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    The hypothesis that red light would produce more dissolved oxygen was not supported by the results of the experiment. Without having more accurate data it is impossible to say which color light induced its plant to produce the most oxygen. The reason for not having more accurate data is because of the way of testing the dissolved oxygen. By testing with the dissolved oxygen tabs the data could not have been very specific and specific data is important for a good experiment. The way of getting much

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    Deciduous Forest Biomes

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    A biome is a large community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat. Every biome has a certain group of animals and plants and they are able to live because they can adapt to the environment in that biome. There are biomes on land (terrestrial) and underwater (aquatic). All plants and animals that live in a biome are interdependent, meaning they depend on each other in one way or another. The two biomes being compared are the taiga biome and the deciduous forest biome. These two have similarities

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    Mattatall Lake

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    world. Unfortunately, Chlorophyll-a represents just the whole quantity of photosynthesis pigment released from all algae and micro-plants present in water, hence it cannot help to distinguish cyanobacteria existence among all living micro plants and algae in the waterbody. To be able to define and confirm the existence of Cyanobacteria species in the composition of aquatic microalgae, another pigment form, Phycocyanin, is used. Phycocyanin is the pigment, which differs cyanobacteria species from another

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    Eutrophication Essay

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    occurs as a result of additional rich nutrients forming a flourish in plant production. At this moment in time, eutrophication is causing worldwide devastation to not only aquatic life, but the fishing industry. The release of nutrients into fresh water lakes, rivers and reservoirs leads to excessive growth of three different plant species: a) Open water algae (phytoplankton) b) Attached algae (periphyton) c) Higher plants (macrophytes) Above all, these organisms encourage the growth of

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    beavers (Castor canadensis) consists of many terrestrial and aquatic plant species, but research has shown that beavers seem to prefer and thrive on a diet consisting more of aquatic vegetation. (W.J. Severud et al. 2012). Researchers from Northern Michigan University analyzed the composition of the American beaver’s diet using keratin from their claws and tagging, and found that the average beaver consumes 45.5 % terrestrial and 55.5% aquatic vegetation, with changes in the data depending on the season

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    Asia Mr.Cowart 5th pd. 2/3/16 Compare / Contrast the evolution of Aquatic Organism to Terrestrial Organism. -what did fish evolve from? What were the different stages of their evolution? What makes an animal aquatic is if it is a vertebrate or an invertebrate. They live in water for the MAJORITY of their life, it could breathe air or extract oxygen through its habitat in the water through their special adaptations such as gills or through its skin. A Terrestrial Organism is basically the total

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    refers to the variety of living organisms, like plants, animals, fungi etc., found in this particular biome. Question 2: I live in Gauteng, South Africa which is classified as the grassland biome. Plants found in the grassland biome are also adapted to survive fire as grasslands often burn. Figure 2: sample of the grassland biome. Task 1: We as a group have chosen the savanna (terrestrial) and the wetland (aquatic) biomes of South Africa to investigate: Savannas

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    Biomes of the World Essay

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    A biome, also known as life zones, consists of all plants, animals, and other organisms, as well the physical environment in a particular area. A biome is characterized by its’ plant life, climate, and location. The climate and physical features determine the boundaries of a biome. A biome is made up of many different ecosystems. The ecosystems tend to have the same pants and animals as neighboring biomes around the boundaries. The major biomes are the tundra, taiga, tropical rain forest, temperate

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    the crucial aspects of this study are the dissolved oxygen levels as they alternate between days and nights. Dissolved Oxygen level is one of the main dictator of ponds’ ecological health, observing its fluctuations can help predict changes in the aquatic ecosystem (Nimick, 2010; Andrade, 2015). The dissolved oxygen

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    intensity (by changing the distance between the light source and the plant) affect the amount of bubbles produced by a marimo moss ball? Background information: Photosynthesis is the process where green plants use sunlight to produce water and carbon dioxide as the food and generates oxygen as a product. 〖6CO〗_2+〖6H〗_2 O → C_6 H_12 O_6+〖6O〗_2 There are three main factors that can change the rate of photosynthesis. When a plant is going through photosynthesis there are many steps in the reaction

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