Burmese Pythons by Daniel Shepard Burmese pythons are negatively impacting Florida’s everglades. Andrew Ng senator Bill nelson brought a 16 foot Burmese pythons snakeskin to a meeting. Burmese pythons are just trying to find a new place to live so you do not need to kill them.…
The objective of the Isopods Lab was to figure out if the Pillbugs favored the wet environment or a dry environment. After reading the pre-lab report on Pillbugs, my hypothesis was that “If water is added to an Isopods environment, then the isopods will favor the wet environment.” By using two groups of Isopods, one group was put into a dry environment and the other had one drop of water into their dish. After ten minutes of observing the Isopods, the results showed that the Pill Bugs prefer the wet environment more. As time went on, the bugs in the wet environment survived longer than the Isopod in the dry environment.…
Conclusion: In conclusion, there is not enough data to prove whether pillbugs prefer to reside in darkness or in lighted areas. The data collected fails to show a clear pattern and expressed an ambivalence towards the environments provided. As mentioned in the analysis, however, if one overlooks the data where the number in light and…
Black Death -The bacterial disease that atrophied Europe between 1347-1351, taking an equitably greater amount of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that point. The Black Death is broadly thought to have been the result of infection by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. 5 Facts: • Many doctors believed that bad smells could force out the plague. Therefore, treatments for the disease included applying feces and urine, and other substances that were much more likely to spread disease than to cure it. • Y. Pestis utilized the flea by blocking its digestive tract.…
She tested if the survivorship of T.cassandra is controlled by the extrinsic factors dehydration and predation. She did this in a few stages, first testing larval survivorship by comparing the number of scars present, indicating eggs under the surface of the flower, to the number of mature larvae. She then conducted a flower microclimate experiment in which mesh bags were placed over individual plants to determine if abiotic (non-living) factors were important in relation to the survival of genomes. Measurements were taken on the changes in microclimate, in relation to temperature and relative humidity. The impact of larval feeding was recorded; measured by number of larvae per fruit and the number of seeds consumed by each larva.…
Data and Results: During ten generations of construction bugs, the blue construction bug declined in number greatly and then went extinct, the yellow construction bug number declined greatly and then leveled out, the purple construction bug number increased greatly and then declined, the green construction bug number increased greatly, declined greatly ,and then increased slightly, and the orange construction bug number increased, decreased, and increased again. Conclusion: The aforementioned hypothesis was incorrect. The hypothesis said that the bugs would be 25% yellow, 25% pink, 25% purple, 25% green, 0 % blue, and 0% orange, after ten generations because the first four types of bugs would be the best at blending into their environment…
The question investigated in this experiment was how does the sow bug’s preference of habitat affect the concentration and distribution of the organisms. The purpose of this investigation was to decipher what habitats these organisms prefer to live in and how it would affect their population density. This was tested by a simple experimental design with four petri dishes that each represented a different environment. The control treatment was the dish with just dirt while the other habitats included rocks, wood, then dead leaves. All the sow bugs started out in the control treatment and was monitored meticulously for thirty mins.…
The basic set-up for this experimental design would consist of eight plates, each with a single female beetle and eight beans. The two independent variables would be whether the female of South Indian descent or Burkina Faso descent (SI or BF) and what fraction of the seeds would be of the preferred seed type (100%, 75%, 50%, or 25%). This produced the eight different conditions studied in this experiment, and the dependent variable would be the average measure of the number eggs per a bean (not considering those that have no eggs) and of each bean type. These measurements would be recorded within an hour of preparing the plates as well as twenty-four hours later. With the measure of the average number of eggs per a bean, we learn more about the oviposition behavior of whether the conditions promote one egg to one bean or multiple eggs to one bean.…
Panda Express: Consider four bugs and their habitats. In temporary ponds we can find Green and Red Bugs, in permanent rivers we can find Orange and Blue bugs. The Green and Red bugs are food to fish and salamanders, but the Orange and Blue are unpalatable to both fish and salamanders. Salamander larvae are never found in the presence of fish and are quite palatable to fish. (a) Design an experiment that would reveal whether the larvae of each Bug “Species” can detect and respond to the presence of a predator (b) Why would the bugs choose either temporary ponds or permanent rivers to lay eggs based on the experience with…
In this lab we conducted an experiment on the effects that the amount of food and temperature has on the amount of fruit flies in a particular location. We had chosen many locations with these varying variables to see these effects. The locations with varying amount of food in order of least to most were Patrick’s room, Wyatt’s room, AJ’s room, my room, the McMillan basement and the school garden. All locations have similar temperatures except for the school garden which was considerably colder due to it being fall. We used cups filled with vinegar, soap, and apple slices to capture the flies and left them out for two three day intervals.…
It can be explained that the reproduction of organisms always exceeds the carrying capacity of the environment. Besides, the intraspecific competition happens such as the struggle for food, mates, and habitats. Also, the variations of organisms are beneficial for survival but sometimes they are counteractive.…
Rat infestations cause overwhelming dilemmas including the most famous rat infestation of all time, the black death. In addition, Rats can carry overwhelming diseases such as the one that caused the black death. This article conveys that rat infestations are when rats swarm human populations by the thousands, the dangers rats have to human populations, and this is causing a response of multiple rat prevention techniques. First rat infestations occur because of the lack of food in the wild. For example, “...swarms of hungry pests, is caused by a glut in the food supply…”(source 2).…
The Danaus Plexippi, known as the Monarch Butterfly, is considered to be the king of all butterflies for their beautiful orange and black colored wings and their incredible ability to migrate long distances such as, California and Mexico in large populations. Biologists have calculated distance of these arduous journeys to be 3000 miles, which is the longest journey that any insect can travel. Monarch butterflies are also unique in that generations of these species are able to migrate in the same route without a foreknowledge of the direction. Unfortunately, recent observations have shown a rapid decrease of the Monarch Butterfly population during their annual migration to the south and west, which is a huge concern for many Biologists. The causes of such a rapid dwindle in the population include climate change; low production of milkweed in the resting sites and…
The Counterproductive Revitalization Due to structural hierarchies, social exclusion can occur within specific housing areas in a given society. To alleviate this problem, governments may develop projects to renew neighbourhoods that are highly concentrated with low-income individuals living below Canada’s poverty line. An example of this is the revitalization of Regent Park, a “hypervisible, heavily stigmatized space in the core of a major city,” (James, 2015). Regent Park is a neighbourhood in the Eastern sector of Downtown, Toronto that is known for its “deteriorating buildings, poorly planned public spaces, and its concentration of some of the ills of urban life [such as] poverty, violence, drug use, and poor health and education,”…
In her academic article, “The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles”, Emily Martin, explains in great depth the consequences that personifying science will have on society. Martin describes the inequalities between men and women that are displayed in science textbooks. The imbalances are shown most often when describing the scientific explanation of conception. Martin analyzes numerous scientific works and identifies numerous differences between describing female and male natural bodily functions, including sperm production, menstruation, conception and many other natural occurrences. Martin uses several logical fallacies and the Aristotelian appeals to solidify her argument, which…