BINUS QUESTIONS - Anyone know how this plant got its name?
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#1 – There are twelve different types of plant communities on the Channel Islands, but not all islands have all twelve. Name the twelve different plant communities. button
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#2 – The twelve communities of Island plants ALSO exist on the mainland. Have you ever visited any or these types of plant communities ? think about trees and bushes you may have seen in the hills, mountains or at a park. If yes, what type of plants have you seen?
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#3 – What is the definition of a NATIVE plant ? button button
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#4 – What is the definition of an ENDEMIC plant? button button
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#5 – What is the definition of an EXOTIC or NON NATIVE plant ? button
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#6 – What is the definition of a PLANT FOSSIL? button
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#7 – What is the definition of an ENDANGERED plant ? button
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#8 – Name three plant FOSSILS found on the Islands.
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#9 – Name a plant found ONLY as a fossil on the mainland but that STILL grows on four Channel Islands button
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BINUS QUESTIONS - Anyone know how this plant got its name?
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#10 – Describe special features in NATIVE PLANTS that make them important to preserve. button
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#11 – When scientists describe ENDEMIC plants, does this mean these plants that grow anywhere ? Grow on all of the Channel Islands? Grow only on all every Channel Island? Or grow only on one or more different Channel Islands? button
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#12 – From the list at button copy one of the plant names and go to this button and paste in the name of the plant in NAME box and then click SEARCH on the database page. Try to find a match in this Flora (plant) database at UC Berkeley. Tell us when you have found a match and what is was ! and what does it look like?
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#13 – Why were NON-NATIVE ‘exotic’ plants brought to the Channel Islands region? button What are some examples of these non-native plants?
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#14 – ENDANGERED plants are being protected because they are extremely RARE. What is the very rare tree on Catalina Island that has the only SIX trees of this type known in the ENTIRE WORLD ? button
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#15 – Why is it important to GROW NATIVE PLANTS ? button
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#16 – In your WILDLFOWER pack provided by Camp Internet, you have POTS, SOIL and SEEDS to start a tray of wildflowers. Get out the directions and see if it is time to start sprouting these plants in your area !! DIG IT !