LA CES Quiz for Managing an Urban Landscape for Biodiversity

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The area under management at Brooklyn Bridge Park is: *

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85 acres

1.5 acres

On the bridge itself

A floating island

Brooklyn Bridge Park is: *

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A botanic garden

A public park

A agricultural experiment station

A university research center

Brooklyn Bridge Park is/was: *

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A post industrial landscape built on reclaimed parking lots and shipping piers

Planted from scratch

Built on engineered soils

All of the above

Some things you might see in Brooklyn Bridge Park include: *

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People playing sports

Functioning ecosystems

Cedar apple rust or taxodium midge galls

All of the above

Which of the following ecosystems does NOT exist within the park: *

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Salt marshes

Grasslands

Sand dunes

Dense hedgerows which resemble a woodland edge

It is important to foster biodiversity in the city because (check all that apply) *

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Citizen science is now the primary way of collecting data on insect populations

Cities can be a refuge for some species

NYC is on the Atlantic flyway for bird migration

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Which of the following is NOT an example of managing garden beds for biodiversity? *

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Incorporating the earliest blooming plants latest blooming plants.

Leave 18 inches of standing stems

Hand pollinating fruit crops when necessary

Leave seed heads up in fall, and even through spring

‘Leave the leaves’ because: *

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They are cycling carbon

Deciduous trees drop their leaves, so that soil organisms can break them down and release the nutrients, and thus plants are using their leaves to build the soils they want to live in

The duff layer is a temperature buffer, it is a home for many overwintering animals

All of the above

Which of the following technology was NOT referenced: *

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iNaturalist

Butterflies and Moths of North America website

Remote sensing

Spreadsheets and database

Which of the following is an example ecological horticulture, as opposed to organic gardening: *

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Allowing a balance of pests and predators

Embracing plant movement, growth, death, and the natural cycles of plants

Researching host plants, pollination partners, lifecycles, migratory routes, and then questioning, What are the implications for gardening practices.

All of the above

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