BIO 206 – Identifying Environmental Hazards
Name:
Date:
Instructor’s
Name:
Assignment: SCIE211
Phase 5 Lab Report
Title: Identifying
Environmental Hazards
Instructions:You
will write a 1-page lab report using the scientific method to answer the
following questions:
·
Why do you see increases and decreases in
the invasive species population?
·
What are the implications associated
with these alterations to the ecosystem as a whole?
When your lab
report is complete, post it in Submitted Assignment files.
Part I:Using
the lab animation, fill in the data table below to help you generate your
hypothesis, outcomes, and analysis.
Years
Zebra
and Quagga Mussel (density/m2)
Phytoplankton
(µg/ml)
Zooplankton
(µg/ml)
Cladophora Biomass (g/m2)
Foraging
Fish (kilotons)
Lake
Trout (kilotons)
0
100
3
2
10
150
15
4
1000
2.5
1
100
100
10
7
2500
2
0.5
200
80
8
10
7500
1.5
0.25
600
50
5
13
15,000
1
0.1
700
25
2.5
16
7500
1.5
0.2
243
40
4
20
5000
1.75
0.4
136
60
6
Part
II:Write
a 1-page lab report using the following scientific method sections:
Purpose
State
the purpose of the lab.
Introduction
This
is an investigation of what is currently known about the question being
asked. Use background information from credible references to write a
short summary about concepts in the lab. List and cite references in APA
style.
Hypothesis/Predicted Outcome
A
hypothesis is an educated guess. Based on what you have learned
and written about in the Introduction, state what you expect to be the
results of the lab procedures.
Methods
Summarize
the procedures that you used in the lab. The Methods section should also
state clearly how data (numbers) were collected during the lab; this will
be reported in the Results/Outcome section.
Results/Outcome
Provide
here any results or data that were generated while doing the lab
procedure.
Discussion/Analysis
In
this section, state clearly whether you obtained the expected results,
and if the outcome was as expected.
Note:
You can use the lab data to help you discuss the results and what you
learned.
Provide references in APA
format. This includes a reference list and in-text citations for references
used in the Introduction section.
Give your paper a title and
number, and identify each section as specified above. Although the hypothesis
will be a 1-sentence answer, the other sections will need to be paragraphs to
adequately explain your experiment.
When your lab report is complete, post it
in Submitted Assignment files.
