AP Environmental Science 9 October 2012 My Carbon Story Hey there guys! My name is carbon. I am made up of one C‚ a carbon molecule‚ and two O‚ oxygen molecules. I have been hanging out at the deep-water bar and grill for over three hundred and eighty years. And while I was in the town of rock bottom there was a fun amusement park ride called “lift em’ up” that comes into town once every couple of million years. The best part is that the ride last for millions of years as well! Once I rose to
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days in the lab will be used to practice with collecting bare footprints from different individuals using the bare footprint reagent cream. To get access to the lab‚ a Practical Risk Assessment must be made (see appendix I)‚ and three Health & Safety courses must be completed (see appendix II). After practicing with collecting bare footprints‚ the study starts with collecting footprints from six specific participants‚ whose footprints have already been collected by two other investigators. The participants
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The word “pollute” means to destroy the purity of things. Pollution means is the contamination of air‚ soil or water by the discharge of harmful substances. There are different types of pollutions in the environment which has harmful effects. Every type of pollution has its own causes and consequences. The main types of pollution are Water Pollution‚ Air Pollution‚ Soil Pollution‚ Thermal Pollution‚ Radioactive Pollution‚ Noise Pollution and Light Pollution. All these pollution are collectively
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Ecological Footprint Comparison 1. Go to one of these sites and complete the form and find your footprint. 1.9 hectares. 2. Go to one other site and do the same. 4.4 hectares. 3. Compare the result. Compare the question they ask and the biases if any. The first site compare to the second is more complex. However‚ the question is all base on the same‚ but the first test is more specific. The result from second site is 2 times more from the first site. They are all focus on pollution absorption
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done your research‚ state in parentheses ( ) the author of the source that helped you decide on your hypothesis. [Remember to write the full source at the end in the Works Cited list.] My prediction is that the Artic Ice will change state into water much more rapidly. This is because the world’s emissions of greenhouse gases are increasing especially C02‚ which gives a big impact to the world climate to change. Since C02 is a greenhouse gas this means that when C02 exits the atmosphere some
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STRUCTURAL MATERIAL: CARBON FIBER Carbon Fiber is a structural material of graphite which is an allotrope of carbon. Therefore Carbon Fibre consists of carbon atoms in an atomic structure similar to Graphite. Carbon Fibre is composed of filament threads and within these threads are an accumulation of thousands of fine Carbon filaments. A filament has a diameter of approximately 5-10 micrometers. (Madehow‚ 2012) Due to the substantial stability in bonding between Graphite and Carbon Fiber the structure
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Carbon dioxide is both a vital requirement for producers – the first organisms in any food chain‚ and at times a dangerous waste product. Where plants use carbon dioxide during the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis‚ at night they also produce small quantities due to respiration. Fundamentally‚ carbon dioxide reacts with ribulose bisphosphate to produce glycerate 3-phosphate in the light independent reaction. In turn glycerate3-phosphate is reduced to triose phosphate using reduced NADP
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government announced a framework to implement a Carbon Tax from July 1‚ 2012 has triggered an intense controversy among the Australian citizens. The term “Carbon tax” refers to an environmental tax that polluters will pay per ton of carbon they release into the atmosphere. This essay will argue that carbon taxes should not be introduced in Australia due to inefficacy‚ financial burdens and better actions to protect environment. First of all‚ implementing carbon taxes would not do anything to solve the
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endangered by the rise in temperatures and carbon levels. It was then that Carla‚ a carbon atom was born at the Sahara desert. At night‚ Carla and her friends went outside to watch the stars peacefully. It had never occurred to them that the night would bring a sudden kidnap. All of Carla’s friends and Carla were attached to two oxygen atoms. Unfortunately‚ Carla fainted during the kidnap so when she woke up‚ she took the surprise of no longer being carbon but carbon dioxide. Carla then turned around and
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Is deforestation the cause of climate change? A. The forest can provide many different products. 1. Consumers use these products everyday ● Cost of products increasing 2. Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere ● Most trees hold in the carbon dioxide 3. Changes in the ecosystem ● loss of trees mean higher risk of disasters. II. Rain forest are slowly vanishing B. “Slash and Burn” process. 1. Many farmers are following
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