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Hedgerows – a small-scale UK ecosystem
Test your knowledge of hedgerows and a small-scale UK ecosystem with this 15-question GCSE quiz.
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HIGH SCORES
| Rank | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | OLS | 30 |
| 2nd | CME | 30 |
| 3rd | Big | 30 |
| 4th | Dex | 30 |
| 5th | FIN | 30 |
| 6th | FIN | 30 |
| 7th | FIN | 30 |
| 8th | FIN | 30 |
| 9th | A.D | 30 |
| 10th | SJN | 30 |
QUIZZES // Hedgerows – a small-scale UK ecosystem
Q1. How many trees are there estimated to be in the UK’s ‘Long Forest’ ecosystem?
1,800
18,000
180,000
1,800,000
Q2. There are over 88,000km of hedgerows in Wales, which is:
Enough to stretch twice around the world
Enough to stretch from Cardiff to Cairo
As long as the Great Wall of China
The same length as the M4 motorway
Q3. How much of its hedgerows has Wales lost since the end of the Second World War?
0–5%
25–30%
50%
80–90%
Q4. Which one of these is a reason why hedges were cleared from fields after the war?
Tractors became smaller but more powerful
Hedgerows didn’t have any gateways for machinery to get into fields
Farmers didn’t keep livestock (e.g. sheep) anymore; they only grew crops
Larger fields meant more crops could be grown
Q5. Which of these is a way of conserving hedges?
Clearing out birds’ nests
Preventing erosion
Learning the skill of hedge laying
Never cutting hedges
Q6. A lot of hedges in the UK were planted in which century, when the Enclosure Acts encouraged landowners to divide up open fields with fences and hedges?
11th century
14th century
18th century
20th century
Q7. Which one of these animals uses hedgerows to help them navigate as they fly around the UK’s countryside?
Golden eagles
Dragonflies
Bats
Puffins
Q8. Hedgerows are a vital habitat, along with woodlands, for which of these UK mammals?
Dormice
Water voles
Brown rats
Red deer
Q9. How many species of insect can use one oak tree as a food source?
2,500
250
25
2.5
Q10. Which one of these is a way in which hedgerows are very useful to farmers?
Reducing soil nutrients
As biofuel
Quick to put up whenever animals need to be kept apart
Reducing soil erosion
Q11. Hedge management is best avoided during the bird nesting season, which is when?
January to November
March to April
March to August
November to January
Q12. Which of these hedge plants would be best for a farmer wanting to keep livestock in fields?
Bamboo and bracken
Oak and ash
Hawthorn and blackthorn
Nettles and field maples
Q13. Which of these is the best definition for the term ecosystem?
The natural home of an animal or plant
A community of living things and their physical environment
The flow of nutrients through an ecosystem
The different ways that ecosystems give humans something we need
Q14. Which one of these is most likely to be a risk factor when surveying a hedgerow?
Risk of chemical spills
Risk of fire
Risk of plant allergies
Risk of injury from incorrect lifting techniques
Q15. Which of these countries of the United Kingdom began the Long Forest Project?
Wales
England
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Finished!
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