Misc. Page Assignments

Assignments:

(a)  Gun-loving hunters started shooting creatures with plastic to help save the California Condor from extinction.  

(b)  Increased night flights into LAX contributed to the extinction of Owls in Los Angeles.

(c)  One of the most popular fish in Sacramento River restaurants is the locally caught winter-run Chinook Salmon.

(d)  The bigger the California Redwood, the more useless it becomes to loggers.

(e)  The first scientific exploration of the West, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, was instructed by President Jefferson to be on the lookout for woolly mammoths and giant sloths.

(f)  The most life-less, toxic piece of land in Los Angeles is on the west end of the LAX runways.

(g)  The only Grizzly Bear left in California is on the state flag.

(h)  The Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly owes it’s existence to the US Navy Defense Department.

(k)  The sudden migration of Golden Eagles to the Channel Islands provided the Island Fox with an important food source. 

(m)  While most ants are famous for waging war against other nests, the common ant of California would rather just get along with everyone.

Assessment Explanations:

1. What is your assumptions of the statements above and how strongly are you attached to those assumptions?
2. Is the statement logical or reasonable?
3. Can it be confirmed by another source?
4. Who is the original source and who profits from the statement?
5. How much of the statement is just propaganda?