GCSE ESCAPE ROOM -ECOSYSTEM AND MATERIAL CYCLE

Escape Room

ECOSYSTEM AND MATERIAL CYCLE

Created by: Jesus Sosa Delgado

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Hi, guys!

We are going to make an escape room from the ecosystem topic. You will have to do missions on this. If you complete all the missions, you will be an expert on ecosystems.

Finally, you have to rescue a wild animal that is in danger due to the human impact on biodiversity. To help the animal escaping from the human impact, you need to get a password. You have 80 minutes to complete all the missions and escape along with wild animal. So ....... GOOD LUCK!!!

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Complete each mission to beat this game: !There are not other way to escape!

Click on Mission 1 to start your adventure Good luck

What is meant by the term ecosystem?

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A single organim of any species in its population

All the population of organims of different species living in a habitat

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The community of organisms and the conditions under which they live

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What is meant by the term community?

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All the populations of organisms of different species living in a specified habitat

A specified area of the ecosystem involved (where the organisms live)

A group of similar organisms that can reproduce with each other to produce fertile offspring

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What of the following pictures represent a population?

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Which of the following pictures represent biotic factors?

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Which of the following factor are not abiotic?

LIGHT

POLLUTION

COMPETITION

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What will happen to the number of cheetahs if the number of zebras decrease?

It will decrease

It will stay the same

It will increase

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Look at the graph. Why do the numbers of cheetahs follow the same pattern as the number of zebras?

Because there was a disease which affects both species of animals.

Because cheetahs compete with zebras.

Because cheetahs eat zebras.

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Look at the graph below and answer the question.Which is the line for the tiger population and why?

Tiger population is B, because prey numbers increase causes an increase in predator number

Tiger population is A, because prey numbers increase causes an increase in predator number

Tiger population is B, because predator numbers increase causes an increase in prey number

How many secondary consumers are shown in this food web?

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Which picture represent a parasitism interdependence?

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Facts About Dinosaurs

1. Dinosaurs were around in the Mesozoic Era or “The Age of Dinosaurs”.
2. The Longest dinosaur was over 40 Metres long.
3. Some dinosaurs swallowed rocks to help grind up their food.
4. Most dinosaurs weren’t as big as you expect. Dinosaurs were usually closer to human-sized or even smaller. Most scientists believe that the larger bones were just a lot easier to be fossilized.
5. So far, 108 species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Britain.
6. When an asteroid hit they became extinct.

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CONGRATS!

The first number of password is underneath of your seat :

Do not forget to write down the digital in your escape room sheet! Save our habitat !!!Human are destroying them :(

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Well done! You have finished mission 1. Let´s move to the next mission. Click on Mission 2 and let´s start a new adventure.

Which picture represent a mutualism interdependence?

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Slug pellets are put on the soil around the lettuce plants in garden A and garden B. Slug pellets kill slugs. A scientist predicts that the number of caterpillars will decrease in garden A. Choose the right statement

Scientist´s prediction is correct, as the blackbirds will be eating more caterpillars

Scientist´s prediction is wrong, as the caterpillars have more lettuces, as lettuce are eating only by them

Scientist´s prediction is wrong, as the blackbirds will be eating more lettuces

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Look at the food web. What might happen if all the rabbits died?

There would be less grass because it would be eaten by the grasshoppers.

There would be more snakes because they would not be in competition with the rabbits

There would be fewer lizards because the hawks would eat more of them

There would be more hawks because there are less rabbits in competition with them.

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A species of toad that like to eat butterflies and dragonflies was introduced into this community. Which effect would have the introduction of this road on the food web? Choose the wrong statement.

Mouse might increase as would have more plantain to eat

Frogs would decrease as would have less to eat

Berries might increase as fewer butterflies to eat them

Greenflies and grasshoppers might increase as more berries to eat as fewer butterflies eating them

Ladybird population might increase as fewer being eaten as there are fewer dragonflies

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The buffalo is part of the carbon cycle.The buffalo gains carbon from the .............................................................. in the plants that it eats. Bacteria will .............................................................. the waste from the buffalo.

Energy, clean

Glucose, descompose

Fertilise, clean

Energy, descompose

Fun Bee and Honey Facts

1. A honey bee can fly up to 15 miles per hour.
2. A honey bee worker only makes an average of 1/12 of a teaspoon in her lifetime.
3. A honey bee visits 50-100 flowers in one trip.
4. Honey bees never sleep.
5. The honey bee is the only insect that produces food for humans.
6. Eating honey is a natural way to get an energy boost. It is a mixture of simple sugars glucose and fructose. Studies have shown that this works best in preventing fatigueand enhancing athletes performance.
7. Honey is an antimicrobial agent and can be used effectively on minor burns or scrapes. It has been shown to speed the healing of wounds.

CONGRATS!

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The second number of password is inside of one of the GCSE combined science book in an envelope 1:

Save us from the excessive use of agrochemicals such as pesticides, please!

Do not forget to close the envelope with digit and leave it in the same place for another students to releveal it later.

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An indigenous species is one that occurs naturally in a given habitat area.

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Introducing a non-indigenous species can cause problems for indigenous species e.g. they may compete with each other for the same food, shelter or water resources.

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Non-indigenous species can bring NEW DISEASES to a habitat leading to less biodiversity, because these can infect and kill indigenous species which will not have time e.g. via mutations, to have any protection against the 'invading pathogen'.

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Which of the follow statments would have a negative impact in the biodiversity by the fish farming?

Excess food and waste leaking into open ocean and cause eutrophication

Increase in parasites which can infect wild animals

Predators can get trapped in the net and die

Fish farmer are often fed on wild fish, reducing their populations.

All the above are having a negative impact in the biodiversity

The farmed fish can escape into the wild and cause issues with the indigenous species

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In 2000, a council planted indigenous trees as part of a reforestation programme.Why were indigenous trees used instead of non-indigenous trees?

Indigenous trees are less likely to survive

indigenous trees will support more native wildlife

indigenous trees will bring in more pests

indigenous trees will cause more damage to the soil

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There are three mainly reasons to maintain the biodiversity:Which one of the following reasons is not to maintain the biodiversity?

AESTHETIC

ECONOMIC

MONOCULTURE

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ECOLOGICAL

Compounds of nitrogen and phosphorus

Excess of rainfall

Compounds of sulfate and phosphorus

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Watch the video as many time as you need it and answer the question below. What is the original cause of eutrophication?

Hydrogen sulfide

Other organisms eat them and they are toxic

They block sunlight for other organisms

Decrease the water temperature

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Watch the video as many time as you need it and answer the question below. What are the dangers of excessive growth of algae and plants

Increase the water turbidity

Anaerobic bacteria

Cyanobacteria

Aerobic bacteria

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Watch the video as many time as you need it and answer the question below. Once the algae/green plants die, they are food for...

Fish

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Watch the video as many time as you need it and answer the question below.

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Place the followng in the correct order: 1. Bacteria begin to decompose the dead matter, using up oxygen for respiration. 2. The fertilizer rich in nitrate and phosphate sparks the overgrowth of algae in water bodies.3. The decomposition causes the water to become depleted of oxygen. 4. All the aquatic organisms die. 5. Algae form, it blocks sunlight from entering in the deep water. 6.Excess nutrients run off from the field into the water.

Surprising Facts about Coral

1. Corals are animals
2. Corals Can Be Fluorescent
3. Corals are indicator species, meaning they are very sensitive to environmental changes in their ecosystem.
4. Corals Eat Plankton and small fish.
5. Corals can move
6. Climate Change Is the Biggest Threat to Corals

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CONGRATULATIONS

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The third number of password is hidden in the ecosystem picture:

Do give any tips to another team, remember that you want to be the first team to rescue the wild animal and WIN.

Please do not contribute to marine plastic pollution. We are seriously suffering."

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Well done! You have finished mission 3. Let´s move to the next step. Click on Mission 4 and let´s start a new adventure. GOOD LUCK

Watch the video as many time as you need it and answer the question below. What is reforestation?

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Planting trees

Destroying tress

Visiting forest

Reducing forest

Watch the video as many time as you need it and answer the question below. What environmental crises are tree-planting initiatives attempting to address? (00:02:40)

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Climate change, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity

Air pollution and ozone depletion

Urbanization and industrialization

Soil erosion and deforestation

Restoring habits and air pollution

Air quality improvement and flood prevention

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Watch the video as many time as you need it and answer the question below. Why do we need reforestation?

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Reduce climate change

Provide food for consumer

Improve air quality

Removes carbon dioxide

Restore habitats

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

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Photosynthesis

Respiration

Combustion

Death

How do animals get carbon?

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From the ground

They absorb it from the atmosphere.

By eating plants and or other animals.

They do not get carbon from anywhere.

How does carbon dioxide is returned to the atmosphere?

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Combustion

Excretion

Respiration

Egestion

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Name a group of organisms that break down the dead leaves and release mineral ions into the soil.

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Fungi

Decomposer

Bacteria

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What does NOT produce carbon dioxide?

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Burning fossil fuel

Plant decaying

Animal respiration

Photosynthesis

What process occurs when coal (fossil fuel) is used for energy?

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Respiration

Combustion

Fossilisation

Decomposition

Which of the following is true about quadrats?

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Quadrats should be placed randomly so that a representative sample is taken

The results are more reliable when you look at the results from many quadrats

You should look at the results from several quadrats in an area to reduce the effect of an unusual distribution

All the above are true

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Drag each statement to the right group

ANIMAL CONSERVATION

REFORESTATION

1. Prevent erosion and reduce flooding

2. Increase numbers of endangered species

3. Maintains the food web

4. Provides habitats

5. Reduce greenhouse gases

6. Reduction in poaching

7. Maintain genetic diversity

8. Release oxygen and remove carbon dioxide

Amazing Amazon Rainforest Facts

1. The Amazon is located in South America, Nearly 60% of the rainforest is in Brazil
2. The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest
3. The rainforest spans over 9 different countries.
4. The Amazon River is the largest river in the world.
5. The Amazon Rainforest is considered the ‘Lungs of the Earth’.
6. Lots of the rainforest’s nutrients come from the desert.
7. The Amazon is home to some very dangerous animals.
8. The ingredients of many medicines come from the Amazon.

CONGRATULATION

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The fourth number of password would be releveal after you find ONLY one wild animal in the crossword:

The crossword is in the table with escape room resources. Ensure you write down only one animal in the crossword. When you find a wild animal in the puzzle, click next.

Return to the crossword, flip it over, and you will uncover a hint guiding you to discover the fourth digit.

Follow the instruction in the envelope 2 to locate the fourth digit of your password.

HELP US, PLEASE ! Avoiding products containing Palm Oil and spread awareness and raise consciousness

The fourth number of password is:

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Well done! You have finished mission 4. Let´s move to the next step. This mission could be a little bit more tricky. If you select a wrong answer, you will be on hold for 30 seconds. Click on Mission 5 and let´s start a new adventure. GOOD LUCK

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Leguminous plants such as beans and peas have bacteria growing inside nodules on their roots. The diagram shows some nodules on a root.The explanation of the relationship between this bean plant and the bacteria growing in theroot nodules is:1. Nitrogen fixing bacteria use nitrogen2. Make ammonia for use by plant3. Bacteria obtain chemical substances such as glucose from the plant 4. This is called parasitism.

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The name of this stage is:

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Decomposition

Denitrification

Nitrification

Nitrogen fixation

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Name one type of bacteria that convert nitrate back into nitrogen gas:

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Denitrifying bacteria

Nitrifying bacteria

Decomposer bacteria

All the above are correct

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Many animals excrete urine that contains urea. Some soil microorganims use the enzyme urease to change urea to ammonium ions and carbon dioxide. How ammonium ions can be converted to nitrate ions in the soil:

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Denitrifying bacteria convert it into nitrate

Nitrifying bacteria convert it into nitrate

Decomposer bacteria convert it into ammonia

All the above are correct

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The diagram shows the nitrogen cycle with four different stages labelled A, B, C and D. What is represent by the letter A?

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Denitrification

Nitrogen fixation

Decomposition

Nitrification

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The diagram shows the nitrogen cycle with four different stages labelled A, B, C and D. What is represent by the letter B?

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Denitrification

Nitrogen fixation

Decomposition

Nitrification

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The diagram shows the nitrogen cycle with four different stages labelled A, B, C and D. What is represent by the letter D?

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Denitrification

Nitrogen fixation

Decomposition

Nitrification

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Which of the following statement describe the role of Nitrogen fixing bacteria:

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It converts nitrogen gas into nitrates

It converts nitrates into nitrites

It converts nitrates into ammonia

It convert nitrogen gas into ammonia

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The diagram shows the water cycle. Name the processes A.

Precipitation

Evaporation

Transpiration

Condensation

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The diagram shows the water cycle. Name the processes B.

Precipitation

Evaporation

Transpiration

Condensation

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Which of the following answer is a consequence of deforestation for the water cycle?

Less transpiration

More cloud formation

More precipitation

Less humidity

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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LIONS:

1. Most male lions grow impressive manes the older they get. These manes grow up to 16cm long and are a sign of dominance.
2. A pride of lions is usually made up of related females and their cubs, plus a male or small group of males who defend their pride.
3. Lions are highly adaptable and can live in very dry areas like the Kalahari Desert. Here they get most of their water from their prey and will even drink from plants such as the Tsamma melon.
4. Lions can eat up to 40kg of meat in a single meal - around a quarter of their body weight.
5. Lions do most of their hunting at night. Interestingly though, lions also hunt during storms. The noise, rain and/or wind make it harder for prey to see and hear them, increasing their chances of a successful hunt.
6. A group of lions, also called 'a pride', often roar together to mark their territory - a roar can be heard from 5 miles away.

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CONGRATULATIONS

The fifth number of password is encrypted by Caesar Cipher:

Go to the table with the resources and decrypted the message.

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Well done! You have finished mission 5. If you select a wrong answer, you will be on hold for 35 or 40 seconds. Remind that you need calculator for some questions. Click on Mission 6 and let´s start a new adventure. GOOD LUCK

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These four 1m2 squared quadrats were place in a 8m2 garden. Estimate the total population of flowers in the whole garden.

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sampling is more accurate

scientists prefer estimations

sampling is cheaper

Why do scientists use sampling techniques to gather population data rather than counting everything?

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sampling is more efficient and achievable

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Stratified sampling

Opportunisitic sampling

Random sampling

Which of the following type of sampling is used to find out the distribution of species?

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Belt transect sampling

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Throw the quadrat so it's random

Divide the sample area into a grid and use a random number generator to choose a square.

Place it where you like

What is the best way to place a quadrat?

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Divide the sample area into a grid and choose a square.

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Place in order the following statement to describe how quadrats should be used to estimate the abundance of dandelion plants in a field 1. Used a random number to determinated the x and y coordinate2. Mark out a grid on the grass using 2 tape3. Count all the organisms in each quadrats4. Take a sample at each of the coordinate using a quadrat5. Work out the mean of organisms per quadrat

2, 1, 4, 3 and 5

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The lawn measured 12 metres long and 10 metres wide. Estimate the number of thistle plants in the lawn.

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CONGRATULATION

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The hint to get the sixth number of password is in the envelope 4:

STOP CLIMATE CHANGE

FINAL MISSION

WELL DONE!!! YOU ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN THE LAST MISSION

In the FINAL MISSION, you are going to play " GENIAL WHEEL" and ensure that you score 1000 points to rescue the wild animal. So ..... GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!

GENIAL WHEEL

Spin the wheel!

FOR 25 POINTS

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A honey bee can fly up to 150 miles per hour.

A honey bee visits 50-100 flowers in one trip.

Honey bees never sleep.

Which of the following facts is WRONG for honey bees?

Keep spinning the wheel!

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Which of the following coral´s facts are correct?

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Corals can not move

Corals belong to plantae kingdoms

Corals are animals.

Keep spinning the wheel!

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Which of the following facts is NOT CORRECT about dinosaurs?

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When an asteroid hit they became extinct.

Some dinosaurs swallowed rocks to help grind up their food.

Most dinosaurs were as big as you expect.

Keep spinning the wheel!

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Where is Amazon rainforest allocated?

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North America

South America

Africa

Keep spinning the wheel!

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FOR 50 POINTS

Which of the following facts is correct about Lions?

450 POINTS

Lions can drink from plants

Most female lions grow impressive manes the older they get

Lions hunt during daylight

FOR 500 POINTS

Which of the following facts are correct?

500 POINTS

Lots of the rainforest’s nutrients come from the ocean.

Lions can eat up to 40kg of meat in a single meal

Reforestation is the Biggest Threat to Corals

Click the box:

1000 POINTS

CONGRATULATIONS!

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TRY AGAIN!

The last number of password is in the pre-room:

Go to pre-room and open the envelop 5 and find some hint to discover your last number of the password.

SAVE THE PLANET

THE WILD ANIMAL IS INSIDE THE BOX, CLICK THE NEXT BUTTON TO RESCUE IT

Thank you so much for rescuing me!My name is GUAJIRA and some information about my specie is in the next page.

Although my name is Guajira, I belong to Kingdom Animalia and class Mammalia. My scientific name is Acinonyx jubatus, but everyone knows us as cheetah. I am a Felidae, colloquially referred to as cats by humans. My relative and I live mainly in grassland savanna, in a broad section of Africa. We eat around 6.2 kg of meat per day and rarely drink water. Our favourite dish is impala´s meat. Our gestation period is 93 days and litters range in size from one or two up to six cubs. We are threatened by habitat loss, conflict with humans and poaching.

DON´T FORGET TO WRITE DOWN MY DETAILS IN YOUR ESCAPE ROOM SHEET AND HAND IT IN TO YOUR TEACHER

CONGRATULATION

You have successfully finished the escape room!

ANIMAL CONSERVATION

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REFORESTATION

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