Environmental Science Ia
How has Human Activity impacted positively or negatively on species diversity?
NAME OF CANDIDATE:
CENTRE NUMBER:
NAME OF SCHOOL:
TOPIC: Species Diversity
TEACHER:
DATE SUBMITTED:
Environmental Science Internal Assessment 2012
Caribbean Advanced Profiency Examination
Table of Contents Pages * MAP : Study area in Relation to Trinidad 3 * Site Visits 4 * Laboratory Exercise 8 * Introduction 25 * Problem Statement * Purpose of Project * Methods of Data Collection * Literature Review 26 * Presentation and Analysis of Data 27 * Discussion of Findings 40 * Conclusion and Recommendations 41 * Bibliography 43 * Appendix 44
MAP : Study area in Relation to Trinidad
Site Visits
Entry Number- 1
Date – 25th of November 2011
Site Location- WildFlower Park Objective - To investigate how human activity positively or negatively impacted on the species diversity in WildFlower Park, North-west Trinidad. Activities- At this site we did a vegetation survey, faunal survey soil testing, air quality measurements and slope measurements. * Vegetation Survey- a survey was done of the vegetation at the site. Quadrats were tossed randomly within the site area. The vegetation within each quadrat was counted individually and recorded on our Vegetation Data Sheets. * Soil Testing- within each quadrat we dug up small quantities of the soil using small shovels. We then used our hands to examine the texture of the soil. Then a description of the soil content was recorded on Data Sheets. * Faunal Survey-while examining the soil; the number of
NAME OF CANDIDATE:
CENTRE NUMBER:
NAME OF SCHOOL:
TOPIC: Species Diversity
TEACHER:
DATE SUBMITTED:
Environmental Science Internal Assessment 2012
Caribbean Advanced Profiency Examination
Table of Contents Pages * MAP : Study area in Relation to Trinidad 3 * Site Visits 4 * Laboratory Exercise 8 * Introduction 25 * Problem Statement * Purpose of Project * Methods of Data Collection * Literature Review 26 * Presentation and Analysis of Data 27 * Discussion of Findings 40 * Conclusion and Recommendations 41 * Bibliography 43 * Appendix 44
MAP : Study area in Relation to Trinidad
Site Visits
Entry Number- 1
Date – 25th of November 2011
Site Location- WildFlower Park Objective - To investigate how human activity positively or negatively impacted on the species diversity in WildFlower Park, North-west Trinidad. Activities- At this site we did a vegetation survey, faunal survey soil testing, air quality measurements and slope measurements. * Vegetation Survey- a survey was done of the vegetation at the site. Quadrats were tossed randomly within the site area. The vegetation within each quadrat was counted individually and recorded on our Vegetation Data Sheets. * Soil Testing- within each quadrat we dug up small quantities of the soil using small shovels. We then used our hands to examine the texture of the soil. Then a description of the soil content was recorded on Data Sheets. * Faunal Survey-while examining the soil; the number of
Bibliography: * Zahran, M.A. (1982). Ecology of the halophytic vegetation of Egypt. Tasks for vegetation Science, Vol