Exploring the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

Student Handout #5: Virtual Tour & Introduction Questions.

 

Student Name(s) ______________________________                        Date  _________________________

 

Use the back of the page if you need more room to answer questions.

 

1) What can you tell from the snowpack graph on Page 11A? Is early February snowpack variable in the HBEF, or is it the same every year?

 

 

 

2) What is the best way to describe the overall ecosystem type found at the HBEF? Explain.

 

 

 

 

3) According to the graph on Page 4A, in April how much does it rain on average in Watershed 3?

 

 

 

4) Describe the type of bedrock commonly found throughout the HBEF.

 

 

 

 

5) How old are the majority of mature trees in the HBEF?  Why are they that old?

 

 

 

 

 

 

6) Why is there less calcium in the forest soil at the HBEF now than there was 50 years ago?

 

 

 

 

 

7) Describe two ways that Cone Pond and Mirror Lake are different from each other.