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Date:

A. Circle the best answer for each of the following and add comments if you would like.

1. Do you like science?
   

   No, not much	Sometimes	Usually	Yes, a lot
   Comments:

2. Is learning science easy for you?
   

   No, not much	Sometimes	Usually	Yes
   Comments:

B. Please answer the following questions as best as you can.

3. What is biodiversity?

    

    

4. Do you know of any methods that a scientist might use to find out about biodiversity?

    

    

5. List the plants and animals you would probably find in each of the following:
    
• A meadow:
   
   
   
• An oak woodland:
   
   
   
• A riparian (stream bank) habitat:
   
   
   
• A redwood forest:
   
   
   
6. Below is a sample of a kind of map that is very useful for doing field work. The letters on the map correspond to the questions below.
    
1. — What do these lines tell us?
    
    
2. — What does it mean when the lines are close together?
    
    
3. — What does it mean when the lines are farther apart?
    
    
4. — What does this dashed line represent?
    
    
5. — What does this dark line (blue on a color map) represent?
    
    
6. — Can you identify this symbol?
    
    
7. — Fill in the blank: This is the __________ point on the map.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Paste in topo map here]

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. What would you use this map for?