Introduction: Over the course of about a week, I ran and studied a lab that represents the ecology of life with bacteria. To test how the ecology of life works, we measured and reviewed the growth of bacteria after washing one’s hands at different intervals of time.
After washing our hands four times in 30 second intervals, we wiped a finger on a different segment of an Agar plate where our bacteria would have a strong environment to grow and develop. To be sure that each individual whose’ hands would be tested had a source of bacteria on them, we had the freedom of choosing any object in or around the school before washing.
For my experiment, I touched a basketball from the school gym. I chose this item because basketball season was in …show more content…
2. Compare how washing your hands can be similar to an ecological disaster at the ecosystem level?
Washing your hands could be similar to an ecological disaster in the case of an outbreak of a disease among animals and the reaction to antibiotics. The first time antibiotics are given to an animal, there will not be a large change. However, after continuing to initiate the drug over a few days, the disease or sickness will gradually begin to fade away and heal.
3. What may be some of the evolutionary adaptations that could account for some of the bacteria to survive on your hands even after washing?
An evolutionary adaptation that could account for why some bacteria continues to live on our hands after washing could be due to our body’s development of non resistance to certain bacterias. Humans could develop non resistance to specific bacterias allowing them to live on us and not die from the soap. Another possibility could be a decline in strength of antibacterial soaps. We could be coming in contact with bacterias that have not yet been detected for the use of antibacterial soap to be
After washing our hands four times in 30 second intervals, we wiped a finger on a different segment of an Agar plate where our bacteria would have a strong environment to grow and develop. To be sure that each individual whose’ hands would be tested had a source of bacteria on them, we had the freedom of choosing any object in or around the school before washing.
For my experiment, I touched a basketball from the school gym. I chose this item because basketball season was in …show more content…
2. Compare how washing your hands can be similar to an ecological disaster at the ecosystem level?
Washing your hands could be similar to an ecological disaster in the case of an outbreak of a disease among animals and the reaction to antibiotics. The first time antibiotics are given to an animal, there will not be a large change. However, after continuing to initiate the drug over a few days, the disease or sickness will gradually begin to fade away and heal.
3. What may be some of the evolutionary adaptations that could account for some of the bacteria to survive on your hands even after washing?
An evolutionary adaptation that could account for why some bacteria continues to live on our hands after washing could be due to our body’s development of non resistance to certain bacterias. Humans could develop non resistance to specific bacterias allowing them to live on us and not die from the soap. Another possibility could be a decline in strength of antibacterial soaps. We could be coming in contact with bacterias that have not yet been detected for the use of antibacterial soap to be