36041 Topic: SCI 207 Our Dependence upon the Environment Number of Pages: 2 (Double Spaced) Number of sources: 2 Writing Style: APA Type of document: Essay Academic Level:Undergraduate Category: Environmental Issues Language Style: English (U.S.) Order Instructions: Attached Week 2 - Assignment 1 PLEASE NEED TO TAKE A PHOTO AND DO THE LAB, SEE BELOW THE TEMPLATE: Properties of Soil, Agriculture and Water Availability Impacts Laboratory [WLO: 2] [CLOs: 1, 3, 5] This lab enables you to analyze the natural porosity and particle size of soil samples along with the chemical composition and profile of different soil types. The Process: Take the required photos and complete all parts of the assignment (calculations, data tables, etc.). On the “Lab Worksheet,” answer all of the questions in the “Lab Questions” section. Finally, transfer all of your answers and visual elements from the “Lab Worksheet” into the “Lab Report.” You will submit both the “Lab Report” and the “Lab Worksheet” to Waypoint. The Assignment: Make sure to complete all of the following items before submission: Before you begin the assignment, read the Properties of Soil: Agricultural and Water Availability Impacts Investigation ManualPreview the document and review The Scientific Method (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. presentation video. Complete Activities 1 through 4 using materials in your kit, augmented by additional materials that you will supply. Photograph each activity following these instructions: When taking lab photos, you need to include in each image a strip of paper with your name and the date clearly written on it. Complete all parts of the Week 2 Lab WorksheetPreview the document, and answer all of the questions in the “Lab Questions” section. Transfer your responses to the lab questions and the data tables and your photos from the “Lab Worksheet” into the “Lab Report” by downloading the Lab Report TemplatePreview the document. Submit your completed “Lab Report” and “Lab Worksheet” through Waypoint. Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. Name of Lab Your Name SCI 207: Our Dependence Upon the Environment Instructor’s Name Date *This template will enable you to turn your lab question responses into a polished Lab Report. Simply copy paste your answers to the lab questions, as well as all data tables, graphs, and photographs, in the locations indicated. Before you submit your Lab Report, it is recommended that you run it through Turnitin, using the student folder, to ensure protection from accidental plagiarism. Please delete this purple text before submitting your report. Name of Lab Introduction Copy and paste your response to Question One here. Copy and paste your response to Question Two here. Copy and paste your response to Question Three here. Materials and Methods Copy and paste y.

1. 36041 Topic: SCI 207 Our Dependence upon the Environment
Number of Pages: 2 (Double Spaced)
Number of sources: 2
Writing Style: APA
Type of document: Essay
Academic Level:Undergraduate
Category: Environmental Issues
Language Style: English (U.S.)
Order Instructions: Attached
Week 2 - Assignment 1
PLEASE NEED TO TAKE A PHOTO AND DO THE LAB, SEE
BELOW THE TEMPLATE:
Properties of Soil, Agriculture and Water Availability Impacts
Laboratory
[WLO: 2] [CLOs: 1, 3, 5]
This lab enables you to analyze the natural porosity and particle
size of soil samples along with the chemical composition and

2. profile of different soil types.
The Process:
Take the required photos and complete all parts of the
assignment (calculations, data tables, etc.). On the “Lab
Worksheet,” answer all of the questions in the “Lab Questions”
section. Finally, transfer all of your answers and visual
elements from the “Lab Worksheet” into the “Lab Report.” You
will submit both the “Lab Report” and the “Lab Worksheet” to
Waypoint.
The Assignment:
Make sure to complete all of the following items before
submission:
Before you begin the assignment, read the Properties of Soil:
Agricultural and Water Availability Impacts Investigation
ManualPreview the document and review The Scientific Method
(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. presentation
video.
Complete Activities 1 through 4 using materials in your kit,
augmented by additional materials that you will supply.
Photograph each activity following these instructions:
When taking lab photos, you need to include in each image a
strip of paper with your name and the date clearly written on it.
Complete all parts of the Week 2 Lab WorksheetPreview the
document, and answer all of the questions in the “Lab
Questions” section.
Transfer your responses to the lab questions and the data tables
and your photos from the “Lab Worksheet” into the “Lab

3. Report” by downloading the Lab Report TemplatePreview the
document.
Submit your completed “Lab Report” and “Lab Worksheet”
through Waypoint.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used
to evaluate your assignment.
Name of Lab
Your Name
SCI 207: Our Dependence Upon the Environment
Instructor’s Name
Date
*This template will enable you to turn your lab question
responses into a polished Lab Report. Simply copy paste your
answers to the lab questions, as well as all data tables, graphs,
and photographs, in the locations indicated. Before you submit
your Lab Report, it is recommended that you run it through
Turnitin, using the student folder, to ensure protection from
accidental plagiarism. Please delete this purple text before
submitting your report.
Name of Lab
Introduction
Copy and paste your response to Question One here.
Copy and paste your response to Question Two here.

4. Copy and paste your response to Question Three here.
Materials and Methods
Copy and paste your response to Question Four here.
Results
Copy and paste your completed Data Tables here.
Copy and paste any Graphs here. Include a numbered figure
caption below it, in APA format.
Copy and paste your Photographs here, in the order they were
taken in the lab. Include numbered figure captions below them,
in APA format.
Discussion
Copy and paste your response to Question Five here.
Copy and paste your response to Question Six here.
Copy and paste your response to Question Seven here.
Copy and paste your response to Question Eight here.
References
Copy and paste your response to Question
2)
ACTIVITY

5. Lab Worksheet
Hypotheses
Activity 1.
Activity 2.
Activity 3.
Activity 4.
Observations/Data Tables
Data Table 1. Particle Size Distribution and Soil Type
Depth of Clay Layer (cm)
Depth of Silt Layer (cm)
Depth of Sand Layer (cm)
Total Depth (cm)
%
Clay
%
Silt
%
Sand
Soil Texture
Soil Sample A
Data Table 2. Determination of Soil Porosity

6. Time Taken for First Drop to Emerge from Column (s)
Sand Sample
Clay Sample
Soil Sample A
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Data Table 3. pH Comparison of Soil Samples
Soil Sample A
Soil Sample B
(Location Description: )
pH
Data Table 4. Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potash Comparison in
Soil Samples
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Potash
Soil Sample A
Soil Sample B

7. Photographs
Activity 1.
Activity 2.
Activity 3.
Activity 4.
Lab Questions
Please answer the following entirely in your own words and in
complete sentences: Introduction
1.
Background—What is important to know about the topic of this
lab? Use at least one outside source (other than course
materials) to answer this question. Cite the source using APA
format. Answers should be 5–7 sentences in length.
[Write your answers here]
2.
Outcomes—What was the main purpose of this lab?
[Write your answers here]
3.
Hypotheses—What were your hypotheses for the activities of
this lab? Identify each hypothesis clearly, and explain your
reasoning.
[Write your answers here]
Materials and Methods

8. 4.
Using your own words, briefly describe what materials and
methods you used in each of the activities. Your answer should
be sufficiently detailed so that someone reading it would be
able to replicate what you did. Explain any measurements you
made.
[Write your answers here]
Discussion
5.
Based upon the results of each activity, explain whether you
accepted or rejected your hypotheses and why.
[Write your answers here]
6.
What important information have you learned from this lab?
Use at least one outside source (scholarly for full credit) to
answer this question. Cite the source using APA format.
Answers should be 5–7 sentences in length.
[Write your answers here]
7.
What challenges did you encounter when doing this lab? Name
at least one.
[Write your answers here]
8. What additional information would you need to know, beyond
what you did in this lab, to
determine whether a farm would be agriculturally productive or

9. not? Provide at least 3 examples.
[Write your answers here]
Literature Cited
9. List the references you used to answer these questions. (Use
APA format, and alphabetize by the last name.)
[Write your answers here]
USE THE RESOURCES REQUIRE BELOW:
Text
Bensel, T., & Turk, J. (2014). Contemporary environmental
issues (2nd ed.). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu
Chapter 3: Feeding the World
Supplemental Material
Carolina Distance Learning. (n.d.). Properties of soil:
Agricultural and water availability impacts investigation manual
[PDF]. Retrieved from https://ashford.instructure.com
This lab manual provides background information on soil
properties and will assist you in your Properties of Soil:
Agricultural and Water Availability Impacts Laboratory
assignment. This manual is available for download in your
online classroom.
Recommended Resources
Multimedia

10. Happen Films. (2017, May 21). Organic sustainable farming is
the future of agriculture - The future of food (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site. [Video file]. Retrieved
from https://youtu.be/hWkYtZxpQUo
This video provides information about community supported
sustainable agriculture and may assist you in your Sustaining
our Agricultural Resources assignment this week.
Accessibility Statement (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.
Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.
Web Pages
GRACE Communications Foundation. (n.d.). Sustainable
agriculture: The basics (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.. Retrieved from
http://www.sustainabletable.org/246/sustainable-agriculture-
the-basics
This web page provides information about the basic elements of
sustainable agriculture and may assist you in your Sustaining
our Agricultural Resources Assignment.
Accessibility Statement does not exist.
Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.
UC Davis, Agricultural Sustainability Institute. (n.d.). What is
sustainable agriculture? (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site. Retrieved from
http://asi.ucdavis.edu/programs/sarep/about/what-is-sustainable-

11. agriculture
This web page provides information about the philosophy
behind sustainable agriculture and may assist you in your
Sustaining our Agricultural Resources Assignment.
Accessibility Statement (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.
Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.
Union of Concerned Scientists. (n.d.). What is sustainable
agriculture? (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Retrieved from https://www.ucsusa.org/food-
agriculture/advance-sustainable-agriculture/what-is-sustainable-
agriculture#.W1Ekbdgzqu4
This web page provides information about sustainable
agricultural practices and may assist you in your Sustaining our
Agricultural Resources Assignment.
Accessibility Statement does not exist.
Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.
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MGT201 Cross Cultural Management – Assessment 2 – Written
Report Task
· Your task is based upon comparing and contrasting the culture
in two different countries.
· The purpose of this assignment is to provide an opportunity to
utilize your skills and knowledge to research cultural

12. differences between countries. The assignment is based upon
comparing and contrasting the culture in two different
countries.
· Research your reading list and the wider literature for
information on cultural dimensions, leadership styles,
communications, decision making, managing teams and value
systems of these national backgrounds
Explain in your presentation what may affect negotiations
between business people from those nations. Investigate issues
such as historic or recent socio-political events can influence
cross-cultural relationships. You may have to read widely on
the countries that you discuss. All sources MUST be referenced
using HARVARD referencing style. Evidence of academic
research that supports your analysis. Include at least 10
academic references from relevant academic and peer-reviewed
journal articles, news articles and periodicals as well as from
the Internet, Travel books, Government embassies, Chamber of
Commerce.
Choose which issues are relevant to your chosen pair of
countries and what your presentation should focus on. It is
recommended that you create scenarios and give examples for
the influences that you discuss. Prepare your presentation slides
to be submitted before Group Presentation commence.
The hypothetical negotiation teams are from:
· Poland and Taiwan
· Argentina and South Africa
· Saudi Arabia and Thailand
· Mongolia and Iraq
· Nigeria and Bangladesh