National Parks Webquest
a. According to the segment, what is a park’s purpose? A park's purpose is to preserve the natural's wonder and history.
b. What types of environments were among those shown and described in the segment? Caves, volcanoes, Grand Canyon, valleys, and mountains.
c. In what ways do those environments compare to your idea of a “park”? A park is an area with large green area in a town, used for recreational purposes. While the national park is a park used for conservation purposes.
d. Which of those environments would you like to know more about? I would like to learn more about the Grand Canyon.
Park Profile Location(State and Region
(formal or informal)
Park borders (area)
Size of the park (acres)
Climate
Landforms
Vegetation
Wildlife
Visitors per year
Most popular visitor sites
History of development (movement)
Changes in landscape over time
(human-environment interaction)
a. According to the segment, what is a park’s purpose? A park's purpose is to preserve the natural's wonder and history.
b. What types of environments were among those shown and described in the segment? Caves, volcanoes, Grand Canyon, valleys, and mountains.
c. In what ways do those environments compare to your idea of a “park”? A park is an area with large green area in a town, used for recreational purposes. While the national park is a park used for conservation purposes.
d. Which of those environments would you like to know more about? I would like to learn more about the Grand Canyon.
Park Profile Location(State and Region
(formal or informal)
- Channel Island, Ventura, California
Park borders (area)
Size of the park (acres)
Climate
Landforms
Vegetation
Wildlife
- Size of the park(acres)- 249,354
- Climate- Temperatures are mostly in the mid 60's and low 50's. In the winter it is in the upper 60's.
- Landforms- The park consists of 5 islands(San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Anacapa, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz).
- Vegetation- Grasslands, chaparral, island oak woodlands, mixed hardwood woodlands, pine stands, and riparian areas.
- Wildlife- Sea lions, whales, dolphins, Island fox, Island deer mouse, Southern alligator lizard
Visitors per year
Most popular visitor sites
History of development (movement)
Changes in landscape over time
(human-environment interaction)
- Visitors per year- 434,107 people visited the Islands in 2005.
- Most popular visitor sites- Santa Cruz Islands, Sea Caves, National Marine Sancturay, East Anacapa Loop Trail.
- History of development(movement)- Cabrillo forced the native Chumash to leave their ancient land for the Spanish King and Queen in 1542. In 1932, the US Coast Guard constructed a light station.
- Changes in landscape over time- In 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt included a one-mile area around the islands.