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Industrialization and Its Effect On a High Population City

Background Information: The purpose of the experiment was to determine whether or not the industrialization of a highly populated city would increase AQI levels to the point where they are no longer healthy for the average individual. The controlled variables, clouds/sky cover, inversion, the wind, temperature, energy sources, cars and trucks, off-road vehicles, consumer products and population, are modeled after a highly populated city located in a state similar to Florida in the fact that consumer products and various forms of transportation usage would be high, this includes consumer products, off road, and road based vehicles, along with moderately high temperatures (80F), light wind (second indicator from the left), no inversion(farthest left indicator), and a sunny sky(farthest left indicator). The population is very high, approximately 2 million people and the energy sources used are non-renewable sources given that this city is industrializing rapidly. The independent variable, industry, will be categorized by five levels, with one being the lowest level of industrialization and five being the highest. The dependent variable, that which is affected by these factors, is …show more content…

The tables left column will indicate the industrial levels and the right column will indicate the AQI value and level. The second step is to set up the Smog City 2 simulation along with all variable levels as defined in the background information. The third step is to set the industry level one and record the AQI value and level into the table and then repeat this step for each level of industrialization, meaning levels one through five. Next, the data will be placed into a graph and analyzed for patterns and information. Lastly, any trends will be inspected to see if the experiment supports the hypothesis or

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