Semester 1-Who Belongs On The Land
Wildfire Project And Model
Maia Jacques, Max Magee, Oliver Compton
Mike Bienkowski
Biology 9
9/13/22
How does drought affect wildfires?The drought is a subject covered in the article "Why are wildfires getting worse?". A lengthy period of unusually low rainfall that causes a water deficit is known as a drought. As a result, there may be a number of negative effects prior to wildfires, including dead plants and increased flammability of wildfire fuels like grasses and trees during drought conditions. The likelihood of an ignite and the speed at which a fire spreads can both be accelerated by drought. Unusual warm temperatures, commonly known as climatic shift, can indicate drought. We in the organization want to spread this knowledge to everyone by demonstrating how dry earth and dead grass can increase the risk of wildfires. This subject and the material it contains may reveal previously unknown details. we also need to eliminate climatic shift, to do so we need to save energy at home, walk, bike, or take public transport, and eat more vegetables.
Independent Variable Dependent Variable
∗The grass and moisture of the model ∗The number of matches burned
Control Variables
∗ The number of matches in each tin
∗ The same amount of moisture
∗ The same amount of wind
* Same ignition of fire
* Same type of matches
Measurement
To determine the amount of forest that was burned in this experiment. We will count how many matches were burned in each tin and then subtract the original number of matches from the total number of matches burned.
Matches burned - total number of matches times 100 = percentage of forest burned
Hypothesis
We predict that model number one with live grass will barely burn. Model number two that is dry grass only we predict that it will burn a lot more than model one. Then we predict that model number three which is a mix of live and dry grass, we expect for the dry grass to burn but not the live grass.
Experiment Setup
First, we will set up 25 short and 25 long matches in three different 8 in x 8 in x 17/8 square cake pans filled with dirt found on the animas campus, then we will pick some dead grass, and then we will also pick some live grass, after that, we will put the two grass types in the three tins, this will be set up with model one having live grass, model two with dead grass, and model three with mixed dry and live grass.
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Data
Model 1: 9% burned
Model 2: 94% burned
Model 3: 22% burned
Conclusion
Our conclusion is that our first model didn't burn as much as the second model or the third model because the live grass was too wet to really burn. The second model burnt everything down except for two matches, due to the dry grass being extremely flammable. Model three had mixed live grass and dry grass, resulting in only the dry grass burning.
Mike Bienkowski
Biology 9
9/13/22
How does drought affect wildfires?The drought is a subject covered in the article "Why are wildfires getting worse?". A lengthy period of unusually low rainfall that causes a water deficit is known as a drought. As a result, there may be a number of negative effects prior to wildfires, including dead plants and increased flammability of wildfire fuels like grasses and trees during drought conditions. The likelihood of an ignite and the speed at which a fire spreads can both be accelerated by drought. Unusual warm temperatures, commonly known as climatic shift, can indicate drought. We in the organization want to spread this knowledge to everyone by demonstrating how dry earth and dead grass can increase the risk of wildfires. This subject and the material it contains may reveal previously unknown details. we also need to eliminate climatic shift, to do so we need to save energy at home, walk, bike, or take public transport, and eat more vegetables.
Independent Variable Dependent Variable
∗The grass and moisture of the model ∗The number of matches burned
Control Variables
∗ The number of matches in each tin
∗ The same amount of moisture
∗ The same amount of wind
* Same ignition of fire
* Same type of matches
Measurement
To determine the amount of forest that was burned in this experiment. We will count how many matches were burned in each tin and then subtract the original number of matches from the total number of matches burned.
Matches burned - total number of matches times 100 = percentage of forest burned
Hypothesis
We predict that model number one with live grass will barely burn. Model number two that is dry grass only we predict that it will burn a lot more than model one. Then we predict that model number three which is a mix of live and dry grass, we expect for the dry grass to burn but not the live grass.
Experiment Setup
First, we will set up 25 short and 25 long matches in three different 8 in x 8 in x 17/8 square cake pans filled with dirt found on the animas campus, then we will pick some dead grass, and then we will also pick some live grass, after that, we will put the two grass types in the three tins, this will be set up with model one having live grass, model two with dead grass, and model three with mixed dry and live grass.
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Data
Model 1: 9% burned
Model 2: 94% burned
Model 3: 22% burned
Conclusion
Our conclusion is that our first model didn't burn as much as the second model or the third model because the live grass was too wet to really burn. The second model burnt everything down except for two matches, due to the dry grass being extremely flammable. Model three had mixed live grass and dry grass, resulting in only the dry grass burning.
Lightner Creek Tropic Web
Max Magee And Cas Henderson Lightner Creek Food Web
Our project is a reflection and a diagram of how all of these species in our lightner creek ecosystem are interconnected throughout all of the Animas campus. At the bottom of our diagram we have a creek ecosystem that has some of the creatures that live at our Animas campus. As you move up the page you will see a grassland ecosystem. Each animal has a different spot in the ecosystem and it goes from bottom to top. At the bottom we have Algae and at the top we have the biggest meanest bird. Each animal, No matter the size, plays a very important part in the ecosystem we all live and thrive in.
Our project is a reflection and a diagram of how all of these species in our lightner creek ecosystem are interconnected throughout all of the Animas campus. At the bottom of our diagram we have a creek ecosystem that has some of the creatures that live at our Animas campus. As you move up the page you will see a grassland ecosystem. Each animal has a different spot in the ecosystem and it goes from bottom to top. At the bottom we have Algae and at the top we have the biggest meanest bird. Each animal, No matter the size, plays a very important part in the ecosystem we all live and thrive in.