The Great Waste Debate Activity 3  

Activity 3

What happens when there are more cows on the Dairy Farm? Change the number of cows per acre to 2.5 and answer the following questions.

6. How many cows are there now on the Dairy Farm?

7. Before you run the model with this new value, which 100 acre lot do you think will dump the most nitrogen and phosphate waste into the bay?

8. Now run the model and report the results.
  1. Which dumped the most waste?
  2. How much waste did the Dairy Farm dump?
  3. How much waste did the Housing Development dump?

What happens when there are even more cows on the Dairy Farm? Change the number of cows per acre to 3 and answer the following questions.

9. How many cows are there now on the Dairy Farm?

10. Before you run the model with this new value, which 100 acre lot do you think will dump the most nitrogen and phosphate waste into the bay?

11. Now run the model and report the results.
  1. Which dumped the most waste?
  2. How much waste did the Dairy Farm dump?
  3. How much waste did the Housing Development dump?

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