providing the plant with essential minerals.

What plant is it?

Mountain tree shrews have a symbiotic relationship with these plants. They use them as toilets providing the plant

with essential minerals. What plant is it?

A B C D

Pitcher plants CactusRafflesiaarnoldii

Orchids

Pitcher plants

A

On land which animal only ever moves their hind legs together, however in the water they kick each

leg independently to swim?

On land which animal only ever moves their hind legs together, however in the water they kick each leg

independently to swim?

A B C D

Hippopotamus Rhinoceros Kangaroo Cheetah

Kangaroo

C

Thanks to their large feet and powerful hind legs, kangaroos can travel more than 56km/h and leap more than 9m in a single bound.

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Which of these facts is incorrect about walruses?

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Which of these facts is incorrect about walruses?

A B C D

The walrus society has a tusk-based hierarchy.

Longer tusks generate more

respect

Its genus –Odobenus –

literally means Walking Tooth

Walruses have a strong mouth

that acts as suctions to

harvest shell fish

The tusks are present only

in the male walrus

The tusks are present only

in the male walrus

D

There are two main subspecies of walrus - the Atlantic and Pacific – which both occupy different areas of the Arctic. There's thought to be around 25,000 Atlantic and around

200,000 Pacific walrus in the wild.

Found only on the islands of Montserrat and Dominica in the east Caribbean Sea,

what types of animal is the endangered species Mountain Chicken?

Found only on the islands of Montserrat and Dominica in the east Caribbean Sea, what types of animal is the

endangered species Mountain Chicken?

A B C D

Frog Turtle Fish Snail

Frog

A