Eco Awareness

Thank you for visiting Nature Trivia. In this column I will post some amazing facts about nature and trivia that the whole family will enjoy.

You can test your knowledge or play a Nature Trivia game with your children, they are inquisitive little people that love to learn in fun ways. Draw up a score board and see who can get the most trivia questions correct.

Oh, and don’t forget about a reward for the winner! We play with bug stickers, it works great for future Entomologists.

Answers to the trivia questions will be posted at the bottom of the page in the following week‘s column.

J.A. Mortenson
~Nurturing Nature ~



Nature Trivia: Eco awareness 

1. What bird has the largest wingspan?

2. What is the largest animal?

3. What animal has the strongest poison?

4. What does a camel's hump store?

5. Linen is made from what plant?
    

Did you Know?

Did you know that there are 700 species of plants that grow in the United States that have been identified as dangerous if eaten? Daffodils, lily of the valley, sweet peas, oleander, azalea, bleeding heart, delphinium, rhododendron, and buttercups are just a few. My favorite as a kid was the buttercups. We held this flower under our chin to see if we liked butter. If you had a yellow glow from the flower underneath your chin then you liked the sweet taste of butter. Oh, the silly games we played as kids. 

Did you know that there is about one quarter-pound of salt in every gallon of seawater? Wow, no wonder my mom used to tell me to go into the ocean to heal a cut or open wound. Salt has many healing properties.

Did you know that it takes 314 acres of trees (63,000 trees) to make the average Sunday edition of the New York Times? Save the trees and read online! 

Did you know that in order to save a 40-foot tree, a four-foot thick stack of newspapers must be recycled? So, once again, we can save a tree by either reading the news online or recycle, recycle, recycle! 

Did you know that from a three-quarter-inch-long acorn, grows a 120-foot oak tree? 

Amazing!


Answers to lasts weeks trivia:

• How many states have crops pollinated by honeybees?=20 Answer: All fifty states have crops pollinated by honeybees.

• What region of the United States uses honeybees to pollinate alfalfa = crops? Answer: The west or northwest regions.

• Which two states rely on honeybees to pollinate sunflowers? Answer: North Dakota and South Dakota.

• Honeybees pollinate watermelon in which region of the United States? Answer: The south region.

• In which two states do honey bees pollinate avocados? Answer: California and Florida.
   

Thank you for visiting Nature Trivia!

If you have some great trivia or fun facts about nature, you can e-mail them to me at Judi@childcaremagazine.zzn.com and write “Nature Trivia” in the subject line. I will post your name and the state of where you live under the trivia question or fun fact that you provide.

This column will be a fun way for all of you nature nuts to share your knowledge.

Thank you, and welcome to Nature Trivia!

~ J.A. Mortenson