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How You Can Help! Reduce, Re-use, Recycle AND…Repair and Refuse! Can you think of three ways you can help Burns Bog and the environment? My Burns Bog Activity Book Speak up and speak out! Write a letter or draw a picture. Send it to a newspaper or the government – let them know how important Burns Bog is! Name School Go to www.burnsbog.org and find out more or to take part in an event. Make posters and put them up around your school. Go to the library and read more about bogs. Tell your friends and family about Burns Bog and how important it is! 12 Burns Bog Conservation Society 4-7953 120th Street Delta, BC. V4C 6P6 604-572-0373 [email protected] www.burnsbog.org 1 Bog Basics! The road that cuts the Delta Nature Reserve off from the rest of Burns Bog causes several problems for the plants and animals that live there. What problem might each of these cause? What is a bog? Light a) A place for ice giants to have lunch b) A wetland that is acidic with not many nutrients c) A wetland that is acidic with lots of nutrients Which plant makes the bog spongy? Noise a) Sphagnum Moss b) Labrador Tea c) Sundew Which one is NOT a reason why bogs are important? a) They are a habitat for many different plant and animal communities b) They are a natural dam that helps stop flooding c) They can be seen from outer space Fumes Dividing the habitat Bogs can store lots of a) Charcoal b) Candles c) Carbon 2 11 Which creature does NOT live in Burns Bog? Humans and Burns Bog What two signs of human activity have been found in bogs? a) b) c) d) e) a) Frogs b) Rabbits c) Foxes Which bog plant is good for sore throats? Bog margarine Bog turkeys Bog mummies Bog butter Bog ink a) Bog Rosemary b) Sundew c) Labrador Tea One corner of Burns Bog has been made into a place for dumping garbage. What do we call this? What was your favourite thing about the tour? Use these words to fill in the gaps : nutrients, nutrients, electricity, landfill, crows, methane, gulls, ditches. The _________ is on the edge of Burns Bog. The garbage attracts _______ and ______. The people who designed the dump put down heavy liners to stop _________ from getting into the bog. Around the edge is a system of _________ that help to contain any _________ that escape. A gas called _________ is collected and burned to create __________. 3 10 Bog Mummies Bog Animals What are ‘bog mummies’? Which bird that lives in the bog, calls out its own name? a) Ice giants’ Hallowe’en disguises b) Bodies that have been preserved in the bog Which bird is as tall as you? c) Hallowe’en candy d) Scary creatures that frighten the birds Which bird makes holes in the bark of trees? Fill in the spaces to make a sentence about bog mummies. What type of animal is it? Draw a line between the animal and what type of animal it is. Fox Fish Salmon Insect Dragonfly Bird Hemlock Mammal Sapsucker Amphibian Frog Tree B ms are prsrvd bee of acidic wter, lack of oxen and low peratures. 9 4 Bog Science Strike through one word of each pair. Burns Bog is usually very wet/dry and the soil is low/high in nutrients. Only certain plants grow in Burns Bog because it is a very easy/harsh environment for most plants to survive in. Unjumble the words to find out what each animal eats. scetsin bear stun rrebies dragonfly teisncs fox llams There are very few rocks in Burns Bog. Why do you think this is? Circle the correct answer. lammams rabbit srags fhis The Sandhill Cranes carry them all away. The moss grows metres up from where the rocks would be. crelov erte krab The ice giants have used them all to play catch. salmon What colour is bog water and what is special about it? allerms nagdorslief shif . Can you make a food chain of these creatures? Label the pictures and write the correct details beside each one. What do they eat? 5 8 Salal, Labrador Tea, Skunk Cabbage, Sundew, Sphagnum Moss. It can make its own heat. It smells like a skunk. It has a yellow flower. The big, waxy leaves can be used to wrap food. It has a sticky pad. It attracts insects to it with a sweet substance. They get stuck and the plant digests them. It has a strong smell which attracts a lot of bees. The leaves can be made into a tea which is good for sore throats. The underside of the leaves are orange and furry. It has hollow stems that can hold up to 30 times their weight in water. It makes the bog wet and bouncy. It has tough leaves that don’t drop in the fall. It has white flowers in the spring and dark berries that can be eaten. 6 7
