Plants Reports Samples For Students

IntroductionFood consumption is one of the major requirements for humans; people eat to live with at least majority of people been blessed with a meal each day, whereas others may afford three or more. People are independent of culture and customs, eating remains a key facet in different celebrations all over the world among and within friends and families. Moreover, people wish to have a nutritious and healthy meal but the problem is “The safety of the food people consume.”The improvement of livestock and plants for the production of food and the use of diverse conservation skills have been in application ...

1.0 Introduction
Categorically, there are approximations that nearly 30% of the overall globe land area comprises of occupied arid and semi-arid areas. Most importantly, water shortages prevent both economic and social development of the mentioned arid and semi-arid regions of the world. The cited economic and social development gets held back because they significantly rely on continuous water supply resources. Due to the constant and continuous interruption of the aquifers (V.E.A, 2005, p.122), the freshwater challenge gets motivated, because, the mentioned water is increasingly becoming salty. The report, therefore, aims at evaluating the feasibility of providing fresh water ...

Abstract

This experiment is meant to investigate how environmental factors such as wind, light, and heat affect the rate of transpiration in Zebra plants, Coleus, and Geranium. Among the environmental factors studied were: wind, light and temperature conducted. The study showed that the rate of transpiration was highest in coleus plant. Geranium plant showed the second highest rate of transpiration. The rate of transpiration is different from one plant species to another depending on the different morphologies and features. The rate of transpiration increased under wind and heat for all the plants tested. On the other hand, Zebra plant, recorded ...

1.0 Introduction
Water is an important component of life and without it life on earth will be non-existent. About ¾ of this planet is made up of water and it is a surprise, therefore, to find out that more than a billion people do not have access to clean water. According to the United Nations, the uneven distribution of water is endangering an increasing number of people although there is enough water in the planet to supply its entire population (2014). This situation is particularly true in areas that are classified as arid regions or regions with precipitation characterized as low, ...

Considering the effects of cover crop and intercropping on garden settings

1. Introduction
1.1 Background
Sustainable agricultural production systems, otherwise known as agroecosystems, employ a variety of techniques to maintain environmental quality. Cover crops are one strategy used by growers to preserve and enhance soil resources because of their impacts on soil-nutrient dynamics (such as nitrogen and carbon fixation)and microbiological functions (Steenworth and Belina, 2008). Cover crops such as cereal grass, hairy vetch, and oilseed radish, manage problems in an agroecosystem such as soil quality, erosion and fertility, water quality, pests and weeds because they tend to be less resource intensive than other crops and instead contribute to ...

Abstract

The objective of the current experiment is to describe how plants function and pass on the traits. Dark is dominant to wrinkled and Green is dominant to pale green. A statistical approach is used for goodness of fit between observed data and data that are predicted from a hypothesis. Null Hypothesis: The results of the experiment are in agreement with the Mendel’s Laws. Dark is dominant to wrinkled and Green is dominant to pale green. The chi square values that are greater than 3.841 are expected to occur less than 5 percent of the time due to random sampling ...

Report: Tennessee Nuclear Power Plant – Watts Bar 2

Report: Tennessee Nuclear Power Plant – Watts Bar 2

Introduction

This report covers the Watts Bar 2 nuclear power plant currently nearing completion at Spring City in Tennessee. The interesting aspect of its construction is that it was started way back in the 1970s, at a time when electricity demand was rising and the future of coal supplies for coal-fired power plants was viewed as problematic (Wald, 2014). The Tennessee Valley Authority (T.V.A.) began its construction as part of a plan for 17 nuclear reactors in total. However, in the 1980s, at around the time that its predecessor (Watts Bar 1) was subject ...

Caffeine is present in tea leaves and can be readily extracted. This is the producer that was demonstrated in this laboratory experiment. In the laboratory experiment, the teabags were heated to ebullition for five minutes. The ebullition was sequenced by an extraction which applied dichloromethane. All of the washings occurred in a separator funnel. The residual substrate was subsequently evaporated up to the point of where the crude caffeine remained as a residual. Sublimation was applied in order to separate the purified caffeine from the crude caffeine. The mass of the sublimate is was 0.0035g. The percentage yield of the caffeine ...

Introduction

Transpiration is the process involving the movement of water from the roots through the xylem to the atmosphere via the stomata. About 95% of the water absorbed by plants is transpired to the atmosphere. The plant uses the remaining 5% for its metabolic functions such as photosynthesis and respiration (Ahmadi and Baker, 259).
The movement of water in the vascular plant is as a result of the coordination among the three plant organs: the root, the stem, and the leaf. Roots have root hairs located toward its growing tip. The root hairs form extensions of the epidermal cells referred ...

Informational Report

Dear Mr. Shipley,
Physical infrastructure of the Tulsa University is very similar to the one of Harvard and Tulane Universities. The comparison, provided for this document reveals some of the potential opportunity improvements that could be incorporated to TU website, based on the comparative analysis and contrast with its competitors.

TU as well as Harvard and Tulane Universities are selective independent research universities with very similar operational structure and school rating among some of the core disciplines and faculties. The scale of operations on campus varies significantly between the universities in terms of campus territory as well as ...

VEGETATION ANALYSIS LAB REPORT

INTRODUCTION
Growth in plant may be referred to as a progressive development in plant and can be expressed in terms of dry weight, length, diameter, and height. The growth of the plant results in the development of different structures, which all the conditions are optimum results in a proportionally matured plant. Agents that affect plant growth may be classified as environmental or genetic. Environmental factors affecting plant growth include the content of the moisture in the soil, temperature, radiations from the sun, soil reaction, mineral nutrients that are available, biotic factors and atmospheric composition among others. Each of these factors ...

Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is a power generation cycle that converts the available heat energy to mechanical work via turbine that drives the generator to produce electricity. Unlike typical Rankine cycles that use steam as the working fluid, Organic Rankine cycles (ORC) use an organic working fluid for instance, isooctane and isopentane, isobutane amongst others. The boiling points of these organic fluids are less than that of water. Thus, ORC makes it possible to extract power from waste heat in industrial processes. They are also used in most geothermal power plants of low entropy .
A typical Organic Rankine cycle ...

The natural soil contains lots of microorganisms that are sufficient enough to naturally produce nutrients required for agricultural activities and benefit the plants; moreover, that improves the quality and quantity of the yield produce. In a situation where the soil fertility is deteriorated, natural and organic fertilizer should be added as they provide all the necessary nutrients required by the living microorganisms and the plants (Traina & Laperche, 1999). Artificially developed fertilizers are rich in nutrients that boost the yield quality and quantity but should be controllably used as they might kill all the microorganism transforming the productive soil into sand.
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Introduction

The null hypothesis for the experiment was that oxygen production is the same in both plants while the alternative hypothesis was that oxygen production and thus the rate of photosynthesis is higher in Ceratophyllum than in Cabomba due to its efficiency in carbon dioxide utilization (Kitaya, Murakami, & Takeuchi, 2003).

Materials and Methods

Experimental Design
The research question to be answered in the experiment was whether there is rate difference, in oxygen production, in oxygen production between Ceratophyllum and Cabomba. It was predicted that each of the plants would have different oxygen production rates. The dependent variable was the rate in oxygen ...

Biology Lab Report

Abstract
Plant damage by herbiovry needs to be studied especially with potential negative impacts from climate change. The impact of caterpillars on cucumber leaves was measured under three different situations. Firstly when the leaves were damaged with holes, secondly when saliva was added or thirdly when leaves were both damaged and saliva was added. The hypothesis tested was ‘There will be an increase herbiovry on damaged and saliva treated plants compared to saliva and no damaged or damage and no saliva treated plants. The leaves were photographed before treatment and after, caterpillars were added to the leaves under ...

Any source of energy that is used in the place of the fossil fuel is referred as an alternative energy. The introduction of the alternative sources is intended to help and address some of the concerns brought by the use of the fossils. One main concern is the limiting supply of gas coal and oil. Use of fossil fuel has also resulted in the production of greenhouses gases, which are known to destroy the ozone layer increasing trend in global warming.
Some of these alternative sources include biomass from organic matter, solar energy from the sun, biodiesel, wind ...

Module 5 – Continuity Plan for Wisconsin Xcel Energy

Introduction
Xcel Energy is a United States investor-owned electricity and natural gas company with annual revenue of $10.3 billion. It performs regulated operations to provide energy to customers in eight Midwestern and Western states - Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. Based in Minneapolis, Xcel provides a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to approximately 3.4 million electricity and 1.9 million natural gas customers through four utility subsidiaries—Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS), Northern States Power Company-Minnesota (NSPM), and Northern States Power Company-Wisconsin (NSPW).
Xcel operates ...

Introduction

Everglades evolved from overflow from Lake Okeechobee after thousands of years of intense torrential rainfall. From lakes shores of Florida bay and Gulf Mexico, this vast marsh extends southwestwards. Stephanie Moller. (2008). At the southern tip of Florida Peninsula, the marsh begins and continues to extend northwards towards Lake Okeechobee, and it lies in a shallow limestone basin. Several streams like Miami drain the area without any river flowing into the basin.
The Everglades are an excellent wetland located at the margins of the tropics. This magnificent ecosystem provides shelter to a variety of animals, birds and fish. This unique ...

Research question

The experiment was used to investigate the intraspecific and interspecific competition of plants in the same family. The experiment was to show the competition between plants of the same species and plants of different species. The variables included temperatures, light and water. Intraspecific competition occurs between organisms of the same species and since they are likely to have similar resource requirements they are likely to compete for any limited supply. In interspecific this is a complex ecosystem with many different needs competing for resources such as food, space or light.

Hypothesis

Competition among plants involves a struggle for limited resources such as ...

Materials

- Seeds with different shape (group A) and height (group B)
- Four types of Pisum sativum seeds.
- Pure breed of round seeds and wrinkled seeds
- Peer breeding tall and short peas.

Methods

Both seeds types planting occurrence was separate in different green houses (Pat 7). In the first trial year, the peas were ready to pollinate (Pat 7). Plants selection occurred from the rounded and wrinkled seed plants (Pat 8). Their stamen removal occurred, and pollen grain gained from the wrinkled seed dusting occurred separately on the stigma of the flowers obtained from round ...

REPORT: Landscape Planning and Ecological Management: Plantation of bare root common trees.

Introduction
We often take trees and other flora, all around us, for granted maybe because almost all of us have seen trees and captured the word and their image deep inside our sub-consciousness. As we grow up, we learn about the benefits and advantages of trees parrot-fashion. No person or entity teaches us anything about the aesthetics so when we see captivating landscape photographs and images, we take in the beauty without taking in the trees. It is beyond this point that most of us change directions and go off towards modern, fast-process systems, which we then proceed ...

Phosphorus and Nitrogen Limitation on Plants Growth

Introduction
Plant growth and development rely on multiple environmental factors that include light intensity, temperature, water availability and vital minerals and nutrients. During the insufficiency of exogenous resources, plants maintain this imbalance through allocating the new biomass to that organ which specifically needs that insufficient nutrient (Hermans et al., 2006). Nutrients like nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) play significant roles in a plant life. They influence various metabolic factors of plant life through cooperating with each other such as in biomass distribution as well as regulating chlorophyll A and B levels.
The objective of this experiment is to understand ...

Introduction

The fundamental process of thermal power plants is based on the conversion of thermal energy into mechanical energy and, subsequently, into electric power, using steam as the working fluid. According to the U.S. Energy Information System, over 67% of the electrical energy in the United States is generated through thermoelectric power plants, which use the combustion of fossil fuels such as natural gas, coal and petroleum to generate the steam necessary for the process; moreover, thermoelectric power generation accounts for an approximate 80% of all the power generation worldwide.
Thus, the electricity consumed in most homes and industries is ...

1. Introduction
Libya is counted amongst the driest nations throughout the world, where only their narrow coastal area gets precipitation above 100 mm annually. As a country, Libya has faced several historical challenges in terms of managing the increasing water demand as they suffer from water scarcity. Apart from the deficiencies in water supply, there have been instances reported for pollution in the water supply. It is apparent that water scarcity is apparent in Libya, especially in the coastal areas which are highly populated areas that causes major pressure on environmental, economic and social levels. Within Libya, concentrated of ...

Introduction

One of the most important things, if not the most important one, that society needs today is energy. Energy comes in many form and moist literatures focusing on this topic would agree that among all the possible sources of energy, oil comes as the most heavily demanded, and hence the most important. In fact, one may argue that the geopolitical movements and decisions that have been made in the past half a century have been motivated by access to this important energy-related commodity. There are many possible sources of energy but even though oil just comes as one of ...

Introduction

Geothermal energy refers to natural heat stored underground beneath the earth’s crust. On the ground surface the energy is evident in form of hot and altered ground, hot springs and fumaroles. The energy is tapped by sinking geothermal wells underground. The high temperature and pressure fluid is extracted and through carefully built wells and designed network of pipes and channels the hot steam to the plant turbine to generate electricity. The steam and water are extracted at very high pressure and temperature. The application of geothermal energy has gained popularity globally because of its environmental friendliness. There are ...

LPIPT in Saraburi, Thailand, currently operates waste-to-energy power plants. Our company has brought a residual waste such as municipal solid waste (MSW), landfills and non-hazardous industrial trash into the sorting process. The main purpose of it is to improve quality, for example the heat, size, and chemical composition to be transformed as refuse derived fuel (RDF) production. Using RDF technology from Europe and China along with the machinery developments of the company ourselves gaves us an opportunity to produce RDF with a capacity of 2,500 tons/day for use as renewable energy for generating electricity of our 2 RDF ...

How is Plant Growth Affected by Sunlight?

Introduction
Background information
Sunlight is essential to plants. Plants in dark room tend to grow towards sunlight. When they lack sunlight, photosynthesis does not take place causing them to wither and die.
Photosynthesis takes place in the leaves of a plant. In plant leaves, there are organelles called chloroplast. They form site for photosynthesis process. They are very many in a leaf.

Within chloroplast, there is chlorophyll, that are usually green in color, hence the green coloration in plants.

Plants require air, water and sunlight for photosynthesis to occur. Air goes inside the leaf via stomata, water is absorbed from the ground through the roots and sunlight is absorbed by the chloroplasts in the leaves.
Chemical ...

Propagation Protocol for Salix vestita Pursh plants (800 ml containers)

Taxonomy
Plant Family
Scientific Name. Salicaceae
Common Name. Willow Family
Species Scientific Name
Scientific Name. Salix vestita Pursh
Varieties. Erecta, vestita, humilior, psilophylla
Sub-species. Leiolepis,
Cultivar.
Common Synonym(s). Common synonyms of the plant are “Salix leiolepis”, “Salix fernaldii”, “Salix reticulata var. vestita”, and “Salix vestita Pursh var. erecta Andersson” (USDA, n.d.).

Common Name(s). Rock Willow

Species Code (as per USDA Plants Database). Its code is “SALVES”, and according to USDA Plants Database, its symbol is “SAVE” (USDA, n.d.).

General Information

Geographical range
S. vestita occurs from southern British Columbia and Alberta to Manitoba, Washington, ...

Figure 1 Schematic parabolic concentrated solar power (Source adopted: Chu, 2011) 5
Figure 2 Systematic mechanism of Dish/Engine System 12
Figure 3 Illustration of section-A of figure-2 12

Recommendation Report: Dish/Engine Type-The Best Concentrated Solar Power Technology

Introduction
The sun has provided the earth and everything in it with immense energy for years, and lots of these energies are left untapped. Even with the unprecedented advancement in technology today, only a little solar power is tapped. The studies reported that the side of the Earth having facing towards the Sun, a square kilometer at the outer edge of the atmosphere gets solar power up to 1,400 ...

Introduction

Pollutant gases tend to have an impact on both health and environment. Many nations rely on oil for energy use and advancement, hence imports every last bit of its oil and gas needs. Unfortunately, this has brought about dangerous effects upon the environment such as affecting the ozone, causes global warming, acid rain and smog. This may come about when fossil fuels are burnt to form these gases. The formation of toxic gases and their harmful impacts on human health and environment as well as biological effects by thermal pollution that is equivalent to the burning processes are being ...

Biodiversity and sustainability, two of the major factors to determine if an ecosystem is habitable and sufficient for any life form, may it be fauna, fawn or human kind. However, there are only a few sites left around the globe which can be considered sustainable and contains biodiversity as climate change continues to affect the planet. Some areas have become barren, while a few remained arable but in the risk of being converted into commercial lands for homes or businesses. In the United States, the problem of pollution not only affected its once diverse ecosystem, which is considered the home of ...

Abstract

Clean water for domestic use is essential for a health population. Therefore, all people should have access to clean drinking water. Drought is a common phenomenon in arid regions and this makes water shortage a significant problem. The effects of water shortages are experienced in the arid Southwestern parts of the United States, this just being one among the many arid areas of the world. The paper seeks to address and compare the various small and large scale methods possible for water provision in this arid region of the United States. Among the large scale possible methods of providing water for this ...

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LPIPT deals with manufacturing and distribution of electric power. The production plant was founded in Saraburi, Thailand in 2009. The company currently employs 627 people and operates three waste heat recovery power plants, two RDF power plants which amounts to a total capacity of 150 MW. Two more plants are in the process of construction.
LPIPT currently operates waste-to-energy power plants in Saraburi, Thailand. For this project, our company has initiated the sorting ...

Use of Fossil Fuels for Power Generation and the Need for Renewable Energy

According to Nelson (2011), more than 85% of the world’s energy consumption, which is estimated at 520 exajoules, is generated through the burning of fossil fuels such as petroleum, natural gas and coal (p.19). Electric power generation from non-renewable sources will, unequivocally, result in their exhaustion and creation of a major energy crisis. For this reason, it appears primordial to shift in a greater scale to alternate power generation, such as solar, wind, hydroelectric, etc. Amongst these, Sorensen (2011) explains that though hydroelectric power does represent one of the major forms of power generation, its growth is stagnant ...

Introduction

This report outlines the hydraulic infrastructure that should be put up in order to support an urban population. Urban development is accompanied by an increasing need for the supply of potable water, energy, and a drainage system to carry off the waste water and direct storm to reservoirs or other drainage basins. The hydraulic infrastructure enables the supply of clean potable water, which is safe for drinking, and the disposal of waste water and raw sewage in a manner that does not pose threat of waterborne diseases or cause unhygienic conditions. This report provides the details of the components ...

Business report

Financial repression can be seen in many countries. The concept of financial repression was introduced in 1973 by Stanford economists Edward S. Shaw and Ronald I. McKinnon. The term financial repression means a government policy which aims at lowering interest rates and restricting capital movements. The goal of such government policy, which concerns monetary policy, is to reduce the government debt. Such government measurements can be defined as “stealth tax” (Polin 3). The long-term goal of such measurements is to reduce unemployment in the country and to spur the economic growth. It can be said, that such measurements can be ...

Creating sustainable Remote mining operations for the future

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Introduction

The OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050 Report paints a grim picture of the Earth’s condition by 2050 (Holloway, 2012). Due to negligence towards the increasing environmental degradation, the changes in climatic conditions are likely to be severe. Simultaneously, it predicts a world population of 9.2 billion people with a global GDP of over 300 trillion USD, four times the 75 trillion USD it was in 2010 (Gillespie, 2014). Over 70 per cent of the population of the planet will live in cities by 2050, as compared to 50 per cent in 2008 (UNEP, 2010). To support ...

Introduction

After many years of operational activity in the US and world markets, General Motors Company (GMC) faced the problem of insolvency. It was on the point of bankruptcy after the world recession of 2008. Currently, the Company faced the issue whether it should merge with another company to return lost positions in the world markets.
The aim of the current paper is to develop recommendations regarding possible mergers with other companies. The discussion is devoted to the opportunity of mergers and its influence on the solvency of the Company. The report addresses the issues of operational management of ...

- Investment analysis of the Emirate Airline
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- Financial highlights analyses, 2010-2014 .. 02
- Horizontal analyses 02
- Vertical analyses 04
- SWOT analysis .. 04
- Cash flow analyses, 2010-2014 . 06
- Cash flow statements analyses 06
- Profitability position 08
- Liquidity position 08

Horizontal analyses
The four-year revenue growth of Emirates Airlines was 90.4 percent, or an average annual growth of 22.5 percent. This growth performance is moderately high and impressive ...

Sustainability in a changing environment

There are several issues that are critical in the running of a company or an organization. These issues determine whether the company survives in the current world and its competition or not. Different companies have different goals to achieve. These goals however are best planned when they include the plans of the society at large to avoid conflicts. The same case applies to the company of Monsanto. The company needs to reshape its style of play so as to avoid the conflict and critique that it is undergoing now. The changes that should be applied to the company’s structure ...

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Carbon Capture Technologies

Introduction
Aside from oil, coal is regarded as one of the most important fossil fuel resources being utilized in the global energy mix. However, the use of coal in power generation has resulted in serious air pollution around the world. The use of coal has resulted in the release of almost 14 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, with a majority of these pollutants emanating from power generation activities.
Carbon dioxide sequestration technologies seek to address the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that add to the growing problem of ...

Abstract

The purpose of our experiment was to visualize the effect of light intensity on oxygen production. In the capacity of a test subject we used algal cultures. For these researches we used the Winkler method of titration. Our experiment results showed that there is an effect of light intensity on oxygen production. Our research has a great significance for agriculture, biochemistry and biophysics.

Introduction

Photosynthesis is the metabolic process by which plants trap solar energy, convert it to chemical energy, and store it in the bonds of organic nutrient molecules, such as glucose. Nearly all types of plants and algae, as well ...

Internal analysis of Enbridge Inc.

Introduction
Enbridge Inc. a distribution and transportation of energy company operating in the United States and Canada. The company is divided into five segments to facilitate its operations and achieve its long-term corporate objectives. The sections include Liquids Pipelines; Gas Distribution; Sponsored Investments and Corporate and Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services (Finance.yahoo.com, 2016). The company operates a common carrier through the Liquids Pipelines segment by contrasting natural gas liquids, refined products, and crude oil pipelines as well as terminals. The Gas Distribution Segment is a natural gas utility serving industrial, commercial and residential customers in Quebec, New York, ...

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Executive Summary
With the changing demand across the emerging economies, the centres of activity in the steel production market are shifting away from the traditional markets in North America and Europe towards Southeast and Central Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Established players are facing increasingly stringent competition from technology-constrained players in the emergent market, coupled with fast growing markets in those countries, which they can capitalise on. This report includes an internal assessment of Severstal, one of the world’s largest steel producers, followed by a five forces analysis of the steel industry. The second section of the paper ...

1.0 Introduction
The report considers the treatment of water that takes place at Lake Mary water treatment plant. Much of the discussion is based on the experience obtained while on a visit to the treatment plant. The report gives a firsthand information on the functionality of the water treatment plants while adding few insights from secondary sources. The report identifies the contaminants that are treated to ensure the water used by the community is safe for drinking so as to prevent risks of diseases. Contaminants from pharmaceutical products and personal care products are largely responsible for chemical contamination of ...

Abstract

The paper is aimed at the research of the water provision issue in a region of developing world in order to suggest solutions. India was chosen for the completion of assignment, because it as the developing country is characterized by a free market, low standards of democratic governance, human rights guarantees, the active development of social programs and industrialization. Being the second largest country in the world by population, India has faced significant water scarcity problems. The proper statistics was provided to support risk worsening. Two methods of water provision, namely waste water treatment and desalination of sea water, ...

The Rate of Photosynthesis in Two Submerged Organisms (Cabomba and Ceratophyllum)

Introduction
In this experiment, the set alternative hypothesis was that the rate of oxygen production in Cabomba was significantly different from the rate of oxygen production in Ceratophyllum. This was informed by the report from a previous study by Van and colleagues (1976) that indicated that Cabomba had a lower rate of photosynthesis compared to Ceratophyllum and Hydrilla that had similar photosynthetic rate.

Materials and Methods

Experimental Design
The experimental independent variables were 6 grams for Ceratophyllum and Cabomba organisms while oxygen produced was the dependent variable. Water collected from the pond was used as the control in the experiment. The question ...

Introduction

Like any other class of organisms, aphids have their own adaptation to feeding. This can be easily deduced from their high precision in determining host plants from non-host plants. In this class, the mouthparts of insects are adapted to the various feeding modes which range from chewing to sucking. In our case of study, aphids have mouth parts which are highly adapted to sucking from plant phloem.

Theory of the experiment

Aphids are insects that can be a nightmare to farmers since they can become a perennial pest highly reducing the returns of the farmer. They are sucking insects which pierce through the plants and ...

Business Audit: Coca Cola

Business Audit: Coca Cola

Executive Summary

This report takes a look at the business audit of the Coca-Cola Company. After introducing the audit, a brief background of the company is given. This is followed by a macro-analysis of the company. This analysis deals with the management tool i.e. PESTLE which details Coca Cola’s political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental analysis. This is followed by a micro-analysis i.e. the financial data relating to Coca Cola. The competitor analysis of the company is next in line. This includes the strategic groups in Coca Cola’s line of business. A perceptual mapping ...

Global Warming Phenomenon

The issue of global warming has been a critical problem across the entire world due to the effects associated with this condition. Global warming is caused by the increase in Earth's temperatures due to the effect of greenhouse gases. The greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide emitted from burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas to provide energy are responsible for trapping heat and preventing it from escaping from the Earth’s atmosphere. Human activities like cutting down trees and burning forests for farming activities has been attributed to the emission of greenhouse gases that are ...

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Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Lab Report
Objectives
Introduction
A heat exchanger refers to a gadget that aids the transfer of heat from one fluid to another. The fluids involved can either be in direct contact or separated to avoid mixing (Ramesh & Sekulic, 2003). They are in common use in sewage treatment, natural gas processing, petroleum refineries, petrochemical plants, chemical plants, power stations, air conditioning, refrigeration, and space heating. A perfect example of a heat exchanger is in the internal combustion engine (ICE) (Hiereth & Prenninger, 2010). In such a situation, a circulating fluid called engine cooler flows over the ...

NATIONAL PARKS

National Parks
Introduction
Acadia National Park
The Acadia National Park is federal parkland located in New England, United States. This national park is made up of mountains, lakes, woodlands, ocean shoreline and so forth. It also includes a small island located to the southwest of Mount Desert Island, and parts of Baker Island, also nearby. This makes up much of the Isle au Haut. A part of the Schoodic Peninsula situated on the mainland of Maine is also included in this park. The national park is the first to be established in the East of the Mississippi River and ...

REPORT ON BACILLUS SUBTILIS

INTRODUCTION
Bacillus subtilis is a gram-positive bacterium. It is saprophytic in nature. Mostly, it has been found that this bacterium exists in the form of spores rather than being biologically active. The ability to form these spores which are referred to as endospores enables them to survive adverse conditions. Some of the B. subtilis are found to be pathogenic for mammals and insects. The habitat of B. subtilis is soil, river and decomposing plant material . B. subtilis can be divided into two major types, one being that which is applied to the foliage of the plant and the other ...

Planning the layout of plants

The development of layout plants is crucial to the development of efficient systems. The layout develops present a systematic organization of the different departments, equipment, machines and services that will be incorporated into the plant. A well-developed plant layout is essential for the organization of all the available resources in a manner that is expected to yield maximum output from the facility because of the optimum organization of the resources. The efficiency of the plant largely relies on the nature at which the various machines and their respective components, services, generating facilities and the employee’s amenities are organized ...

Introduction

As many firms in the emerging markets across the globe seek to engage in international business, the need for strategic reasoning is ever increasing. Decision-making mechanisms have to remain detailed to ensure that all actions taken align with the company`s goal of increasing its sales, thus maximizing its profitability. (Helm, 2014, pg 72)Company`s specializing in production in the various industries have to take into account the diverse nature of the global market. At the base of making an entry into a foreign country, lies the focus of deciding what market to venture into and selection of the ...

Background

Zara is a Spanish apparel retailer brand based in Arteixo, Galicia. Founded by Rosalia Mera and Amancio Ortega in 1975, Zara is the biggest chain store of the world’s largest apparel retailer group, Inditex (Hansen 2012). Currently, the company operates in 73 countries and has more than 1,800 outlets (Hansen 2012). Zara is known as “fashion imitator” among other players of the industry. Zara has posted revenue of more than €8.0 billion in 2012. The main countries of operation for Zara include Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, Portugal, China and Japan. The company operates Zara stores ...

Report Assessing the Feasibility of Different Techniques for Providing Fresh Water to Arid Regions of the World

Introduction
Howard, Xin, and Mathias (2010) suggest that approximately 30 percent of the whole land in the world comprises arid and semi-arid areas inhabited by several populations of the world. The authors continue on the same note by asserting that the main challenge to the social and economic development of these arid regions of the world is the acute shortage of water, necessary for the development of various sectors within the society. The impediment results from the fact that the development of the economy has significant dependence on the availability of water in the regions. Sound development of ...

Effect of lemon, garlic, and whole Jalapeño pepper on Bacillus

Introduction

Most of the commonly used fruits and spices have been studied for their possible antimicrobial properties. Spices can be defined as the plant substances that are used to increase the flavor. They may include leaves such as mint and coriander, flowers such as clover, bulbs such as turmeric and garlic, fruits such as pepper and lemon, stems such as cinnamon, and rhizomes such as ginger. These plants can have some bioactive molecules having both antibacterial and antifungal properties. Extracts from plants such as garlic and lemon are effective ...

Introduction

The largest chain of fashion stores, Zara, which is owned by Inditex, is among the companies that deal in fast fashion (Suzy 2012). With over 6000 stores all over the world and up to 13 billion Euros of revenue, the business is employing strong logistic focus that works as an advantage over the competitors. Zara knows how important it is to ensure that the order placed by customers is fulfilled, as a result, the company has laid down a well-calculated strategic decisions on logistic networks. The performance of the supply chain by the company is ensured by the design and operations of ...