Micro- Organisms in the Gulf of Mexico - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

About This Presentation
Title:

Micro- Organisms in the Gulf of Mexico

Description:

By: Margaret Our Experiment In class we got 4 tubes. Tube 1 Tube 2 Tube 3 Tube 4 Indicator Indicator Water Water Oil Oil Oil Oil Water Microbes Water ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:132
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 8
Provided by: 20184
Category:
Tags: gulf | mexico | micro | organisms

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: Micro- Organisms in the Gulf of Mexico


1
Micro- Organisms in the Gulf of Mexico
  • By Margaret

2
Our Experiment
  • In class we got 4 tubes.
  • Tube 1 Tube 2 Tube 3 Tube 4
  • Indicator Indicator Water Water
  • Oil Oil Oil Oil
  • Water Microbes Water Microbes
  • Microbes can be fungi or bacteria. In class we
    used a product called Rid-X. It was full of
    microbes.

3
The Point of Our Experiment
  • The purpose of the experiment is to SEE how
    microbes eat oil. We knew that the experiment had
    worked when the liquids turned pinkish-red. If
    you can remember, the microbes were put into tube
    numbers 2 4.

4
Results
As you can see tube 2 was the one that proved our
Experiment worked.
Well, it actually happened in both tubes but you
only have proof that it happened in tube 2
because it had indicator ( tetrazolium)
5
Food Chain
  • We also learned about the food chain. If oil goes
    to the bottom of the ocean and it gets on things
    including detritus, (detritus is dead fish and
    animals in the ocean that have sunk to the bottom
    and decayed) Phyto- Plankton will eat that and
    die. Then the zooplankton eat them and die. Then
    the fish ( grazers) eat the zooplankton and die.
    Then 1st order carnivores, then the 2nd order
    carnivores, then top predators, and then us. So
    eventually everything/ one dies.
  • Thank you Cause and Effect.

6
Dead Zone
  • A dead zone is where the microbes all have a
    party and they all eat the oil while using the
    oxygen to where there is no oxygen so when other
    animals swim in that spot well you probably know
    what happens after that. In order for microbes to
    eat the oil, it has to be broken into tiny pieces
    using dispersants. Microbes grow faster in the
    Gulf of Mexico as apposed to other oceans because
    it is warmer.

7
  • Well, you have all the facts I can give you so I
    hope you will try this at home ( with
    permission). I hope this power point brought you
    some knowledge and thanks for checking out this
    experiment.
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com