BIOMAGNIFICATION LAB REPORT AIM The aim of this lab is to model bioaccumulation and biomagnification through a food chain. MATERIALS 100 M&M’s Paper towel to lay M&M’s on 20 small cups labelled “zooplankton” 5 medium cups labelled “minnow” 2 larger cups - one labelled “eel #1”‚ and another labelled “eel #2” 1 bowl labelled “osprey” PROCEDURE The pile of M&M’s represents the phytoplankton population in a lake. The printed “M” on the candy represents the amount of DDT (in ppm)
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Biomagnification speech DESRIPTION OF THE ISSUE Biomagnification is the accumulation of substances‚ especially many chlorinated hydrocarbons that are used as pesticides. Common chlorinated hydrocarbons include DDT‚ dieldrin‚ and PCBs. These chemicals are insoluble in water‚ but highly soluble in organic solvents like animal fats and plant oils. Due to their insolubility‚ they are persistent in the environment and cannot be broken down by any natural processes. HISTORY OF THE PROBLEM DDT was first
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Interpretation of Data When looking at my results i can safely say that the change in HCl concentration does affect the rate of reaction with the Calcium carbonate pebbles. The relationship between the change in HCl and reaction rate can be seen in the graph and raw data table presented above. If you compare the lowest concentration with the highest concentration you’d be able to see that there is a very large contrast between their averages. The average gas production of 0.1M HCl was 0.00693 kPa/s
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Hand-out 3: Market Concentration Specification Market concentration. Definition “’Market concentration’ is the degree to which the output of an industry is dominated by its largest producers.” In other words‚ how many of the sales in the market are accounted for by the biggest firms in that market. Firm Sales (£m) % Market Share A 56 B 43 C 22 D 12 E 3 F 1 Total 100% Calculate the 3 firm concentration ratio of this market. 3 firm concentration ratio = __________________________________________________________
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Compson family to represent the decaying south. “The Sound and the Fury” takes place in Mississippi after the civil war. During this time the south was changing drastically. Certain values and cultures that were once important became less and less important to southern people: “In the present generation… the Old South is nothing more than a memory‚ and the transgressions of moral limits that once offended the older generation are increasingly becoming the inescapable reality” (Gebhart 3). The Compson
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of independence and survival‚ while deciphering what is essential in their fight for life: remaining civil‚ or resorting to savagery. Golding uses two of his main characters‚ Ralph and Jack‚ to symbolize a sense of civilness and savagery. Ralph represents civilization in the
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The purpose of the experiment conducted was to observe if a higher concentration or lower concentration gradient would affect the diffusion rate of the iodine moving through the starch concentration. This was shown to be an accurate experiment as with a higher concentration gradient the diffusion that did occur happened a lot faster and diffused more efficiently compared to no iodine solution and just water. This is due to the molecular collisions speeding up the experiment in the time period given
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How does the concentration affect the rate of a reaction? 30/1/2012 By Alex Whenman Contents page 1. Introduction to my investigation 2. Background information on concentration 3. What experiment I will be conducting 4. Equipment I will be using 5. How I will be conducting the experiment 6. Heath and safety risk assessment 7. What I think will happen 8. How I will set up my experiment 9. Why I’m having my experiment set out like
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An investigation how sugar solutions of different concentrations affect osmosis. Research Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a partially permeable membrane from a dilute solution to one of a higher concentration. If a solution has a low concentration then the amount of (in the case of my investigation) sugar‚ the solute‚ will be low and the solution will be weak. If there is high amount of sugar then the solution will be concentrated (have a high concentration). When two solutions
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How does this text represent gender? The genre of this text is an advertisement and the audience would be females with who are between the ages of 18-30 and mainly who live in Newcastle. However this text is a dual purpose as the primary purpose would be to persuade to come and join “The gate” nightclub. And the secondary purpose would to entertain. This text uses many different and effective language techniques to represent the gender (in this case woman).One way in which this text uses language
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