Pollinator Quiz

What is a pollinator?

A type of plant that grows fruit

Something that makes pollen

Anything that moves pollen from the male to the female part of the plant

A tool that farmers use to grow crops

What 3 elements are essential to welcome pollinators to your garden?

Water, nectar flowers, and fencing

Nectar flowers, nesting/housing sites, and water

Pollen flowers, playground equipment, and sunlight

Beehives, hummingbird feeders, and a bench

Why do humans care about pollination of plants?

Because they produce the crops that we consume

Because we extract medicine from plants

Because they look wonderful

All of the above

Lemurs are some of the world's biggest pollinators

True

False

Pollinators include:

Hummingbirds, bats, and lizards

Lemurs, bees, and cats

Dogs, trains, and bees

Bees, hoverflies, and fish

Pollinators are important for humans because:

Crops are a major factor in pollinator survival

Their crops die out with too many pollinators

Their crops depend on pollinators to reproduce

Crops are good food source

Pollinator numbers have declined in recent years. What is/are the reason(s) why?

Pollinator numbers haven't declined

Climate change stressors

Decreased use of herbicides

Change of land in favor of urbanization or intensive agriculture

Decrease in rainfall

Tobacco use

How can we help increase pollinator numbers again?

Provide nesting places

Reduce the use of pesticides and encourage space to be given over to the growing of wildflowers in gardens and on farms

Ensure that parks in cities are regularly mowed

Use synthetic astroturf in gardens

Bird feeders

Which of the following are types of pollinators? A. Wind B. Insects C. Bees D. Birds and Bats

B only

A and B only

All of the above

D and C only

If we didn't have pollinators:

We would lose approximately 70 of 100 crop species in the world

90% of the worlds food supply would not exist

Farmers would lose $30 billion a year in crops

Animals who rely on food sources that have been pollinated would become extinct

All of the above

Pollinators are responsible for how much of our food supply?

Half of the food we eat

Everything we eat

One out of every three bites of food we eat

A quarter of the food we eat

What are some consequences climate change has on pollinators?

Higher temperatures cause pollinators to move to higher altitudes where it is cooler

Reduction of pollinators found in an area

Blooming plants and pollinator activity become misaligned, resulting in no plants being pollinated

All of the above

Please indicate the highest level of education you have completed.

Do you think pollinators are important now? What do you think the world would look like without them?

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