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WALKING WITH NATURE

CARELESS FOOTPRINTS… heavy on the earth

Answers (A)

  1. Because they burn petroleum and emit gases that heat up the planet.
  2. Coal, oil and natural gas.
  3. Because they are formed from the fossilised remains of decomposed plants and animals.
  4. Marine Protected Areas.
  5. Organic farming or organic gardening.
  6. Methane.
  7. Veganism.
  8. Because they breathe in carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, and breathe out oxygen for animal life to breathe.
    (They are referred to as the lungs of the world.)
  9. Toilet paper.
  10. Recycled toilet paper.

GET IN STEP… with the natural world

Answers (B)

  1. THE PEOPLE’S PILGRIMAGE.
  2. GET UP AND SAVE THE CLIMATE GREENPEACE.
  3. Electricity.
  4. Unicycle.
  5. Tricycle.
  6. To use cars less and walk, cycle or use public transport.

WALK AS ONE… and make a difference

Answers (C)

  1. 2 trumpets, French horn, trombone and tuba.
  2. Brass quintet.
  3. Trumpets.
  4. Tuba.

TREAD LIGHTLY… and leave little trace

Answers (D)

  1. Blueberries.
  2. Red and yellow/green.
  3. The Organic Farmer.
  4. A lizard.

TAKE BIG STRIDES… and bring about strong action

Answers (E)

  1. 642 billion trees.
  2. Russia.
  3. In East Africa.
  4. Corn.

Scores

Now count up your scores for the Walking with Nature questions. Use the scoreboard below to see how you did:
22 – 28: Brilliant
18 – 22: Excellent
14 – 18: Good
10 – 14: Fair
Under 10: Maybe the questions were too hard for your age!

HEALING THE EARTH

JAGGED PATH… to repair and recovery

Answers (F)

  1. Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello.
  2. STOP PLASTIC.
  3. 2.
  4. Because it looks like seaweed.
  5. Its fin has evolved to work like a leg.
  6. CLEAN UP YOUR ACT.

GLIMMERS OF HOPE… to light the earth

Answers (G)

  1. Australia.
  2. A light bulb.
  3. A new electric light.
  4. Straw bales covered with a blanket.
  5. Solar panels.
  6. An electric plug.

REGROWTH… bringing back rich diversity

Answers (H)

  1. Bird nests.
  2. Lettuce leaves.
  3. Clover.
  4. To ripen and dry.
  5. It refers to all life on earth – all the wonderful varied types of animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms that live on the earth.

DELICATE BALANCE… for a thriving earth

Answers (I)

  1. Tomato.
  2. Water, air, nutrients, light, temperature, time and space.
  3. They breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen.
  4. They fell off. Good job they can fly!
  5. Butterfly.

SMALL PRECIOUS… in the darkness of space

Answers (J)

  1. 12,742 km.
  2. 24 hours.
  3. A year.
  4. 149.41 million km.
  5. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
  6. Gustav Holst.
  7. Earth.

Scores

Now count up your scores for the Walking with Nature questions. Use the scoreboard below to see how you did:
24 – 29: Brilliant
20 – 24: Excellent
16 – 20: Good
12 – 16: Fair
Under 12: Maybe the questions were too hard for your age!