MEASURING DECOMPOSITION USING SODA LIME DATA FORM 4: SUMMARY

Use this form to compile results from all of your soil samples. If your sample ID #s represent replicates of the same soil, then you can average the CO2 production rates. If your experiment involved using treatments, such as measurement of decomposition rates in soil containing worms vs. without worms, then you should take averages of any replicates within each treatment.

 

Name(s) _____________________________________ Date _______________________

 

Class ________________________________________ Teacher ____________________

 

Date soil samples were collected ______________________________________________

 

Describe the soil samples listed on this page. Include soil sampling location, a description of the location, and any other useful information (such as sampling depth or observations about soil conditions at the sampling site).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Describe soil type or treatments

                               

Soil

sample

ID#

Treatment

Corrected

soda lime

wt gain

(mg CO2)

Days

incubated

Total soil

sample

dry wt (kg)

CO2 production rate (mg CO2 / day / kg dry soil)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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