Temperature (oC) Cold Water Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Room Temperature Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Hot Water Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3
1) In your lab notebook, make a NEW table of the AVERAGE temperatures, dissolved oxygen levels, and respiration rates from Table 1 2) Plot the following on two separate graphs. Be sure to give your graph a descriptive title and to label your axes. Dissolved oxygen vs. temperature Respiration rate vs. temperature CONCLUSIONS Write a conclusion to this lab. Use paragraph form. Be sure to address the following. Was your hypothesis supported or not supported? Explain what thermal pollution is and how it affects dissolved oxygen levels. Explain what happens to fish respiration as dissolved oxygen levels drop and why. Also explain how this affects the health of the fish. If the government were to pass a law that forced companies to stop all thermal pollution, what trade-offs would our society have to make? How would this affect your standard of living? Explain sources of experimental error.