BIOS 105 - Environmental Biology – Dr. Stephen Malcolm.

Lee Honors College, Fall 2004 (28 September 2004)

Bonus point opportunity 1 (5 points):

Name:__________________________________________________________

Based on your trip to South Manitou Island explain the following environmental issues:

1. Why do very large white cedars still exist on the island?

2. Is “pitcher’s thistle” to baseball players what “swimmers itch” is to water sports. If not, what is it and why is it rare?

3. What is a piping plover and what is its problem on the island?

4. Why was Russian rye grown on South Manitou and who grew it?

5. Why are there so many chipmunks (micro bears) on the island?

For credit please hand in this completed sheet with your name by Tuesday, 5 October 2004.