The water test for Lake Hodges were rather shocking and scary. Most of the things that we tested for in the water had no signs. Half way through analyzing our data I almost came to the conclusion that we did some tests wrong. My partner luckily convinced me that our water just was just as bad as we thought. Communicating with the other teams on this issue resolved the rest. This was challenging as we spent time discussing to see if we needed to re do the tests which would have taken even more time. Another challenge were the gas laws problems. It was a difficult task at first. I understood how to do the first page as the formula set was surprisingly simple. It was the last two pages that threw me off, there was a lot of wording so my mind got wrapped around the words. In the end I believed that the problems were way more complicated than I thought. When I run into a situation that is similar in the future, I will not hesitate to go up to Ms. Lyman to ask about the meaning of the math problem. What it is asking me to find. In this situation my lab partner saved me from extra trouble. He explained how to do the other formulas and I soon realized that we already learned how to do everything on the sheet. The Gas Laws became a lot easier, besides from the few mess ups. I require myself to make less mistakes by taking more time to dissect the problem in what it is asking and the steps that are needed to solve the issue. I did a variety of water test on my Local Hot Tub. Those tests were Copper: In the ten minute test, there was no change to he water's color; No Copper. pH: A Yellow-Greenish color; pH 7. Chlorine: Plenty of it, it's a hot tub after all; Water turned yellow immediately. Chromium: Water stayed clear; No Chromium. Cyanide: Stayed clear; No Cyanide (Good thing) Nitrate: Immediately became Pink, end magenta; A lot of Nitrate. Silica: Became a dark blue; Silica is present. Phosphate: Immediately turned Light blue (Stage 3). A minute passed and it became Stage 4. Turbidity: 20 JTU (Jackson Turbidity Units) The amount of chlorine in the hot tub would kill any fish in the water almost immediately. The amount of nitrate and water makes a pollutant and would promote plant growth if there was no chlorine. Fish will not be able to live in a public hot tub. Our group did test for Lake Hodges located in Escondido. The test we did were as followed. Alkalinity: 80 ppm (barely below safe levels) Acidity (pH): Water became a Blue-Green color, has a pH of 9. Sulfide: Water stayed clear, no sulfide is present in water. Nitrate: Test turned water white, the water stayed white indicating that there was no Nitrate. Ammonia: Water stayed clear and did not turn yellow, no Ammonia was present. Cyanide: Water stayed clear, no Cyanide is present. (really good) Chromium: Water stayed clear, no Chromium is present. Iron: Water stayed clear, no iron (not good) Silica: Water turned a blue color, Silica is present. Copper: There was no change to the water's color after ten minutes. No copper is present. Having no Iron is bad for fish as all animals need a small amount of iron to survive. Plants overall don't do well without Nitrate. The amount of alkalinity is really good for the lake, but the pH of the water is 9 which is way too basic for any fish to survive in. It is remotely surprisingly that any plant life is in Lake Hodges. Lake Hodges needs more Iron less nitrate and a low pH level.
Gas Laws Math Problems: 1) On the planet Schöup. There is a citizen Soop boiling water at sea level at 210 Celsius While on Earth there is a scientist boiling water at sea level at 165 Celsius. The pressure on Earth at sea level is 100 kPA. What is the pressure difference at sea level between Schöup and Earth. 2) On one fine afternoon. Francesco and I were just having the most wonderful picnic. We both had water bottles by our sides. Francesco finished water bottle was crushed to the side of him with a mere 0.5 L of volume left. It is surprising that the bottle didn't burst. The cap was on in it's crushed state as well. "Hey Cole, I'm going to blow up the water bottle to see if I can get it to its original shape." Francesco was really well at expelling air out of his lungs at high velocity and proceeded to get the bottle back to its 1.2 L form. He also managed to get the pressure to 2.7 atm without letting any air leak out. What was the pressure that the bottle had in it's crushed state? 3) I went to the store to buy my good friend Orville some chips. The store was pretty cold at a good 60 F, same goes for my car. Poor Orville being an Elephant couldn't eat his sandwich. Elephants are just all feet aren't they, I couldn't imagine being asked to eat a sandwich with my feet. Orville's house is warmer than my car and the store. The initial volume of the bag was about 0.75 L or was it 1 L? No, it was definitely 0.75 L. It was looser than most bags. When I got into Orville's house the bag slowly inflate without my knowledge. When I gave him the chips the bag was at an incredible 1.2 L in volume. I wonder how hot his home was? How to solve: 1) P1/T1 = P2/T2
Step 1; Write everything you know out P1=First Pressure=100 T1=First Temperature=165 P2=Second Pressure=? T2=Second Temperature=210 Step 2: 100 kPa/165 C = x/210 C 0.61 = x/210 C 210 C * 0.61 = x 210 C * 0.61 = 128.1 kPa x = 128.1 kPa 100 kPa/165 C = 128.1 kPa/210C 2) V1 * P1 = V2 * P2 Step 1; Write the information you have V1=First Volume=0.5 L P1=First Pressure=? V2=Second Volume=1.2 L P2=Second Pressure=2.7 atm Step 2; 0.5 L * x = 1.2 L* 2.7 atm 0.5 * x = 3.24 (Reverse the problem to find x) 3.24 / 0.5 = x x = 6.48 atm 0.5 L x 6.48 atm = 1.2 L x 2.7 atm 3) T1/V1 = T2/V2 Step 1; Write everything you know T1=First Temperature=60 F V1=First Volume=0.75 L T2=Second Temperature=? V2=Second Volume=1.2 L Step 2; 60 F/0.75 L = x/1.2 L 80 F = x/1.2 L x = 1.2 L * 80 F x = 96 F 60 F/0.75 L = 96/1.2 L
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As it stands Waluigi has grown to have an incredible popularity in the Nintendo community. If you search up Waluigi on google, the first page of results will have two articles on why he is so popular. He started off as Wario’s partner for Mario Tennis. As the games went on he saw more outings such as the Mario party series, being in everyone except for the first two and Mario party advance. He is a playable character in most spin-off games and has unique voice lines and different ways to play him. He makes cameos in other Mario games as either costumes or powers; Examples of this is Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, in this game there are emblems which you can equip to give you better and unique abilities that change how you play and your play style. There are two emblems that are very special; The ‘L’ Emblem and The ‘W’ Emblem are just two of the emblems you can wear. The ‘L’ Emblem, when equipped, changes Mario’s (The protagonist) clothes to Luigi’s (Mario’s Brother) clothes. When the ‘W’ Emblem is equipped it changes Mario’s clothes to Wario’s (Mario’s Rival) clothing. Here is the best part: If you equip both the ‘L’ Emblem and ‘W’ Emblem at the same time, Mario starts wearing purple clothing which represents Waluigi. The ‘W’ stands for Wa which is how both Wario and Waluigi’s names begin. The ‘L’ stands for Luigi which is at the end of Waluigi’s name. Nintendo cares about Waluigi, either putting him as a character or an easter egg in most spin-off games. They don’t care about him enough to put him in the newest Super Smash Bros as a playable character and that is upsetting for many old players.
This comes to the question in mind if he is in so many other games than why isn’t he in the newest smash? He has been in 61 games while there are some characters that have only been in two. One of the newest characters added to Super Smash Bros. is Daisy, who is Princess Peach’s counterpart, has been only in 19 games. Waluigi has been in every game Daisy has been in except for three, two that came out before 2000 (when Mario Party came out), and Super Mario Run, a mobile game. Daisy is an echo fighter for Princess Peach, it is currently unknown if Echo fighters work any differently than the main character as Nintendo has yet to reveal how exactly Echo fighters work. Waluigi is also rumored to be Wario’s older brother. If Wario can be in Super Smash Bros. and Luigi can as well, why can’t Waluigi? He has many unique moves and taunts which are expressed in the Mario party and Mario tennis series. His basic attacks could all revolves around his tennis racket which is what he is well known for. Waluigi throws the fastest fastball in Mario Superstar ball which could be used as his ranged smash attack. He is a charming character, he is one of the tallest characters in the Mario franchise (besides bowser). It is shown that he very athletic being able to stretch and bend to the likes of gymnast and ice skaters. During some specials move in games that he’s in it shows that he has a rose in his mouth, signifying that he caught with his mouth. His Final Smash could be that the opposing character gets bombarded by roses from Waluigi’s fantastic performance in fighting. These are only concepts for what he could be and do in Super Smash Bros. The balancing team could change so much before he becomes a playable character. We sit here with characters such as Snake from Metal Gear Solid and Sonic The Hedgehog in this fantastic game. Characters that aren’t even a part of Nintendo are in Super Smash Bros. Pacman, who is a character from many years ago got his own spot. Waluigi is a unique character and can be argued to be even more unique than Wario. He has his own personality. He is the average person who is too scared to perform, but when he does people all around him are inspired by his actions and words. It is ridiculous that a character so loved by the Nintendo community is being pushed off like they are only a trophy. Waluigi is more than just a trophy. He is the most charming person you will ever meet. Such a main character should be a playable character in this fantastic game. He has met the criteria that other characters had to meet; he has been in more games than most characters on the roster for Super Smash Bros. He may not have his own game, but he is not alone on this system. There are other playable characters on the roster that don’t have a game orbiting them. Characters such as Meta Knight and Princess Zelda sit in the roster with no game of their own, you can’t even control them in the games they are in. They are in because they are heavily loved in the Nintendo franchise. Why Can’t Waluigi get the same love as them? In the near future, there will be a time that Waluigi gets his own game. If Luigi and Wario can both get multiple games created about them, there is reasonable hope that he will get the same treatment. Sadly, he hasn’t been given much love by Nintendo recently. We need to all stand up for Waluigi and convince Nintendo to make him more than an assist trophy. Get the people to design him if you are out of ideas. The people know Waluigi, from everything like what his favorite stuffed animal to his favorite clothes to even what type of deodorant he wears. We have answers to what he is missing for his criteria. If Nintendo is to release a statement explaining why Waluigi cannot be put in Smash, we will give them reasons. Now, let us not get mad at nintendo for making the choices they made. Being wrong can sometimes makes things alright. Nintendo can’t add him in as playable character at this point anyways, it can’t be changed. But in the future, if Nintendo learned from their mistakes, he may be a playable character. If we don’t get him in Smash this game instead of screaming at Nintendo, let us hope that he will be in the next game that is yet to be revealed. Everything is set in stone for if he is going to be in the next game. The questions we are asking are why? Why didn’t they consider adding him as a character? What made Nintendo think that Waluigi was only good enough to be an assist trophy? We need to make our voices heard and let Nintendo know that we don’t appreciate what they did. We need to learn to understand why they did it. Coincidentally, Nintendo has not revealed why Waluigi is not in the newest Smash. WE NEED ANSWERS NINTENDO. |
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