Assessment 1A Virtual Field Trip Questions
(10% of the course mark)
Due Friday 17 June 23.59
Short answers to the following four questions in no more than 150 words per question
(maximum total 600 words):
Format: Lay out your answers in the same way as the template.
1. What are the main differences you notice between the Whangapaoa (alkali
chloride) hot spring and the Lower Te Kopia (acid sulphate) hot spring in look and
temperature?
Answer:





2. What are the differences between the life that exists in the Whangapaoa hot
spring and in the Lower Te Kopia hot springs, and why do you think those
differences are present?
Answer:




3. What differences do you notice between the microbial mats in the main discharge
channel of the Whangapaoa hot spring in the wet season and the secondary
discharge channel in the dry season? (Hint: Consider what might happen with the
microbial communities when the dry channel becomes wet again).
Answer:




4. What are the differences between the life that prefers the hot vent pool and the
life that prefers the cooler areas? (Hint: Consider aspects such as
hyperthermophiles, prokaryotes and eukaryotes).
Answer:






Marking rubric
HD DN CR PS FL
Displays
outstanding
critical and
analytical
thinking in
relation to the
VFT hot spring
environments.


Displays
excellent
critical and
analytical
thinking in
relation to the
VFT hot spring
environments.
Displays some
critical and
analytical
thinking but
more
descriptive
than
analytical in
relation to the
VFT hot
springs.
Descriptive only
and missing more
than several key
aspects in the
questions being
asked about the
VFT hot spring
environments.
Evident the
student needs
more work on the
VFT and students
with 4 or less out
of 10 should ask
for assistance
from me.