Analyzing Research and ExperimentsAn ARE is meant to help you understand the author’s research or experiment and whether you believe it is strong, unbiased research or experiment. Below are the requirements for a ARE: 1. Find the hypothesis. It is one sentence that summarizes the question that drove the experiment or research. I think that the hypothesis of this research would be: Tested hypothesis: The As in the wood used to build animal enclosures is causing As exposures in animals. Testing hypothesis: If the wood in animal enclosures has As, it could be causing As exposures in the zoo animals. 2. Locate three findings. Findings are bits of information that the scientists discovered during their research. Type these up and explain how each is part of the author’s answer to the hypothesis. This is one paragraph Animal enclosures are often constructed from wood treated with the pesticide chromated copper arsenate (CCA), which leaches arsenic (As) into adjacent soil during normal weathering. -This is important to the the scientists because this shows the source of where the As is coming from. Once they find that they can understand where the As is coming from. We analyzed As speciation in complete animal foods, dislodgeable As from CCA-wood, and As levels in enclosure soils, as well as As levels in biomarkers of 9 species of crocodilians (eggs), 4 species of birds (feathers), 1 primate species (hair), and 1 porcupine species (quills). -This is important to the scientists because it shows that from taking the evidence of arsenic in the soil, they analyzed As in animals foods, in the soil, in the enclosures, and in the animals themselves. Elevated soil As in samples from 17 enclosures was observed at 1.0-110mg/kg, and enclosures housing threatened and endangered species had As levels higher than USEPA's risk-based Eco-SSL for birds and mammals of 43 and 46mg/kg. -This shows there findings of their analyses and is important because it shows whether their hypothesis was correct or incorrect. All of these finding help prove the hypothesis I think they had in the beggining. They are important to the scientist’s to prove or disprove their hypothesis. 3. Answer these questions: “Are these results strong or weak? Do you agree or disagree with the result? Why?” This should be a paragraph. I agree with the results and think that they are strong because they have clear evidence and have tested their hypothesis. They have gone through the steps that they did to get to their conclusion and have given all the evidence. I think the results are strong because they have been thought out and shown in a clear way and have evidence to back it up. I agree with the results because they make sense, they have enough evidence and the results are strong. 4. Choose five vocabulary words or unfamiliar terms and define them. Adjacent: Next to or joined with. Weathering: Wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure to the air. Speciation: The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution. Chromated Chromated copper arsenate: A wood preservative. 5. Write a short reflection on what you have learned from the text or about yourself. I have learned from this text how scientific papers are written and what they contain. That is important to know for later in the future when I will be reading scientific articles. I also now know which part of the article is important to read and which isn’t as much. Even though I didnt read the whole article I thinking I still learned alot. Part 2:June and Cassini:Jupiter: Juno Juno was launched many years after Cassini in 2011. It headed for Jupiter and has been in orbit for nearly a year now. I think that it is amazing that they have sended up another probe to observe a planet and since Jupiter is my favorite planet it is even more exciting. What struck me about the mission for Jupiter so far is that it is finding out more about the origins of Jupiter which I think will be very interesting. Since they think that Jupiter was the first planet, I think that finding the origins of Jupiter will help us find more about how the rest of the planets came and how there is life on earth. Saturn: Cassini 1997 Cassini was launched from Earth, heading towards Saturn. For over 15 years Cassini has been researching more about the popular planet, finding information about its rings and moons and finally in 2017, Cassini’s mission will come to an end. For me the things that struck me the most about Cassini was how long Cassini was able to stay up there and how successful Cassini’s mission was. Cassini has been up there for around 20 years and now finally it is doing its grand finale in mid September of 2017. I believe that is amazing that Cassini was able to stay up there without breaking or going out of reach. The other thing that is amazing is how Cassini was so successful. Cassini has been up there for a very long time gathering info and images and send them back to us and in April of this year Cassini did something even more remarkable, it made a first time ever, successful, dive through a narrow gap between Saturn and it’s rings. I think that that is pretty remarkable. Cassini, I believe has been a huge success and has helped us learn a lot about Saturn and it will be sad to see it go.
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