TITLE Lab #4 Soil –vs- Water Microbiology INTRODUCTION There are 4 learning goals for this lab: 1. Collect samples and compile data from at least 2 sources (soil; water) of your choice. 2. Identify at least 2 Prokaryotes (bacteria) and 2 Eukaryotes (fungus) in your samples. 3. Research the importance of bacteria and fungus to Earth in a non-medical context. 4. Compile a high-quality‚ 3+ resource (excluding the lab worksheet)‚ MLA-cited in-text laboratory report using the scientific method
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Soil Porosity & Density Objective: To determine if the porosity of soil is related to the density. Hypothesis: I think that that the porosity of soil is related to the density because the higher the density of the sand the lower the porosity of the sand‚ which are both componets for the water to rise. Materials: • Sand and Loam samples • 2 large containers • Plastic cups • Water • Scale Procedure: Loam 1) The loam without the water was fresh ‚ it had different shades of black‚ and
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Plastic Pollution Introduction The world population is living‚ working‚ vacationing‚ increasingly conglomerating along the coasts‚ and standing on the front row of the greatest‚ most unprecedented‚ plastic waste tide ever faced. Washed out on our coasts in obvious and clearly visible form‚ the plastic pollution spectacle blatantly unveiling on our beaches is only the prelude of the greater story that unfolded further away in the the world’s oceans‚ yet mostly originating from where we stand: the
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Environment protection Agency shows that every nearly 40‚000 children in India are affected by respiratory diseases caused by the growth of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Air pollutants are continually poisoning our bones and the most susceptible to pollution are children below five years and elderly persons above 50 years. In general‚ those who have hyper-responsiveness to the presence of pollutants are bit harder than others. Air pollutants increase the risk of lung disease in asthma patients. Women
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conflicts in the South Durban Basin: Integrating residents’ perceptions and concerns resulting from air pollution Jyoti Jaggernath* Abstract With a complex mix of large scale industries and major transport networks‚ the South Durban Basin (SDB) residential area has been subjected to a considerable amount of environmental impacts and conflicts. A major concern in the area is the effects of air pollution on human health and ecology that are caused by the emissions of unacceptable levels of toxins‚ chemical
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION Environmental pollution is one of the biggest problems the world faces today. It is an issue that troubles us economically‚ physically and everyday in our lives. Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that causes adverse change. Pollutants‚ the components of pollution‚ can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants We all live on earth which‚ is but a planet‚ – and the only planet known to have an environment
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clothing‚ packaging‚ automobiles‚ electronics‚ aircrafts‚ medical supplies‚ and recreational items. The list could go on and on and it is obvious that much of what we have today would not be possible without plastics. Introdution of plastic pollution Plastic is one of the few new chemical materials which pose environmental problem. Polyethylene‚ polyvinyl chloride‚ polystyrene is largely used in the manufacture of plastics. Synthetic polymers are easily molded into complex shapes‚ have high
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Vehicle Pollution Introduction Urban areas - both developed and developing countries‚ this predominately mobile or vehicular pollution that contributes to air quality problems. All motor vehicles exhaust fumes coming out of the tailpipe when the engine is running mostly through the air pollution issue. Tailpipe emissions of vehicle engines burning fuel‚ the products are emitted from vehicle exhaust system. Vehicular pollution is the worst thing about that as vehicular emissions at ground
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------------------------------------------------- Service quality Continuity of supply In 2004‚ water supply was available on average for 18 hours each day in the West Zone of Metro Manila and 21 hours in the East Zone. According to their respective websites‚ the utility responsible for water supply in the East Zone of Metro Manila increased 24-hour water from 26% in 1997 to 98% in 2007‚ whereas in the West Zone‚ 42% of the customers had an uninterrupted supply in 2007. In a 2004 sample of 45
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excess nutrients from algal cell death and decomposition. Fish and shellfish kills have been reported‚ because toxins climb the food chain after small fish consume copepods‚ then large fish eat smaller fish‚ etc. Each successive step up the food chain causes a stepwise concentration of pollutants such as heavy metals (e.g. mercury) and persistent organic pollutants such as DDT. This is known as biomagnification‚ which is occasionally used interchangeably with bioaccumulation. A polluted river draining
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