Missouris Natural Heritage Fall Midterm

Name: ______Michelle Kim________

1. List 5 minor edits (typos, grammatical corrections, etc.) that youve made to the MNH page
(http://pages.wustl.edu/mnh).

a. Come Explore Missouris Natural Heritage (main page, first paragraph): Beyond the
riverine lowland where St. Louis and Washington University sit, lie -> Beyond the riverine lowland, where St.
Louis and Washington University sit, lie

b. Maple Tree Tapping for Syrup (first paragraph): Stan picked out three sugar maple trees on
campus for us to tap, two on Wallace Dr. going through the South 40, and one near the intersection of Forsyth and
Wallace. -> to tap: two on Wallace Dr. going through the South 40 and one near the intersection

c. Maple Tree Tapping for Syrup (first paragraph): We drilled a hole in each tree about 2-3 inches
deep and hammered the tap (basically just a long metal tube that was open on both ends) -> hammered the
tap (a long metal tube that was open on both ends)

d. Maple Tree Tapping for Syrup (last line): They have lots of information on tapping trees and good
resources to get started! -> They have a lot of information

e. Hawn State Park (second paragraph): As weve discussed in class, this is fairly unusual given the
general lack of metamorphic rock in Missouri -> As weve discussed in class, this is fairly unusual, given the
general lack
Its a point of diffusion that syncretizes Ozark and prairie regions -> Ozark and prairie regions.

f. Edibles of Missouri: Another important note: although -> Another important note: Although
Added periods to end of sentences.
-> Lastly consumption.
-> Tolerance Test.
-> Wait 60 minutes.
-> to eat.
-> 1-800-222-1222.

2. List 5 minor additions that youve made to the MNH page.

a. I added four words: magma, lava, in situ, and freeze-thaw weathering to the Glossary,
which Dean Smith noted during our trip to Elephant Rocks.

b. Added entry of my topic of concentration for this semester: herons, bitterns, and egrets
of Missouri (outline of the page).

c. Added five words from the first reading about Cahokia Mounds to the glossary: biotic
potential, megafauna, niche construction, resilience, transplanting.
I also removed the Glossary tag that linked to a page with only the first two words and
made the format of all the words consistent (added a period to definitions that didnt have
a period).
 d. Added a bio of myself in the Explorers page under Class of 2020.

e. Added 2016-2017 heading to Pictures to create a space where we can start uploading
photos.

3. List the significant additions that youve made to the MNH page.

a. I added twelve words relating to volcanoes in the glossary, using my notes from the
article about Missouris Volcanoes as well as the vocabulary list we compiled in class
(before our trip with Dean Smith): ash-fall tuffs, ash flow tuffs, flood scar, granite,
igneous rock, lava flow rock, Missouri Division of Geology and Land Study, metamorphic
rock, pyroclastic flow, rhyolite, sedimentary rock, volcanic caldera.

b. Wrote article and added page in Field Guides, Guide to Studying Geologic Rock in the
Field, based on what Dean Smith taught us during our trip to Elephant Rocks and
Johnsons Shut-Ins. Five tips/steps to take and explanations of why they are significant
aspects of the rock.