Traffic Patterns Lab

Location: Mercer Village-Barnes & Noble Bookstore

Elapsed Time: 10 minutes

Almost 75% of the vehicles that drove by consisted of one driver and no passengers. Over 50% of the vehicles were classified as "small" vehicles, and 75% of drivers were not multitasking.

If a rate of 76 vehicles every 10 minutes continued for an entire hour, 456 vehicles would pass by Mercer Village in an hour. Tables 1-3 below display the values recorded during lab.

Table 1.
# of People in Vehicle	# of Vehicles
1	56
2	15
3	3
4	1
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	1
TOTAL:	76

Table 2.
Vehicle Type	# of    Vehicles
Small	41
Large	15
Truck	10
Van	2
Semi	3
Motorcycle	0
Trailers	0

Table 3.
Multitasking	# of Drivers
None	57
Eating	0
Texting	5
Drinking Beverage	1
Smoking	2
Talking on Phone	6

Mitochondrial Eve and the Diversity of Mankind

Science suggests that there is a maternal ancestor of all human beings. She is referred to as mitochondrial Eve (mtEve). All humans get their mitochondrial DNA from their mother. Genetics suggests that 99.9% of each humans mitochondrial DNA is the same. Knowing this allows for scientists to trace back to where they think mtEve originated. The picture below is a geographic depiction of this idea. According to this image she was most likely from Northeastern Africa.




This idea is amazing considering the diversity of the human population. 5 different peoples are identified below from across the world as an example of this diversity.

        Tujia of China                              Arab of Egypt                    

     

                 

      Wolof of Senegal                    Peruvian of Peru                 Danish of Denmark

Photos are courtesy of Joshua Project. 

Topographic Contour Lines

Topographic contour lines of Colorado drawn in a Google Earth satellite image.

Elevation (MSL)

Orange = 5500 ft

Pink = 7500 ft

Purple = 8500 ft

Yellow = 9500 ft

Blue = 10500 ft


For examples of other types of maps please follow this link. 

Rocks & Soils

IGNEOUS

Taken from the following website: http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/GLG101/GLG101-igneous-rocks.htm

“Pegmatite is very coarsely crystallized.  Some of the largest crystals in the world have 
been found in pegmatites.  Pegmatites often have the same mineral composition of granites with large crystals of mica and feldspar.  Gem minerals, such as tourmaline and beryl are found in pegmatites.”
 

Pic: Shkatulka pegmatite

Geographic Area of Abundance: Russia

Link: http://www.mindat.org/min-7291.html

METAMORPHIC

Taken from the following website: http://www.rocksandminerals4u.com/marble.html

“Marble is a metamorphic rock that comes from metamorphosed limestone or dolomite. Limestone is mostly calcite or calcium carbonate, CaCO₃. Dolomite CaMg(CO₃)₂ is related to limestone but is rich in magnesium. Marble has a uniform texture (non-foliated).”

Pic: Gray Marble

Geographic Area of Abundance: China, Italy, United States, India and Greece, among others

Link: http://geology.com/rocks/marble.shtml

SEDIMENTARY

Taken from the following website: http://geology.com/rocks/breccia.shtml

“Breccia is a term most often used for clastic sedimentary rocks that are composed of large angular fragments (over two millimeters in diameter). The spaces between the large angular fragments can be filled with a matrix of smaller particles or a mineral cement that binds the rock together.“

Pic: Chert Breccia

Geographic Area of Abundance: Western Australia

Link: http://outbackmining.com/chert_Breccia.htm

http://geology.com/rocks/breccia.shtml

12 SOIL ORDERS OF THE WORLD: found here.

SOIL TEXTURE DIAGRAM