Lab Assignment 2

Lab Assignment 2

Question 1

Water quality standards

Associated no. of impaired miles

Storm water runoff

38

114.89

Unknown

91

823.72

Silviculture

8

463.23

Natural

41

764.05

Permitted municipal sewage

32

438.24

Re4source extraction

28

722.37

Industrial discharges

17

405.02

Hydro modification

79

399.66

Habitat alternation

51

297.85

Agriculture

113

662.7

Question 3

Year

CO2 concentration level

1987

348.98

1988

351.45

1989

352.89

1990

354.16

1991

355.49

1992

356.27

1993

356.96

1994

358.63

1995

360.62

1996

362.37

1997

363.47

1998

366.5

1999

368.14

2000

369.41

2001

371.07

2002

373.16

2003

375.8

2004

377.55

2005

379.75

2006

381.85

2007

383.72

The resulting graph shows that every increasing year the CO2 concentration levels are increasing and the environment will be more polluted with CO2 in the coming years.

Question 4

Converted table from lbs to Kg

Manufacture (kg)

Uses (Kg)

Toxic chemicals

Utah

66.7

389.63

971

Texas

94.8

72.57

811

Tennessee

52.61

390.54

864

Ohio

104.32

34.92

419

North Carolina

53.07

171.91

754

Nevada

97.52

421.387

339

Louisiana

55.79

285.3

653

Indiana

61.68

135.17

118

Georgia

57.15

170.09

634

Alaska

302.54

150.59

824

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