Assignment: Environmental Science 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.
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Years
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Zebra and Quagga Mussel (density/m2)
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Phytoplankton (µg/ml)
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Zooplankton (µg/ml)
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Cladophora Biomass (g/m2)
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Foraging Fish (kilotons)
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Lake Trout (kilotons)
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0
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100
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3
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2
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10
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150
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15
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4
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1,000
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2.5
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1
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100
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100
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10
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7
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2,500
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2
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0.5
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200
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80
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8
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10
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7,500
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1.5
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0.25
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600
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50
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5
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13
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15,000
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1
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0.1
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700
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25
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2.5
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16
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7,500
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1.5
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0.2
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243
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40
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4
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20
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5,000
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1.75
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0.4
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136
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60
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6
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Part II: Write a 1-page lab report using the following scientific method sections:
• Purpose
o State the purpose of the lab.
• Introduction
o 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
o 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
o 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
o Provide here any results or data that were generated while doing the lab procedure.
• Discussion/Analysis
o In this section, state clearly whether you obtained the expected results, and if the outcome was as expected.
o 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.