Manitoba Biodiversity Scavenger Hunt Survey

During your tour today, our Museum Educator, Corinne, will talk about Biodiversity found in the province of Manitoba. You will find some vocabulary words along the way to help you with these videos.

Biome: A biome is a large area characterized by its plants, animals, soil, and climate.

Ecosystem: It is a community or group of living things that interact with each other in a specific environment.

Please note that our contest for Manitoba Week is now closed. We are continuing to offer this scavenger hunt as a means for you to visit and interact with us while we are closed due to Covid-19.

1.What is biodiversity?

The variety of animals in an area

The variety of plants in an area

The variety of habitats in an area

The total variety of life on Earth

2.The Arctic and Desert biomes are similar because neither of them receive much rainfall.

True

False

Adaptations: Special characteristics or features that animals or plants have developed which make them better suited to their environment or habitat. This can be a behaviour or their physical appearance.

3.Which adaptations help beluga whales survive in the cold arctic waters?

White skin

Thick layer of blubber

Webbed feet

Antlers

4.Why can't plants in the Arctic produce long roots into the ground?

Photosynthesis: This is the process by which plants make their own food (sugar) using carbon dioxide, water and sunlight.

5.How do lichens help their environment? Check all answers that apply.

Lichens will grow on trees to keep them warm because of the lack of sunlight during the winter months.

Animals, like caribou, eat lichens.

Lichens remove air pollutants from the air.

Lichens remove algae from the environment.

6.The Boreal Forest is the largest biome in Manitoba. How much of Manitoba does it cover?

1/4

1/2

2/3

3/4

Nutrients: Minerals needed for the growth of plant parts. The three main nutrients that plants need are nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K).

7.Pitcher Plants are another example of a carnivorous plant in our tour today. Why do they need to catch insects to survive in a bog?

Catching insects is how they get their exercise.

Sunlight is limited in a bog and the added nutrients keeps them warm.

There isn't enough water in a bog and insects will provide them with a source of water.

The water found in a bog is lacking in nutrients and digesting an insect will provide them with added nutrients.

8.How are insects beneficial to an ecosystem? Check off all of the answers that apply.

They bite us which gives us great skin!

They eat other insects that are harmful to our food source.

They help pollinate plants which help produce food.

They dig underground tunnels that allow the roots of a plant to spread underground.

9.Why are fungi called decomposers?

10.There are lots of trees in the Prairies biome.

True

False

11.How can animals use the Big Bluestem plant? Check all answers that apply.

Food

Medicine

A hiding spot

For building materials

12.Why do animals use underground burrows?

They are allergic to the sunlight and must hide.

They use burrows to hide from predators.

They love the smell of the cool soil.

They love running through mazes.

13.What does a turkey vulture do when it needs to defend itself?

Please note that our contest for Manitoba Week is now closed. We are continuing to offer this scavenger hunt as a means for you to visit and interact with us while we closed due to Covid-19.

14.Why would adding a new species to a biome or an ecosystem create a problem?

15.What could you do to help protect our Manitoba biomes?

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