Channel
Islands National Park Field Trip
As
proof of your visit, please stamp your paper with the official
After entering the visitor center from the breezeway,
bear to the left and pass the rangers’ station.
Begin after the double doors that exit to the outdoor amphitheater. The
questions are organized from this side of the museum, clockwise, to the other;
the bookstore is on the opposite end.
The underlined captions are the main headings you
will see in the museum.
On the Path to Extinction?
1) How much smaller than the mainland gray fox is the island fox? ________
2) When
do naturalists think that the gray fox reached the
3) How did they get there? ________________________________________________________________
4) How many island foxes were on San Miguel island at these times: 1994 = _____, 1997 = _____, now = _____.
5) What are three possible reasons for this decline?
a. ______________________________________________
b. ______________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________
Fox Facts
6) How many of the eight islands support island foxes? _____
7) How tall and heavy are island foxes? _______________________________________________
8) When are island foxes active? _______________ Are they nocturnal or diurnal? (Circle)
9) Describe the typical island fox diet.
Life on the
10) Why might there be fewer species of organisms on the islands compared to the mainland?
11) What are three possible ways that species made it over to the islands?
a. ______________________________________________
b. ______________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________
12) Name three
birds, two plants, and one reptile that can be found on the
a. ______________________________________________
b. ______________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________
a. ______________________________________________
b. ______________________________________________
a. ______________________________________________
Island Communities
13) Why might it be that island species are smaller in size compared to their mainland counterparts?
14) How does their small size increase the survival of the species?
15) Give an example of an island species that is LARGER than the mainland species.
Man and the
16)
When did the Indians first arrive on the
17)
How did the Chumash get to the
18)
What archaeological evidence do we have that the
Chumash were on the
19) What does this tell us about the Chumash? _________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Geologic Activity
20) Describe how cheliche is formed.
21) Why do you think the castings are called a ghost forest?
Great Concentration of Seabirds
22) How many species of pinnipeds call the islands home? ____________________
23)
Name five types of seabirds that live in the
a. ______________________________________________
b.______________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________
d.______________________________________________
e. ______________________________________________
Tidepools
24) Check off these animals as you observe them in the tidepool exhibit. With the help of a field guide or a ranger, also give us the species’ common AND scientific names.
o Lobster: ___________________________________________
o Garibaldi: _________________________________________
o Sea Urchin: ________________________________________
o
Sea star1:
o Sea star2: __________________________________________
o Sea star3: __________________________________________
o Sea anemone: _______________________________________
o Mussel: ____________________________________________
o Shore crab: _________________________________________
o Limpet: ____________________________________________
After exiting the visitor center into the breezeway, examine the three-dimensional models of the islands.
25) How many
26) How many of the islands are part of
27) What is the name of the smallest
Go up the stairs to the observation deck.
28) Which of the two islands is it possible to see from this location? ___________________ and ____________________. Were you able to see them today? _______
Examine the plants in the garden. Choose one of the two self-guided tour pamphlets.
29) What is the title of your plant booklet? ____________________________________________
30) What plants did your booklet have you examine?
a. ___________________________ e. ___________________________________
b. ___________________________ f. ___________________________________
c. ___________________________ g. ___________________________________
d. ___________________________ h. ___________________________________
OVERALL: Conclusion
End the project by (1) stating the
main points of the project, (2) discussing what you liked and disliked about
completing this project, and (3) suggesting improvements to this project.
