Name:Neko Science Fair Paper Daphnia Magna are small water fleas that are native to Minnesota. They are an indicator of good water quality ( Science buddies,2010 ). Daphnia Magna are small enough to be eaten by dragonflies, and are food for many small to medium sized fish. The reason that we should be paying attention to Daphnia Magna is because of pollution in our lakes. This pollution can affect a lot of actions that we do in our daily lives.…
April 24 2016 a science experiment gone wrong and as a result the Winged Bish was born. Wiley Demikhov a Geneticist performed an illegal experiment using the embryo of a baby Grizzly Bear and cells of a Smallmouth Bass in hope of testing the possibility for land mammals to grow gills and breathe under water. The experiment took place in Demikhov’s lab the morning of April 24 2016 in London Ontario near the coast of lake Erie. Just as Demikhov started injecting the embryo of the Grizzly bear with Smallmouth Bass’s cells a Canadian Goose crashed through the window and it spilled over a glass jar filled with homogentisic acid some sprayed onto the embryo. As the bird flew away a feather floated onto the embryo.…
The book reviewed below is The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible, the author is Scot McKnight, and Zondervan in Grand Rapids, Michigan, published this book in 2008. This book’s organization exists in four parts that discuss three questions and one statement, and each item stands as a subtitle in The Blue Parakeet. The first subtitle stands as Story: What is the Bible?, the second subsists as Listening: What do I do with the Bible?, the third exists as Discerning: How do I Benefit from the Bible?, and the fourth is Women in Church Ministries today. The book begins with two chapters of introduction, the first part has three chapters, the second part consists of three chapters, the third part has two chapters, and the fourth part…
Daphnia pulex are tiny aquatic crustaceans which have a translucent body which allows us to observe their internal organs in thorough detail. Daphnia is alleged to be a substitute of a human being in this experiment to examine the effects of chemicals on a heart of beings or other species for that matter . This will be measured by the heart rate as the heart rate is the contraction in one complete cardiac cycle. Furthermore Daphnia pulex is the most common species of water flea, an organism which can be found in almost every permanent, eutrophic water body. Generally Daphnia are freshwater organisms.…
In our study, we had two controls that we placed the Lumbriculus variegatus into. First, we used spring water to get the normal heart rate of the worms. The other control was a caffeine solution that served as our positive control. Our other solutions that we exposed the worms to consisted of increasing concentrations of two different NSAIDs (ibuprofen and aspirin). For each NSAID, we had a solution equivalent to the recommended dosage for a person based on body weight (the proportional dosage solution), ten times the concentration of this initial solution based on the body weight of the worm, and one-hundred times the concentration of the solution based on the average weight of Lumbriculus variegatus.…
Peafowl are exotic, beautiful birds. Most people are not educated about peafowl; most people don’t even know what the word peafowl means. Peafowl is the general term when talking about the peacock, peahen, or peachick. The peacock is the male, the peahen is the female, and peachick is the baby. People that do not raise peafowl nor educated in peafowl know what it takes to produce high quality feathers or chicks, that there is more than one variety of peafowl, nor do they know peacocks molt.…
How effective are the measures being taken by interest groups to ensure the survival of the hooded plovers on the Southern Australian coastline? Introduction: The Thinornis rubricollis rubricollis but more commonly known as the hooded plover is a stocky bird that stands at 10 centre metres tall and 20 centre metres wide, the bird that is a vulnerable specie in the South Australian coastline area, Whilst it is Endangered in both Victoria and New South Wales (Bird Life Australia, NA), refer to figure 1 to an. The Hooded Plover digs a shallow hole in sand or fine gravel situated above the high-tide ocean beaches or among dunes. The normal amount of chicks is one or two eggs hatch after about 30 days and then leaves the nest within a one to two days.…
4. Although the novel Caucasia is categorized as fiction there are many historical events that appear in the book that influence the main character, Birdie. One of the first major situations to be referenced in the book is the Boston busing crisis which occurred in the 1970s. Sandy decides she is no longer going to homeschool Birdie, instead deciding to send her to public school.…
Therefore, evaluation of negative impacts of pollutants on living organisms in the form of toxicity testing is routinely used to produce baseline data for environmental hazard and risk assessment of chemicals.94 Daphnia magna, an important link in the food chain of aquatic ecosystem, which is highly sensitive to toxic substances has been used to understand the toxic effect of waste effluent.94 To date, some explicit studies to understand effects of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystem have been reported that are hints of how mange the freshwater in the wake of multiple stressors.95–98 The current project helps understand and compare toxicity of different stage of wastewater from influent to effluent in their intact and unaltered form.…
Insights into the Dietary Needs of Aetobatus narian (Spotted Eagle Ray) The presentation was given by Dr. Lisa Hoopes’ on her research of uncovering the nutritional requirements of Spotted Eagle Ray diets for integration into the management of captive species. She is a nutritionist at the Georgia Aquarium in the Department of Research and Conservation. The nutrient requirements for the diets of many marine species are not well known.…
In Chapter 27 of The Awakening, Mademoiselle Reisz advises Edna that “[t]he bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.” (Chopin 216) Mademoiselle’s words translate to Edna’s life as Edna experiences an awakening of her true self.…
An opuntia is a prickly pear cactus that is edible and can be propagated by rooting its leaves. Prickly pears have much nutritional value. It is used for medicine treatments as well as food. Opuntia’s has high levels of vitamin C and B, magnesium, potassium, and fiber. According to organic facts opuntia can lower cholesterol levels, improve the digestive process, decrease the risk of diabetes, boost the immune system, stimulate bone growth, strengthen blood vessels, prevent certain cancers, reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, aid in weight loss attempts, and eliminate inflammation throughout the body.…
The ‘’woodpecker in All of Us” talks about the Ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird that has been rediscovered after being extinct for 61 years. Some say that the sighting of the bird can mean a second chance of saving the wildlife that once was extinct. Due to advancing civilization, it has endangered the animal’s ecosystem and wild life. “The ivory bill is a perfect emblem of our own paradoxical relationship to the American wilderness, of what is lost and what can be recovered”. (Rosen, Jonathan.…
Cervus canadensis Domain - Eukaryote Kingdom- Animalia Phylum - Chordata Class - Mammalia Order - Artiodactyla (“even” - “number of toes”) Family - Cervidae Genus - Cervus Species- canadensis Cervus canadensis (Elk) is one of the largest species within the Cervidae family (deer), and is also considered one of the largest land mammals in North America and Eastern Asia based upon mass and size. The word “Elk” comes from two languages: Old English - elh, and German - elch; Both words mean “Moose”, because the genus Cervus (Elk) was mistaken for the genus Alces (moose) due to similar anatomical structures (Harper, 2006).…
Conservation Biology is a vital component of the wildlife and natural resources field of work. Increasingly it has shaped my professional interests and career choices over the last several years as its importance is made clear by mounting threats to biodiversity and ecosystem balance. Without the ideology and practices developed in the field of conservation biology many of the species we consider common today would have easily gone extinct in the early 20th century due to a lack of well-considered wildlife management. However, there are many components to achieving the goals of conservation biology. Research, management, and policy are where change is made to help wildlife.…