Biosphere Lab Report A biosphere can be defined a lot of different ways. Our interpretation of a biosphere is the area in which life can be contained within. In the case of the earth‚ it means as high as a bird can fly and as deep as fish can swim in the ocean. A biosphere is a closed system that has a constant flow of energy between the organisms living within it and it needs nothing outside of itself but sunlight to continue to be sustained. At the University of Arizona‚ they attempted to build
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Genetically Modified Organisms INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this lab was to identify if non-labeled food products are actually genetically modified foods. Before we could begin testing this theory we first had to gain an understanding about genetically modified organisms in general. This was rather easy because if you have been to any grocery store lately you have without a doubt seen products with labels saying "GMO-free" or even "contains only non-GMO ingredients." GMO actually stands for
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INTRODUCTION: Carboxylic acids are organic acids characterized by the presence of a carboxyl group‚ -COOH. This acid acts as a weak acid‚ which can react with a strong base. Carboxylic acids form hydrogen bonds with many water molecules and are more soluble with one to four carbon atoms. Also‚ it may have an R group that consist of hydrogen or an alkyl group that changes its water solubility. Carboxylic acids with low molecular weight have odor at room temperature and higher molecular weight
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Wanni Lin Biology 110 March 2‚ 2015 DNA Lab BACKGROUND In this laboratory experiment‚ students were introduced to DNA electrophoresis. DNA electrophoresis is an instrument that many forensic scientists use to get a DNA fingerprint as an evidence for crimes. Not only can it be used for forensic science‚ people can use this for paternity test‚ as well as look for evolutionary relationships among organisms. Agarose is used to make the gel that the DNA fragments are going into. Since DNA particles are
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IONIC COMPOUNDS In chemistry‚ an ionic compound is a chemical compound in which ions are held together in a lattice structure by ionic bonds. Usually‚ the positively charged portion consists of metal cations and the negatively charged portion is an anion or polyatomic ion. Ions in ionic compounds are held together by the electrostatic forcesbetween oppositely charged bodies. Ionic compounds have high melting and boiling points‚ and they are hard and very brittle. Ions can be single atoms‚ as the sodium and chlorine in
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CHN analyses were carried out on a Perkin Elmer 2400 Elemental Analyser. The elemental and spectral analyses of synthesized compounds have been carried out at SAIF Punjab University‚ Chandigarh. The purity of compounds was checked on thin layers of silica gel in various non-aqueous solvent systems‚ e.g. benzene: ethylacetate (9:1)‚ benzene: ethylacetate (8:2). Molecular weight determinations were carried out by the Rast
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1984. Uptake of particles by the ciliate Tetrahymena. In: Harris‚ C.L. (ed.) Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching. Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE). Wheatley‚ D.‚ Rasmussen‚ L.‚ & Tiedtke‚ A. (1994). My favourite cell: Tetrahymena: A model for growth‚ cell cycle and nutritional studies‚ with biotechnological potential. Bioessays‚ 367-372. Elde‚ N.‚ Morgan‚ G.‚ Winey
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Purpose The purpose of this laboratory is three fold: 1. Familiarize the student with the concept and meaning of pH 2. Provide the student experience in measuring pH a. pH testing paper 3. Test the student’s hypothesis as it related to the pH of common solutions Hypothesis The pH of the tested solutions will be in the order of the following according to a pH scale: 1. Lime juice 2. Orange juice 3. Soda 4. Iced Tea 5. Milk 6. Water 7. Soapy water Material Required To facilitate
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Corte Madera Scientific Report Abstract I examine how rising or falling tide can affect the water level of Corte Madera Salt Marsh in this report. The data is from Wednesday (June 19th) and Thursday (June 20th). My hypothesis is that tide and water level have positive relationship. From the result‚ I learn that the water level and tide have positive relationship. However‚ when tide changes its direction‚ the water level is likely to stay or little change. Introduction On June 19th‚ my
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Effects of habitat characteristics on nest predation and nest-site selection. (J Wildl. Manage. 53: 129-137.) Burke‚ D‚ M (2004). “Patterns of nest predation on artificial and natural nests in forests” . (Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. Vol. 18‚ no. 2‚ 2004. Blackwell Science. p 381-388) Kathryn E. Sieving "Nest predation and avian species diversity in northwestern forest understory". Ecology. FindArticles.com. 27 Apr‚ 2011. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2120/is_n7_v79/ai_21231384/
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