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Ap 1 Lab 1
Ap 1 Lab 1
Dissolved Oxygen
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
(ppm)
Number of Fish
0 1 3 10 12 13 15 10 12 13
Observed
Questions
1. What patterns do you observe based on the information in Table 4?
Table above shows that dissolved oxygen constantly increases and the
population of the fish has an irregular pattern of increasing and decreasing. I
can interpret this in two different point of view. First is, from column 1 to 7,
dissolved oxygen in water is directly proportional to the population of the fish
having a maximum of 15 fishes in 12 ppm. While Column 7 and 8 showed the
transition and became inversely proportional to each other The latter
columns again showed direct proportionality. Second is, the lesser the
population of fishes the more oxygen is present in the water.
2. Develop a hypothesis relating to the amount of dissolved oxygen
measured in the water sample and the number of fish observed in the body
of water.
If the population of fish increases, the dissolved oxygen content in water is
decreased. According to Fondriest Environmental Inc. (2013), if the
concentration of dissolved oxygen in water drops below the equilibrium level,
mortality rate of fishes will increase.
3. What would your experimental approach be to test this hypothesis?
I would do two experiment consisting of 2 separate containers. Container 1
having the less number of fishes and Container 2 having the maximum
number of fishes both to be observed with the constant succession of the
water quality by 2 ppm. In First container I will add more fish while in the
second container I will remove fish and try to identify its effect to the quality
of water.
Lab 1 Introduction to Science BIO201L
Determine which of the following observations are testable. For those that
are testable:
- write a hypothesis and null hypothesis to test the observation
- describe the experiment you would use to test this hypothesis
- list the dependent and independent variables
- list the positive and negative controls
Lab 1 Introduction to Science BIO201L
1. A plant grows three inches faster per day when placed on a window sill
than it does when placed on a on a coffee table in the middle of the living
room.
2. When Sally eats healthy foods and exercises regularly, her blood pressure
is 10 points lower than when she does not exercise and eats fatty foods.
the first week, I will ensure that I would record vital statistics including blood
pressure at the same time everyday for a week and same process will be
reinforced for the second week. At the end of the experiment, I would
colligate all the documented result each day for the whole 2 weeks. Then, I
will plot it via line graph to visually demonstrate the differences of the
statistics obtained. The result of the experiment will present whether the
hypotheses made is true or a null.
Dependent variables:Change in the blood pressure
Independent variables:Type of food eaten and frequency of exercise each
day
Positive Control:Persons having a healthy diet and regular exercise tend to
have normal or lower than her normal blood pressure
Negative Control:Persons eating fatty foods and without any opportunity to
work out will have an abnormal or higher rate of blood pressure.
3. The Italian restaurant across the street closes at 9 pm but the one two
blocks away closes at 10 pm.
4. For the past two days, the clouds have come out at 3 pm and it has
started raining at 3:15 pm.
Exercise 3: Conversion
For each of the following, convert each value into the designated units.
1. 46,756,790 mg =46.75679 kg
2. 5.6 hours =20160 seconds
3. 13.5 cm =5.31496 inches
Lab 1 Introduction to Science BIO201L
4. 47 C =116.6F
1. During gym class, four students decided to see if they could beat the
norm of 45 sit-ups in a minute. The first student did 64 sit-ups, the second
did 69, the third did 65, and the fourth did 67.
PRECISE
2. The average score for the 5th grade math test is 89.5. The top 5th
graders took the test and scored 89, 93, 91 and 87.
BOTH
3. Yesterday the temperature was 89 F, tomorrow its supposed to be 88 F
and the next day its supposed to be 90 F, even though the average for
September is only 75 F degrees!
PRECISE
4. Four friends decided to go out and play horseshoes.
They took a picture of their results (shown to the
right).
BOTH
5. A local grocery store was holding a contest to see who could most closely
guess the number of pennies that they had inside a large jar. The first six
people guessed the numbers 735, 209, 390, 300, 1005 and 689. The grocery
clerk said the jar actually contains 568 pennies.
NEITHER
Part 1: Determine the number of significant digits in each number and write
out the specific significant digits.
405000 3 405
0.0098 2 98
39.999999 8 39999999
13.00 4 1300
80,000,089 8 80000089
55,430.00 7 5543000
0.000033 2 33
620.03080 8 62003080
1. A dad holds five coins in his hand. He tells his son that if he can guess the
amount of money he is holding within 5% error he can have the money. The
son guesses that he is holding 81 cents. The dad opens his hand and
displays 90 cents. Did the son guess close enough to receive the money from
his father?
% error:Subtract 90-81 first then multiply it to 100% and then the result
will be divided by 90. It will become 9 x 100% = 900 %/90. The percent error
is 10%. This means that the boy cant have the money because it is not close
to the given 5 % error.
2. A science teacher tells her class that their final project requires the
students to measure a specific variable and determine the velocity of a car
with no more than 2.5% error. Jennifer and Johnny work hard and decide the
velocity of the car is 34.87 m/s. The teacher informs them that the actual
velocity is 34.15 m/s. Will Jennifer and Johnny pass their final project?
% error:Subtract 34.87-34.15 then multiply to 100% and divide the result
by 34.15. It will become 0.72 x 100% = 72/34.15. The percent error is 2.11 %
therefore means that Jennifer and Johnny will pass their final project because
2.11% is lower than 2.5%.
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3. A locomotive train is on its way from Chicago, IL to Madison, WI. The trip
is said to last 3.15 hours. When the train arrives in Madison the conductor
notices it actually took them 3.26 hours. The train company prides itself on
always having its trains to the station within a 3% error of the expected time.
Will the train company live up to its reputation on this trip?
% error:Subtract 3.26-3.15 hours then multiply to 100% and divide the
result to 3.15. It will become 0.11 x 100% = 11/3.15. The percent error is
3.49 %. This means that the train company failed to live up its trip reputation
because the actual percent error of 3.49% is higher than the expected error
of 3%.
4. A coach tells his little league players that hitting a .275 batting average,
within 7% percentage error, means that they had a really great season.
Seven year old Tommy ended the season hitting a .258 batting average.
According to his coach, did he have a great season?
% error:Subtract .275-.258 then multiply to 100% and then divide the
result by .275. It will become .017 x 100% = 1.7/.275. The percent error is
6.18 % meaning that Tommy had a really great season this is because his
actual battling average percentage error of 6.18% is close to the expected
percentage of 7% which will conclude how great they performed in the
season.
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