Module: SAS 4113 Environment Analysis Name: Lee Ka Man (English) 李嘉雯 (Chinese) Group no.: 1 Class: AS114103/A1 Date: 24/5/2013 Assignment 1 –Tutorial Questions on Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) Experiment 1. What is the function of using KHP in the COD test? (2 marks) KHP is used as a control standard because KHP is stable pure organic compounds which have the theoretical value of COD(500ppm)‚ so it can used to gain an idea of
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Environmental issues We all know that there are already some cities in the country that implements the city ordinance for not using any plastics and Styrofoam. Cities like antipolo‚ Marikina‚ cainta‚ quezon city‚ and mandaluyong are only some that has this ordinance. Questions are bugging us out on why does the legislators keeps on concentrating on issue like rh bill that was already passed. And now they’re about to bring up the divorce law. Knowing and seeing that our country seeks environmental
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firewood‚ animal manure‚ crop residues and waste (Department of Environmental Protection‚ 2009). A non-renewable source is one that can not be replenished in a short period of time (California Energy Commission‚ 2006). Non-renewable sources are also known as fossil fuels. These fossil fuels are "thought to have been formed from the buried remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago" (Department of Environmental Protection‚ 2009). Fossil fuels consist of oil‚ natural gas‚ coal
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Indian Ocean‚ killing nearly a quarter of a million people. — FBI initiates Operation Backfire - an anti-terrorist law enforcement operation against "Eco-Radicals." 2005 — Hurricanes Katrina‚ Rita‚ and Wilma cause widespread destruction and environmental harm to coastal communities in the US Gulf Coast region. — The Kyoto Protocol came into force on February 16 following ratification by Russia on November 18‚ 2004. 2006 — Former U.S. vice president Al Gore releases An Inconvenient Truth‚ a documentary
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Environmental Science and Human Population Worksheet 1. What would you include in a brief summary on the history of the modern environmental movement‚ from the 1960s to the present? Since 1960 to present it seems our Earth has been increasing in population faster than in prior years although it seems to have a steady flow it still increasing rapidly compared to the 1800’s or so. But since then we have also seen changes to our technology which has had a great impact on our ecosystem for
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Social Impact Assesment of Hatirjheel Begunbari Canal Project .Origin of the Task This report is the outcome of a research work to fulfill the Course requirement. As stated by the honorable course instructor Niaz Ahmed Khan‚ I am assigned to prepare a Social Impact Assessment Report on “Hatirjheel-Begunbari Canal Project” under the Project Management course. .Background Economic development projects brought innumerable benefits but also had unintended detrimental effects on people
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Troposhere: The layer of Earth’s atmosphere from the surface to about 10 miles in altitude. Tropopause: the boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere aboce. Well mixed and is the site and source of our weather. Primary recipient of air pollutants. Stratosphere: The layer of Earth’s atmosphere between 10 miles and 40 miles above the surface that contains the ozone shield. Mixes only slowly; pollutants that enter it remain for long periods of time. Weather: The day-to-day variations
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June 9‚ 2013 Environmental Geography: American companies have migrated most of their manufacturing jobs to foreign countries where it is cheaper to do business‚ this effects the United States‚ gradually we fall behind when competing economically in the global market. One controversial aspect that the book also notes is about this is Global to local connections‚ when call centers will go to developing countries and give jobs to the locals who speak English for a cheaper wage. Population
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are isolated from food products and air (Holt‚ 530). Micrococcus can generally be found anywhere that has been contacted by soil and air. Since the water fountain was outside and exposed to air‚ the unknown isolate can relate to the Micrococcus environmental characteristics. From this work we conclude that when working this specific unknown isolate it compares to members of the Micrococcus genus. Introduction Environment isolation of an organism involves identifying the morphology‚ types of media
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Environmental Law; BP &Deepwater Drilling BP P.L.C. is a company that has been in the energy business for more than a century. This corporation has been improving its operations in different parts of the world thanks to its constant research‚ and it has become a world leader as an oil and gas producer. Also‚ it is one of the pioneers in deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico‚ and it is the largest lease holder in the United States with more than 650 lease blocks in waters greater than 1‚250 feet
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