Endangered Gorilla

          My endangered species would be "Gorillas", typically gorillas live in the tropical rain forest with swamps and low wet lands. These tropical rain forest are located in South America  usually the temperature is warm year round with tall trees. The trees are recognized by their trunks but can be identified but the type of flowers they grow. The rate of rain is typically around 93 percent but the can drop to about 68 percent. In the rain forest three major animals that live under the trees include the great ape family, sloths, and the tiger. In the greater ape family there is the chimpanzees, orangutans, bonobos, and the gorillas. The gorillas stay on a vegetarian diet and roams the rainforest floors. Their diet include many fruits, leaves, plant stalks, and the insides of plant stalks. The younger generation of the great apes spend their time climbing trees. Due to hunters the great ape population has decreased. There are less then seven hundred apes in the rainforest today. But thanks to the world animal protection without them there would be less apes then that today. The chimpanzee eat plants, animals, seeds and fruit. The chimpanzee are normally found in  Sierra Leone. The Chimpanzee stays on the ground during the day and builds nest in the trees at night to rest in. The sloth lives in the trees and move very slow. They eat, play, sleep and give birth upside down. The sloth slow motion helps then not to be noticed as much. The sloths can be hunted by jaguars, humans,  and Megalonychidae.




http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/Animals.shtml
http://www.rainforestanimals.net/rainforestanimal/commonchimpanzee.html

lab report

Introduction:The Furnace Brook Lab was an effort to observe the water quality in the stream. The aim of the lab was to find the healthiest environment for the species that live within the water.You would typically find the water samples and the water flow rates, the general stream characteristics stream width,  calculating the area and velocity,  the levels of dissolved oxygen and the ph levels.

Research Question:Within the two locations find the healthiest environment for the species that live in the stream.

Hypothesis: The location with the best water quality and a neutral ph level will be the environment for the species  

Variable Identification:  

Controlled Variable	Method to control the variable
The stream	The two locations

Experimental Setup :  The experiment took place at Corcoran stream. The materials that were used were a meter stick, a golf ball, a stopwatch and a dissolved oxygen and ph pill. In the photo the stream is located towards the bottom where the lab took action. Each group of student were to find two different location

Procedure: 1. Get in two groups of five so you can have a sampler one and two, a recorder, timer and a person to do the calculations

2. find a location on the stream

3. measure about 40 feet down the stream and mark it 

   4. measure the width of the stream

   5. measure the depth of the stream six time  

   6. take the temperature of the water

   7. have one person stand at the beginning of the 40 feet

       with the golf ball and another person stand at the end of the 40 feet,you will need to have a person time from when the first person drop the ball until it reaches the second person (repeat this step 5 times)

8.measure the dissolved oxygen

9.measure the ph level

10.repeat  steps 1-9 for location 2

Data:  

depth of the stream	1	2	3	4	5	6
location 1	4.5in	4in	5in	5in	5.5in	6.5in

location 2

5.5in

8in

10in

7in

8in

7in

Float Time Trial	Time
1	42.56
2	28.35
3	29.44
4	28.34
5	29.54

Results :

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Discussion: There weren’t as many species found in the water even though water was fairly  clean. The water appeared clear and there wasn’t a smell. The texture of the algae was cobbles and the stream  description was rocks.

Evaluation:  The lab could of had some mess ups in the exact amount, also the lab could of been done one day.

Conclusion: My hypothesis was wrong because both location had clean water and there wasn’t many species on either locations

Biomagnification Case Study

     Biomagnification is when organisms digest toxins which is usually found in grass and or plants. When the organism eats the toxin and  is eating by their predator the toxins moves into the predator and so on. An example of biomagnification is the plant algal blooms also known as the algae Karenia. This plant is found in the bottom of the ocean and grows rapidly. (fish loves it) The plant Algal blooms tissue creates a redish shade in the water which is the toxin. The pigment is a neurotoxin which damages the nervous system which is the running cells in the human body and fish.

     The cycles starts with the algal blooms, then as the plant grows the fish eats the plant. Then humans go fishing and fish the fishes that ate the algal plant. Then the humans go home and clean, cook and eat  the fish. When the humans digest the fish as time progress the algal plant can poison the human, the algal plant could cause numbness in there fingers and in the toes.

     You  can prevent this type of biomagnification by avoiding eating seafood or before you eat seafood get a better understanding of the seafood you eat. Research where toxins are found and what organism eat it.

Camp, Allison. "Breaking News." Welcome to Toxipedia. Campbell, n.d. Web. 01 Oct. 2015.