I visited the Salt Marsh Nature Center on Saturday April 18 to work on my environmental essay. The Salt Park Marine Center is located on East 33rd Street and Avenue U in Brooklyn, New York. When I arrived at The Salt Marsh Nature Center, I did some research and interviewed a park ranger. The information I received after the interview was very informative. I learned the history of Gerritsen Creek was established during the first half of the 20th century as a recreational and nature refuge for community
Title: Freshwater: Large communities of plants and animals centered around water with less than 1% of salt concentration. It includes ponds, lakes, streams, lakes, rivers, and some wetlands. In the summer, the average temperature is 65 ℉ to 75 ℉, while in the winter it is is 35 ℉ to 45 ℉. As the temperature decreases, the water deepens. The precipitation and the temperature depends on the location of the biome.Wetlands are found in temperate zones, which means they have temperatures that are warm
Introduction The South Carolina coastal Wetlands through the animals, the plants, and the other factors make these Wetlands unique as any human being in the world. The biodiversity of plants and animals that call this incredibly ecosystem home are as incredibly as the ecosystem itself. Something as strong and powerful as an ecosystem that can be out of balance because the lack of an animal is amazing and can only be a way of life. Abiotic factors The abiotic Factors are the physical features of that
What are Wetlands? The areas of land where water covering the soil are the wetlands. These areas include mudflats, bogs, fens, and peatlands, swamps, marshes, mangroves, coral reefs, lakes, lagoons saltmarshes. There may be natural or artificial wetlands and the water that is present in the wetlands may be stagnant or flowing. It could also be fresh, brackish or saline. Wetland management: Wetland management normally include those activities that can be accompanied within or around wetlands. These
While wetland loss is happening globally, the destruction is most severe in the forty-eight conterminous United States where almost half of the wetlands were lost by the middle of the 1980’s. Over the past thirty years “the wetlands have been recognized as complex, diverse ecosystems whose functions provide an incredible range of beneficial functions and services within the landscape” (BenDor et al. 342). Areas where wetlands were once located were considered wastelands and little was done to protect
Floating treatment wetlands are a manmade ecosystem that mimic natural wetlands (David J. Sample, 2013) and are used to increase the water quality of lakes (SWCD, 2017). The wetlands focus on the excess of nutrients in the water as well as it can increase the biodiversity throughout the lake (SWCD, 2017). These floating wetlands can help control the amount of nutrients throughout the pond using nutrient uptake. (SWCD, 2017). Floating treatment wetlands have been used because they can be used at a
I chose Wetlands to be my 3rd grade unit theme. The content of wetlands will be carried across many content areas, such as, math, science, social studies, and language arts. Wetlands are commonly only a science topic, but through the use of seed strategies and informational reading, all subject areas can be explored. This theme is full of science concepts. To deepen science knowledge, as well as art understanding, students will participate in the Visual Arts Seed Strategy,” Habitat 3-D.” This
Burns Bog is a domed bog which is approximately 3000 hectares in size and is mostly covered by peat. Under this peat, is a layer of deltaic sand which was deposited from the creation of the Fraser River over 5000 years ago (Comprehensive Guide to Burns Bog). This was when the Fraser River was a low wetland and as flooding occurred, sediments were carried and accumulated. Over the past 150 years, dykes and draining changes have impacted the vegetation (more dryer plants). This is a reason why only
marshes along these avenues and kills the marsh grasses that holds the soil in place”. The saltwater is annihilating the grasses in the marshes when they’re killed; the soil that the plant’s roots are holding together vanishes. In addition to saltwater intrusion, numerous of vast holes created from oil drilling underneath the marshes. In many of these areas the marshes steadily sink as a result of the earth’s crust not being able to hold the weight of the marsh. Rivers have dams to make reservoirs,
Throughout history the United States did not recognize the the numerous benefits wetlands provided us such as groundwater purification, flood protection, shoreline stabilization, groundwater aquifer recharge, source of sustainable biodiversity, education, and wildlife habitats. Therefore during the industrial revolution people began draining the wetlands for agricultural purposes, digging up the wetlands and making them into roads, commercial and residential developments, and that resulted in a major
My hypothesis for this experiment was not what I expected it to be. Instead of having each section grow in size due to the solution was incorrect. I only had my 1% with solution grow. This is the lowest concentration level I had and my lowest number of brine shrimp in the section without concentration as well. The other sections with my 5% and my 10% concentration ended up with no hatched eggs at all. This could be due to enviornmental reasons. Due to the enviornment brine shrimp usually have
This experiment was not carried out in chronological order to maximize efficiency. First the volume (3.33mL) of needed liquid ammonium sulfate was calculated based on the assigned 25% saturation. 3.33mL of the liquid ammonium sulfate was added to 10mL of the protein extract (given by the instructor) in a centrifuge tube to precipitate the protein out. Water was then added to a second centrifuge tube to balance out the mass in the centrifuge. The mass of the mixture was weighed and the water was measured
During the experiment, .002 Molar (M) iron chloride (4 mL), FIT (~10 mg), and ascorbic acid (~.66 mg) were used. Samples were prepared using the iron chloride (.002 M) and diluting it with distilled water in a clean, dry test tube. To prepare a solution, one milliliter of iron chloride was measured in a graduated cylinder and placed into a test tube. Distilled water was added to the test tube using a measuring pipette. Amounts of distilled water added varied based on the desired molarity of the
The purpose of this report is determine if sodium chloride is a viable option as a deicer on winter roads. To determine this, one must compare a multitude of factors. In this lab, the freezing point depression of water, enthalpy of dissolution, cost, and environmental impact will be discussed. A large factor in how effective a substance is as a deicer is it’s ability to decrease the freezing point of water. If the freezing point of water can be lowered, the outside temperature must be much colder
above the mean percentage of water in the iron salt crystal was 6.27%. The mean percentage of the potassium ion was determined to be 17.81%. For the iron ion the mean percentage was 12.20% and the average percent for oxalate was 57.20%. The total percentage of the mean adds up to 97.28%. The empirical formula using the means provided created the formula K2Fe(C2O4)3*2H2O. The total molar mass in this equations is 434.05 grams. The percent yield of iron salt using the actual yield of 8.71 grams with a
Objective In this experiment, the critical micelle concentration of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) is determined by the conductance method. Procedure In this experiment, a series of SDS solutions at various concentrations are tested for their conductance at two different temperatures, 25 °C and 50 °C. For detailed procedure, refer to the lab manual (J. F. Wójcik and T. S. Ahmadi, Experimental Physical Chemistry, 2015; p.125-129.). Data Sodium dodecyl sulfate has a molecular weight of 288.372
Salt: Q1: What is salt? Salt, otherwise referred to as sodium chloride, is an exceedingly common mineral that is known for its strong flavour and crystalline appearance. Because of this, salt is routinely used in the preparation, preservation, and seasoning of foods the globe over (though the latter purpose is by far the one most commonly utilised), as it has been for generations. Q2: How was salt traditionally used in food preparations? Throughout the large majority of human history, salt has been
Salt does dissolve in water. But, there is a maximum limit of concentration that salt can have. When the salt concentration reaches its limit, the salty water has become saturated, meaning that the salt content in the water is so concentrated, there is not enough water left to dissolve the rest of the salt. And this would be the only time salt would not dissolve in water. When salt goes into water, the water will cause the sodium and chloride atoms from the salt to pull away and make the salt crystals
Procedures 1.First thing needed is a plastic bag open the plastic bag and take about a teaspoon of calcium chloride, put the calcium chloride in one corner of the bag. Then take about a half teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate and put it in the opposite corner of the bag. Then lay the bag flat on the table use about 5 mL of phenol red. Once the phenol red is in quickly lift your bag and put all the substances in one corner. Then observe 2.Reference procedure one for first step.Lay bag down and add about
1- 800 mL of raw water was transferred to six beakers using a measuring cylinder and a marker was used to assign different numbers to each beaker. 2- To make sure the pH was varied during the first part of the experiment, the pH in each beaker was adjusted. Using Hydrochloric Acid and Sodium Hydroxide, the pH of the six beakers was adjusted as follows: pH 3, pH 4, pH 5, pH 6, pH 7, and pH 8. However, the pH does not need to be exact. 3- Next, add 3 mL of Ferric Chloride coagulant using cylinder