Data Analysis Does radiation affect the growth of seeds? If‚ plant seeds are exposed to microwave radiation‚ then the seeds will grow less than how a seed is usually grown. The independent variable was the amount of microwave radiation the seeds receive. The dependent variable was the growth of the plant seeds. Control variables were the amount of water (30 mL at a time)‚ the amount of light (11 hours each day)‚ and the amount of seeds. The control group was the non-microwaved seeds. The experimental
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An adaptive radiation was defined by Schluter (2000)‚ as "the evolution of ecological diversity‚ within a rapidly multiplying lineage". Species can go through an adaptive radiation (involving a diversification of that species)‚ in response to having invaded a vacant ecological niche. It is thought the ability to do this‚ can be attributed to one or more key innovations developed by this species (i.e. the species has developed a new key innovation’‚ which makes it possible to invade new niche‚ that
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Light Absorption by Photosynthetic Pigments in Silver Beet Abstract The aim of the experiment was to determine the absorption of differing wavelengths of light by individual pigments in the vegetable silver beet. Pigments were extracted from silver beet leaves and separated into chlorophyll a‚ chlorophyll b‚ and carotene via chromatographs. Chlorophylls were then separated and an absorption spectra created using results obtained from a spectrophotometer. It was clear there were two distinct peaks
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Jacque Lazarus NT 1310 Unit 7 Exercise 1 Fiber Optics –Definitions Crosstalk – Electronics undesired signals or sounds‚ as of voices‚ in a telephone or other communications device as a result of coupling between transmission circuits. Waveguides - A system of material boundaries in the form of a solid dielectric rod or dielectric-filled tubular conductor capable of guiding high-frequency electromagnetic waves. FTTH – Fiber-to-the-home the fiber reaches the boundary of the living space
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It’s all around us. Radiation is categorized into two groups: ionizing‚ and non-ionizing. Ionizing radiation consists of particles‚ gamma rays‚ or X-rays with sufficient energy to create ionization in the medium it passes through. It has enough energy so that while an interaction with an atom takes place it can withdraw tightly bound electrons from an atom‚ thus making the atom charged or ionized. It includes alpha particles‚ beta particles‚ and gamma rays. Ionizing radiation has made a large impact
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Comparison of side effects‚ limitations and risks. For the both ionising and non-ionising radiation there are many side effects‚ risks and limitations. In ionising radiation‚ there is a risk of cell mutation which can result in developing cancer if there is overexposure of the radiation to the patient’s. In the worst state this radiation can result in death. This type of radiation is not recommended to the groups of people like children‚ pregnant women or the elderly as it will expose them to higher
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does natural UVB radiation impact on the marine life? Ultraviolet-B radiation‚ also known as UVB‚ is a type of ultraviolet radiation forming a part of the electromagnetic spectrum (6). It is produced by high temperature surfaces in a continuous spectrum with the primary natural source being the sun. UVB radiation is harmful to living organisms and is only partially absorbed by the ozone layer of lower stratosphere(6). And due to ozone depletion in the recent decades‚ more UVB radiation reaches the surface
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Impact of Aerosols on Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Photochemical Smog R. R. Dickerson*‚ S. Kondragunta‚ G. Stenchikov‚ K. L. Civerolo‚ B. G. Doddridge‚ B. N. Holben ABSTRACT Photochemical smog‚ or ground-level ozone‚ has been the most recalcitrant of air pollution problems‚ but reductions in emissions of sulfur and hydrocarbons may yield unanticipated benefits in air quality. While sulfate and some organic aerosol particles scatter solar radiation back into space and can cool Earth ’s surface
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Effects of the Bottleneck and the Founders effect Cecil Smith GS102 Grantham University Online The bottleneck effect happens when something of a great devastation has happened‚ causing a great amount of people to lose their lives and leave behind very few people at the most. The bottleneck effect happens at random and can kill of a whole population and with it can also wipe out the gene pool by doing so. An example of the bottleneck effect would be something like a tsunami‚ or an earthquake‚ which
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GREENHOUSE EFFECTS IntroductionThe greenhouse effect is a process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases‚ and is re-radiated in all directions. Since part of this re-radiation is back towards the surface and the lower atmosphere‚ it results in an elevation of the average surface temperature above what it would be in the absence of the gases.[1][2] Solar radiation at the frequencies of visible light largely passes through the atmosphere to
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