MedicinefromPlants🌿 “Naturehelps us fightdisease—likeusing willowbark for painrelief.”EcosystemServices🎁 “The helpfulthings nature doesfor us—likemaking food,cleaning water,and pollinatingcrops.”KeystoneSpecies🐺 “A speciesthat holds thewhole ecosystemtogether—likewolves inYellowstone.”WaterPurification💧 “Wetlandsand soil filterout pollutants toclean ourdrinking water.”SpeciesDiversity 🦜 “How manydifferent kinds ofliving organisms arein one area—likebirds, bugs, andplants in a rainforest.” Agriculture🚜 “Growingfood like corn,wheat, orraising livestockon farms.”EcosystemDiversityThe mix ofhabitats andcommunities foundacross the planet—like deserts,forests, andoceans.StormBuffering🌊 “Coastalecosystems likemangrovesprotect land fromstorm damageand flooding.”FoodProduction🌾Theecosystemservice thatgives us fruits,vegetables,fish, and meat.”BiodiversityThe totalvariety of lifeon Earth, fromtiny bacteria togiant whales.Pollination🐝 “Whenbees or windmove pollento help plantsmake seeds.”NaturalSelection🧠 “When thebest-adaptedorganismssurvive and passtheir traits to thenext generation.”GeneticDiversity🧬 “The range ofgene types withina species, likedifferent breedsof dogs or typesof corn.”CarbonStorage🌳 “Forests dothis when theyabsorb CO₂from the air andstore it in theirtrees and soil.”Penicillin💊 “An antibioticmade from mold—one of the firstmedicinesdiscovered fromnature.”Niche🧩 “An organism’srole in itsenvironment—what it eats, whereit lives, and how itinteracts.”Habitat🏞 “The naturalhome of anorganism—likea frog in a pondor a cactus in adesert.”NutrientCycling🔄 “The waynature reusesnutrients likenitrogen andcarbon to keepecosystemshealthy.”AntibioticResistance🦠 “When bacteriastop responding tomedicine becausethey’ve evolvedover time.”InvasiveSpecies🌾 “A non-nativeplant or animalthat spreads fastand harms thelocalenvironment.”Resilience🌱 “The ability ofan ecosystem tobounce backafter adisturbance like awildfire or flood.”Predator-Prey🦁🐇 “A naturalrelationship thatkeeps populationsin balance—likelions huntingantelope.” Wetlands🐸 “Water-filledecosystems likeswamps ormarshes thatsupport tons ofwildlife.”Deforestation🪓 “Cuttingdown forests,often for farmingor development—this reducesbiodiversity.”MedicinefromPlants🌿 “Naturehelps us fightdisease—likeusing willowbark for painrelief.”EcosystemServices🎁 “The helpfulthings nature doesfor us—likemaking food,cleaning water,and pollinatingcrops.”KeystoneSpecies🐺 “A speciesthat holds thewhole ecosystemtogether—likewolves inYellowstone.”WaterPurification💧 “Wetlandsand soil filterout pollutants toclean ourdrinking water.”SpeciesDiversity 🦜 “How manydifferent kinds ofliving organisms arein one area—likebirds, bugs, andplants in a rainforest.” Agriculture🚜 “Growingfood like corn,wheat, orraising livestockon farms.”EcosystemDiversityThe mix ofhabitats andcommunities foundacross the planet—like deserts,forests, andoceans.StormBuffering🌊 “Coastalecosystems likemangrovesprotect land fromstorm damageand flooding.”FoodProduction🌾Theecosystemservice thatgives us fruits,vegetables,fish, and meat.”BiodiversityThe totalvariety of lifeon Earth, fromtiny bacteria togiant whales.Pollination🐝 “Whenbees or windmove pollento help plantsmake seeds.”NaturalSelection🧠 “When thebest-adaptedorganismssurvive and passtheir traits to thenext generation.”GeneticDiversity🧬 “The range ofgene types withina species, likedifferent breedsof dogs or typesof corn.”CarbonStorage🌳 “Forests dothis when theyabsorb CO₂from the air andstore it in theirtrees and soil.”Penicillin💊 “An antibioticmade from mold—one of the firstmedicinesdiscovered fromnature.”Niche🧩 “An organism’srole in itsenvironment—what it eats, whereit lives, and how itinteracts.”Habitat🏞 “The naturalhome of anorganism—likea frog in a pondor a cactus in adesert.”NutrientCycling🔄 “The waynature reusesnutrients likenitrogen andcarbon to keepecosystemshealthy.”AntibioticResistance🦠 “When bacteriastop responding tomedicine becausethey’ve evolvedover time.”InvasiveSpecies🌾 “A non-nativeplant or animalthat spreads fastand harms thelocalenvironment.”Resilience🌱 “The ability ofan ecosystem tobounce backafter adisturbance like awildfire or flood.”Predator-Prey🦁🐇 “A naturalrelationship thatkeeps populationsin balance—likelions huntingantelope.”Wetlands🐸 “Water-filledecosystems likeswamps ormarshes thatsupport tons ofwildlife.”Deforestation🪓 “Cuttingdown forests,often for farmingor development—this reducesbiodiversity.”

Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. 🌿 “Nature helps us fight disease—like using willow bark for pain relief.”
    Medicine from Plants
  2. 🎁 “The helpful things nature does for us—like making food, cleaning water, and pollinating crops.”
    Ecosystem Services
  3. 🐺 “A species that holds the whole ecosystem together—like wolves in Yellowstone.”
    Keystone Species
  4. 💧 “Wetlands and soil filter out pollutants to clean our drinking water.”
    Water Purification
  5. 🦜 “How many different kinds of living organisms are in one area—like birds, bugs, and plants in a rainforest.”
    Species Diversity
  6. 🚜 “Growing food like corn, wheat, or raising livestock on farms.”
    Agriculture
  7. The mix of habitats and communities found across the planet—like deserts, forests, and oceans.
    Ecosystem Diversity
  8. 🌊 “Coastal ecosystems like mangroves protect land from storm damage and flooding.”
    Storm Buffering
  9. 🌾The ecosystem service that gives us fruits, vegetables, fish, and meat.”
    Food Production
  10. The total variety of life on Earth, from tiny bacteria to giant whales.
    Biodiversity
  11. 🐝 “When bees or wind move pollen to help plants make seeds.”
    Pollination
  12. 🧠 “When the best-adapted organisms survive and pass their traits to the next generation.”
    Natural Selection
  13. 🧬 “The range of gene types within a species, like different breeds of dogs or types of corn.”
    Genetic Diversity
  14. 🌳 “Forests do this when they absorb CO₂ from the air and store it in their trees and soil.”
    Carbon Storage
  15. 💊 “An antibiotic made from mold—one of the first medicines discovered from nature.”
    Penicillin
  16. 🧩 “An organism’s role in its environment—what it eats, where it lives, and how it interacts.”
    Niche
  17. 🏞 “The natural home of an organism—like a frog in a pond or a cactus in a desert.”
    Habitat
  18. 🔄 “The way nature reuses nutrients like nitrogen and carbon to keep ecosystems healthy.”
    Nutrient Cycling
  19. 🦠 “When bacteria stop responding to medicine because they’ve evolved over time.”
    Antibiotic Resistance
  20. 🌾 “A non-native plant or animal that spreads fast and harms the local environment.”
    Invasive Species
  21. 🌱 “The ability of an ecosystem to bounce back after a disturbance like a wildfire or flood.”
    Resilience
  22. 🦁🐇 “A natural relationship that keeps populations in balance—like lions hunting antelope.”
    Predator-Prey
  23. 🐸 “Water-filled ecosystems like swamps or marshes that support tons of wildlife.”
    Wetlands
  24. 🪓 “Cutting down forests, often for farming or development—this reduces biodiversity.”
    Deforestation