Bio 181 Lab Covid-19 And Zoonotic Disease 2024

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BE AWARE THAT UPLOADING empty or completed LAB FILES to sharing websites, or using AI-generated responses (e.g. ChatGPT) constitutes academic dishonesty, and will be penalized. If you are repeating this course, you need to complete the assignments again, you may not resubmit the same assignment (they change!!) COVID-19 AND Z OONOTIC D ISEASES W ELCOME TO YOUR FIRST LAB . W HAT NOW ? First- read through this whole document! Workbook labs (like this one) typically start with a list of “Objectives” that tell you what skills or knowledge the lab aims to train. Log in to your gmail account Go to FILE → Make a copy → Name the file with your last name e.g. “Lab xxxx- YOURNAME” . Save it in a folder that you can easily find. Read through the lab, and watch any videos linked in the lab. Complete the lab by filling in the answers, inserting images, photos or graphs as required. Pay attention to when you see or words highlighted in green - this is an indication that you need to complete a task. When you see words that are in italics it indicates that there is a question that you should answer. Use BLUE text for all your answers. If asked to explain or describe, I expect well thought out, grammatically correct statements. If you are tempted to answer “yes”, or “no”, follow up the statement with an explanation. Pay attention to formatting!! You will be saving your document as a pdf, which will then be uploaded to Canvas. Please make sure that tables and graphs are visible and not cut off, or spread over two pages. Graphs must ONLY be generated using google sheets or excel (I will show you how to use google sheets, excel is similar) Your work will undergo an AI and plagiarism analysis. All text and graphs must be in your own words. When you are done, go to FILE → Download As → pdf. Upload your completed SINGLE multipage PDF to the “submit assignment” button on Canvas.

Part A: Graphing Covid-19 (coronavirus) data. The Coronavirus pandemic has changed student learning at Mesa Community College from mostly in-person learning to mostly online. Plot the data on COVID-19 from the table on the next page in a bar chart. Use this bar chart example as you plot the data on the next page. Be sure you have the following parts: a. Title: Someone reading the title should know what the chart represents b. X-axis label . The X-axis is the independent variable, which is the factor set by the scientist, in this example below, “Year of Seizure”. c. Y-axis label . The Y-axis is always the dependent variable, or the factor measured by the scientist, in the example below, “Number of Seizures”. Number of Counterfeit Seizures from 2001-2010 by U.S. Customs By DHS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, Dept. of Homeland Security, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18097113 Watch this silent tutorial on how to make graphs in Google sheets Googlesheets bar and line chart tutorial Bio 181-online 2

1. Bar chart 1. Plot the data from table 1 in a bar chart using google sheets. Do not hand sketch a graph, the graph must be digital. Table 1: Total Covid deaths for some states in the Western U.S. State Total Covid deaths as of January 10, 2021 Arizona 10141 California 29 233 Nevada 3450 New Mexico 2732 Utah 1390 Figure 1. >> Insert image of your graph here Make sure you follow these suggestions: 1. Be sure to give the graph a title. 2. For bar charts in Biology, the bars must be vertical. Depending on your software, you may have to choose a chart type with a different name (in google sheets it is called “Column chart”) 3. Label both the X and Y axes with numbers and words . 4. Pick a scale on the Y-axis that will use most of the graph (e.g. one line representing a unit of 1,000 deaths would be a bad choice). 5. Include the units of measure for the axis labels (e.g. number of people, km/hr etc) Bio 181-online 3

2. Bar chart 2: Plot the data from table 2 in Figure 2 into a bar chart in google sheets. Copy the graph back into this document. Table 2: Data Table for Average Daily Cases per 100k in Last 7 Days State Covid daily cases (cases per 100,000 people) as of January 10, 2021 Arizona 133.8 California 99.6 Nevada 80.9 New Mexico 65.2 Utah 98.3 Source CDC data. Figure 2. >> Insert image of your graph here 3 . Interpret figures 1 and 2 by answering the questions below . a. Which state had the highest number of total deaths due to Covid? Which figure gave you this answer? b. Which state had the highest case rate ( number of cases per 100,000 people) due to Covid? Which figure gave you the answer? c. Are the two figures giving you identical information? d. If you put numbers on the Y-axis, but forgot to label the axis with words how might this confuse the reader? Bio 181-online 4

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