damage trees. Drought or unusual temperature patterns might also be a factor. Also the sunlight beaming on the trees‚ with no water it causes them to die. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 3 Limestone‚ an underlying material for many soils‚ dissolves and corrodes when exposed to high concentrations of hydrogen ions. How is this information important in understanding the effects of acid precipitation? Acid rain can cause the loss
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Bio Lab 1 Scientific Method Introduction The scientific method in action‚ designing and Performancing and experiment does thumb diameter‚ length or write diameter’s have an effect on the overall chance of winning a thumb wrestling match? In this investigation‚ we will develop a hypothesis based on physical data collected and test the hypothesis. Material Thumb‚ Ruler‚ Metric ruler Procedure 1. Measure the circumference of the thumb‚ in centimeters‚ at its widest point. Record this data in
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BIS 102 Dr. Monfared Elastase and How It’s Giving You Wrinkles Enzymes encompass our lives by carrying out various processes that have both negative and positive effects on our bodies‚ and the aging of our skin is no exception. In BIS 102‚ Dr. Monfared emphasizes the importance of enzymes and its varied functions that make biological processes achievable. As a result‚ these biological catalysts allow life to take place by reducing the activation energy
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Bio Lab Report Erica Patterson September 10‚2013 Intro to cellular and molecular Biology Lab Abstract: In the Biology Laboratory Manual by Darrell S. Vodopich and Randy Moore are results to a similar experiment. The studied the hypothesis of carbon dioxide production by yeast fed sugar is not significantly different than the carbon dioxide production by the yeast fed in protein. Their hypothesis is the one that has helped formulate ours. We also will be answering the same to questions “What
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NRES 102 Assignment 3 Renewable energy sources are vital to the survival of our population as well as saving the environment. Fossil Fuels are going to run out‚ it is inevitable‚ so more needs to be done to increase the utilization of renewable energy. One of our main sources of energy is oil. There is only a finite amount though‚ and even though we only started using it around the 1900s‚ it will all be gone around 2100. This gives us time to learn more about renewable sources‚ but in the end the
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IB Bio HL Sarah Maybury Sex and the Single Guppy – a investigation Research Question: How does the colour of a guppy affect the population size with 30 acra and 30 rivulus as predators over 8 generations of oberservation? Independent Variable: The colour of the guppy and the concentration of that colour in the river. Dependent Variable: The population of guppies left after 8 generations of being in the specific
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Lab Report Microscopic Study: Investigating Osmosis in Red Blood Cells Lab Report Investigating Osmosis in Red Blood Cells Introduction: The flow of water across a permeable membrane is called osmosis‚ and during this process‚ water moves down its concentration gradient. A solution surrounding a cell is hypertonic if it contains more solute particles than the inside of the cell‚ and the water will move out of the cell into the surrounding hypertonic solution by osmosis. If the solution
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Introduction: This investigation used spectroscopy to evaluate light absorption in different solutions. A spectrophotometer was used in the lab to determine these values. A spectrophotometer is an apparatus used to “measure the absorption of radiation in the visible and UV regions of the spectrum and allows precise at a particular wave length” (Jones et al.‚ 2007). The amount of light absorbed by a substance is directly in relation to the concentration of the solute and also the wavelength moving
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General Biology I‚ Fall 2011 Lab Report 3 Name: Luan Nguyen Date: 11-30-11 Lab: Gel Electrophoresis Purpose of this lab: In this laboratory investigation‚ students will analyze hypothetical human DNA using restriction endonucleases and gel electrophoresis to match samples from a crime scene to a suspect. Introduction: Your analysis unit will use gel electrophoresis to determine the guilty party. Electrophoresis is a technology in science that allows an individual to separate
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Biology Laboratory Report MEASURING RATE OF WATER UPTAKE BY A PLANT SHOOT USING A POTOMETER Introduction All plants need salts minerals‚ water‚ CO2 and O2. To fulfill their requirements different plants use different ways. Lower plants use diffusion‚ however higher plants use vascular tissue that is located in the middle of the root and in the vascular bundles in the stem. The transpiration is the important process in the plant. The main reason is that transportation
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