Q: Process:  - Items are collected - The items are sorted - Trash is removed from everything else - Goes to a landfill - The items go into a baler machine for each kind of material - They come out as bales - The bales are shipped to manufacturers to use to make products.  Perturbation hypothesis: suppose feeling more depressed happens, how will it affect MORE recyling.  Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
A: no

Q: Process:  - You inhale - Your diaphragm moves down - Your lungs have more room - Your lungs fill with air - You exhale - Your diaphragm moves back up - Carbon dioxide is exhaled - You start the process over again.  Perturbation hypothesis: suppose the diaphragm has been obstructed happens, how will it affect the diaphragm is deformed.  Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
A: yes

Q: Process:  - Blood is sent to the liver - The liver uses chemicals and proteins to treat the blood - The blood is cleaned - Energy is produced - The blood leaves the liver cleaned.  Perturbation hypothesis: suppose mushroom is placed in the ground with roots happens, how will it affect the liver having to work HARDER.  Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
A: no

Q: Process:  - Carbon dioxide passes through stomata in the leaves - Water is absorbed through roots - Chloroplast cells in leaves contain chlorophyll - Chlorophyll absorbs energy from sunlight - Energy splits water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen - Oxygen gets released into atmosphere - Hydrogen and carbon dioxide used to create glucose - Glucose is food for plants.  Perturbation hypothesis: suppose the plant is outdoors happens, how will it affect LESS sugar and oxygen being produced.  Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
A: