Introduction:
In this experiment I am going to investigate a factor that affects simple animal behaviour. The animal I will be using in the experiment is woodlice. Woodlice are simple animals which like to stay in dark and damp areas. If they are not in an area they like they attempt to find the best habitat for them and they will not stop until they do so. Woodlice have simple reflex behaviours to survive. One reflex behaviour is a taxis and this is when the animal moves towards or away from a stimulus. Another reflex behaviour is a kinesis and this is when the speed of movement or number of turns is affected by the size of the stimulus. These reflex behaviours help for the animal to survive, find food, avoid predation or harmful environmental …show more content…
Put ten woodlice in the container and seal the lid.
3. Put the woodlice in an area where the light intensity is approximately constant.
4. Make sure the container does not move.
5. Place the woodlice on the light side.
6. Start the stopwatch.
7. Every 10 seconds record how many woodlice remain in the light side.
8. When one minute is over write the final result.
9. Pack up all the equipment.
Risk assessment:
Risk Risk level How is it dangerous How to reduce danger …show more content…
Make sure you do not have direct contact with the woodlice.
Animal welfare Medium You should not harm an animal because it is a living creature. Make sure you do not do anything that could inflict harm to it.
(Risk assessment is referenced from Cleapps)
Results table:
Time
(seconds) Number of woodlice in the light side (%) Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Average
0 100 100 100 100
10 70 60 60 63
20 50 50 40 46
30 40 50 40 43
40 30 40 30 36
50 20 30 30 26
60 20 30 20 23
Instead of measuring the distance and using a lamp I decided to count the time it takes the woodlice to go to the dark side. I used the range between 0 seconds to 60 seconds as it was enough time to notice a change and be able to analyse it I found out that over time the number of woodlice in the light area reduce. I don’t think there was any outlier as all the results in each time were close together.
Conclusion of results:
I found out that my hypothesis was correct because as time increased the number of woodlice on the light side decreased. However after a minute not all the woodlice went to the dark side which could suggest that either the woodlice couldn’t find its way to the dark side or they were not too distressed with the area they were
In this experiment I am going to investigate a factor that affects simple animal behaviour. The animal I will be using in the experiment is woodlice. Woodlice are simple animals which like to stay in dark and damp areas. If they are not in an area they like they attempt to find the best habitat for them and they will not stop until they do so. Woodlice have simple reflex behaviours to survive. One reflex behaviour is a taxis and this is when the animal moves towards or away from a stimulus. Another reflex behaviour is a kinesis and this is when the speed of movement or number of turns is affected by the size of the stimulus. These reflex behaviours help for the animal to survive, find food, avoid predation or harmful environmental …show more content…
Put ten woodlice in the container and seal the lid.
3. Put the woodlice in an area where the light intensity is approximately constant.
4. Make sure the container does not move.
5. Place the woodlice on the light side.
6. Start the stopwatch.
7. Every 10 seconds record how many woodlice remain in the light side.
8. When one minute is over write the final result.
9. Pack up all the equipment.
Risk assessment:
Risk Risk level How is it dangerous How to reduce danger …show more content…
Make sure you do not have direct contact with the woodlice.
Animal welfare Medium You should not harm an animal because it is a living creature. Make sure you do not do anything that could inflict harm to it.
(Risk assessment is referenced from Cleapps)
Results table:
Time
(seconds) Number of woodlice in the light side (%) Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Average
0 100 100 100 100
10 70 60 60 63
20 50 50 40 46
30 40 50 40 43
40 30 40 30 36
50 20 30 30 26
60 20 30 20 23
Instead of measuring the distance and using a lamp I decided to count the time it takes the woodlice to go to the dark side. I used the range between 0 seconds to 60 seconds as it was enough time to notice a change and be able to analyse it I found out that over time the number of woodlice in the light area reduce. I don’t think there was any outlier as all the results in each time were close together.
Conclusion of results:
I found out that my hypothesis was correct because as time increased the number of woodlice on the light side decreased. However after a minute not all the woodlice went to the dark side which could suggest that either the woodlice couldn’t find its way to the dark side or they were not too distressed with the area they were