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Assignment: SCIE211 Phase 4 Lab Report
Title: Analysis of Energy Sources
Instructions: You will write a 1-page lab report using the scientific method.
When your lab report is complete, post it in Submitted Assignment files.
Part I: Using the lab animation, fill in the data table below to gather your data, and use it to help you generate your hypothesis, outcomes, and analysis.
| Energy Source | Fuel (Coal)/Uranium Needed (tons) | CO2 Emissions (tons) | Sulfur Dioxide and Other Emissions (tons) | Radioactivity mSv (millisievert) | Solid Waste (tons) | Accidents | |
| Quarter 1 | Coal | 625,000 | 1.75 Mil | 75,000 | 0.25 | 150,000 | N/A |
| Nuclear | 18,750/7.5 | 52,500 | 0 | 0.0025 | 62.5 | N/A | |
| Quarter 2 | Coal | 1.25 Mil | 3.5 Mil | 150,000 | 0.5 | 300,000 | Health Impairments |
| Nuclear | 37,500/15 | 105,000 | 0 | 0.005 | 125 | N/A | |
| Quarter 3 | Coal | 1.875 Mil | 5.25 Mil | 225,000 | 0.75 | 450,000 | Worker Fatalities |
| Nuclear | 56,250/22.5 | 157,500 | 0 | 0.0075 | 187.5 | Minor Emissions | |
| Quarter 4 | Coal | 2.5 Mil | 7 Mil | 300,000 | 1.0 | 600,000 | Fire Destruction |
| Nuclear | 75,000/30 | 210,000 | 0 | 0.01 | 250 | Catastrophic releases leading to radiation sickness, death, and environmental contamination |
Part II: Write a 1-page lab report using the following scientific method sections:
· Purpose
· State the purpose of the lab.
· Introduction
· This is an investigation of what is currently known about the question being asked. Use background information from credible references to write a short summary about concepts in the lab. List and cite references in APA style.
· Hypothesis/Predicted Outcome
· A hypothesis is an educated guess. Based on what you have learned and written about in the Introduction, state what you expect to be the results of the lab procedures.
· Methods
· Summarize the procedures that you used in the lab. The Methods section should also state clearly how data (numbers) were collected during the lab; this will be reported in the Results/Outcome section.
· Results/Outcome
· Provide here any results or data that were generated while doing the lab procedure.
· Discussion/Analysis
· In this section, state clearly whether you obtained the expected results, and if the outcome was as expected.
· Note: You can use the lab data to help you discuss the results and what you learned.
Provide references in APA format. This includes a reference list and in-text citations for references used in the Introduction section.
Give your paper a title and number, and identify each section as specified above. Although the hypothesis will be a 1-sentence answer, the other sections will need to be paragraphs to adequately explain your experiment.
When your lab report is complete, post it in Submitted Assignment files.
