Lion Food

Research Question:

Which meat consumed by lions in Kenya posses the most protein and fat?

Background Research:

Kenya is a country that is home to several lions. As top consumers, lions eat a variety of organisms that are found in their habitats in order to eat their required 15.5 (7.03 kg) pounds of food. In the vast savannahs of Kenya, lions can choose to consume “wildebeest, warthogs, zebras, buffalo, or eland antelopes,” (Kitzmiller, Carrie).

Meat is an essential component of a lion’s carnivorous diet as it provides the most significant nutritional components, which are fat, protein, and iron. The two types of fat are unsaturated fat and saturated fat. Unsaturated fat is healthy as it contains essential nutritional components such as …show more content…
Do steps 2-33 with buffalo meat.
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Errors and Uncertainty:

Equipment Name Error and Uncertainty Value
Electronic Balance 0.1 grams
Fat Separator 0.005

Data Collection:

Table 1 (Overall Amount of Protein, Fat, and Iron Found In Wildebeest, Warthog, Eland Antelope, Zebra, and Buffalo Meat)

Type of Meat Amount of Protein Trials A-E (Grams) Amount of Fat Trials A-E (Grams) A B C D E A B C D E
Wildebeest
Warthog
Eland Antelope
Zebra
Buffalo

Type of Meat Mean Amount of Protein (Grams) Mean Amount of Fat (Grams) Calculations
Wildebeest
Warthog
Eland Antelope
Zebra
Buffalo
Table 2 (Mean Amount of Protein, Fat, and Iron Found In Wildebeest, Warthog, Eland Antelope, Zebra, and Buffalo Meat)

Type of Meat Buffalo Wildebeest Warthog Eland Antelope Zebra
Qualitative Data
Table 3 (Qualitative Data on The Amount of Protein, Fat, and Iron Found In Wildebeest, Warthog, Eland Antelope, Zebra, and Buffalo Meat

Results:

Evaluation:

Weaknesses and Errors in the Experiment How The Errors Affected The Result Seriousness of Weakness How To