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What does the term biodiversity mean?
© Jürgen Freund / WWF
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.
© Anthony B. Rath / WWF
Forests
Why are pollinators such as bees so essential to life on earth?
© Wim van Passel / WWF
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?
© Gerald S. Cubitt / WWF
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?
© Jonathan Jones / WWF-UK
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….
© Audra Melton / WWF-US
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!
© James Morgan / WWF-International
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?
© Rachel Reeves© Howard Buffett / WWF-US
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© Jonathan Dee
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”?
© Marlin Gher
© Emmanuel Rondeau / WWF France
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.
© naturepl.com / Lynn M. Stone / WWF
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?
© Martin Harvey / WWF
© WWF-UK
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?
© Nicolas Axelrod-RUOM / WWF-US
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?
© Sandra Hotrum© Tony Rakoto © Istockphoto.com / WWF-Canada
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?
© Steve Morello / WWF
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.
© Jim Lewis
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?
© McDonald Mirabile / WWF-US
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.
© David Lawson / WWF-UK
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
© Tomas Hulik
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.
© Martin Harvey / WWF
Which of these facts is incorrect about walruses?
© Tom Arnbom / WWF-Sweden
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
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