Population Pyramids
8/31/17
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Turlock's population is expanding slowly
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Minneapolis's population decreases and then will probably increase.
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New York's population is expanding slowly.
LA's population is pretty stable.
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Miami's population is slowly decreasing.
Boston's population is decreasing.
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Chicago's population is pretty stable.
Climate Data Snapshots
9/15/17
On the left, is the drought tracker in the United States in July 2016. As you can see, California and parts of Texas are undergoing extreme drought problems. On the right, is the drought in the United States in July 2017. The drought from the previous year cleared up in the west and got worse in the North.
On the both of these pictures represent the US's monthly precipitation. The left is June of 2017 and the right is July of 2017 . As you can see, the precipitation rate has decreased in Louisiana and remained pretty much the same in the other countries. I am curious to see what the precipitation rate will look like in August because of all the Hurricanes.
Both pictures represent the average monthly temperature in the United States. On the left is May of 2017 and the left is June of 2017. The temperature increase by a lot in a month all over the country.
On the left, is the Untied States monthly temperature out look on
August 31, 2017. As you can see, the temperature in the south was cooler than normal. I find this interesting because during this time, Hurricane Harvey was dumping water onto that area, which means that the temperature in the south should be warmer. |
On the right is a picture representing the ocean surface temperature on Earth during 2005. The water south of America was extremely warm which makes sense because this was around the time Hurricane Katrina was taking place.
Feedback Loops
Species Diversity Lab
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1. Identify the parking lot that was the most diverse. Based on your observations during the lab, explain why your
prediction in question #1 of the prelab was supported or not supported.
- The student parking lot was the most diverse because the student parking lot had three more different "species" than the
staff parking lot.
2. List the single most abundant species in each set of data, and write a plausible explanation to explain why these are
the most abundant species.
- The most abundant species in each of our sets of data were the white cars. We believe these are the most abundant because
white cars generally look clean and stay cooler in the summer than other cars.
3. Determine the maximum and minimum values for the Shannon Diversity Index in the parking lot you surveyed.
- The student parking lot had the maximum value for the Shannon Diversity Index which is 1.903636388. The staff parking lot
had the minimum value for the Shannon Diversity Index which is 1.683133246.
4. If you conducted this lab in a shopping mall parking lot, predict whether the Shannon Diversity Index would be high or
low, and how it would compare to the school parking lots.
- I believe that the Shannon Diversity Index would be high and higher than both the school parking lots because there would
be more cars and most likely a variety of colors.
5. If you conducted this lab at a new car dealership, predict whether the Shannon Diversity Index would be high or low,
and how it would compare to the school parking lots.
- I believe the Shannon Diversity Index would be high and higher than both the school parking lots because there would
be more cars and most likely a variety of colors.
prediction in question #1 of the prelab was supported or not supported.
- The student parking lot was the most diverse because the student parking lot had three more different "species" than the
staff parking lot.
2. List the single most abundant species in each set of data, and write a plausible explanation to explain why these are
the most abundant species.
- The most abundant species in each of our sets of data were the white cars. We believe these are the most abundant because
white cars generally look clean and stay cooler in the summer than other cars.
3. Determine the maximum and minimum values for the Shannon Diversity Index in the parking lot you surveyed.
- The student parking lot had the maximum value for the Shannon Diversity Index which is 1.903636388. The staff parking lot
had the minimum value for the Shannon Diversity Index which is 1.683133246.
4. If you conducted this lab in a shopping mall parking lot, predict whether the Shannon Diversity Index would be high or
low, and how it would compare to the school parking lots.
- I believe that the Shannon Diversity Index would be high and higher than both the school parking lots because there would
be more cars and most likely a variety of colors.
5. If you conducted this lab at a new car dealership, predict whether the Shannon Diversity Index would be high or low,
and how it would compare to the school parking lots.
- I believe the Shannon Diversity Index would be high and higher than both the school parking lots because there would
be more cars and most likely a variety of colors.
Wooly Worm Conclusion
a. The degrees of freedom of this exercise was 6.
c. The chi-squared value is 79.23
d. Our results indicate that was not by chance that caused the unequal numbers of capture wooly worm phenotypes. Our data is way off the chart on the significant side, therefore it was not by chance.
e. Boogie, Olivegarden, and Rainbow Dash were subjected to a positive selection pressure and Pitman, Relish, Firelash, and Bloodworm were subjected to a negative selection pressure.
f. Over time, there will likely be more of the positive-selection-pressure worms than the negative-selection-pressure worms because the population will slowly decrease.
g. The worms that blended in with the grass were harder to see than the worms that had a color that stood out. Birds re more likely to to feed off of the worms that they can see.
h. I believe that over time, the population of worms would adapt or evolve to that certain environment and the birds would have to to have a hard time feeding off of the worms that have evolve and would have to adapt as well.
c. The chi-squared value is 79.23
d. Our results indicate that was not by chance that caused the unequal numbers of capture wooly worm phenotypes. Our data is way off the chart on the significant side, therefore it was not by chance.
e. Boogie, Olivegarden, and Rainbow Dash were subjected to a positive selection pressure and Pitman, Relish, Firelash, and Bloodworm were subjected to a negative selection pressure.
f. Over time, there will likely be more of the positive-selection-pressure worms than the negative-selection-pressure worms because the population will slowly decrease.
g. The worms that blended in with the grass were harder to see than the worms that had a color that stood out. Birds re more likely to to feed off of the worms that they can see.
h. I believe that over time, the population of worms would adapt or evolve to that certain environment and the birds would have to to have a hard time feeding off of the worms that have evolve and would have to adapt as well.