Predator/Prey
Predator Maniacs
Background
Being able to explain what is meant by natural selection
-Natural Selection is where organisms adapt to their environment and tend to survive and produce more offspring. The theory of its action was founded by Charles Darwin and is now believed to be the main process that brings about evolution.
Being able to explain why changing environments change population characteristics.
-It is because each environment has a different type of species living in it and might not be capable of catching the prey because of its living habitats.
Being able to explain what is meant by the pressures of predator populations “mold” prey populations.
-There are so many predators in the wilderness and a lot of predators are having competition with other predators in order to survive.
Being able to explain how the prey population also “mold” the predator populations.
-The prey population “molded” the predator population because of how much prey it is for the predator and how little there is to the population for the predators.
Being able to explain why this would be a continuous process.
-This would be a continuous process because in the animal kingdom in order to survive you have to fight for your food in order to live, and is probably why the predator’s rate is dropping.
Being able to explain why variation within a species is the “raw material” of natural selection.
-Variation within species is the “raw material” because of how different each species is and depending on what kind of food they need to eat in order to live the right amount of time.
Problem
Which predator is the best adapted to catching the prey?
Hypothesis
If the predator has the most logistic abilities in capturing the prey, then that predator has a higher chance of getting that prey, because it’s something that animals has is who has the best abilities of its own into capturing the prey with.
Materials
-Black Beans -Forks
-Pinto Beans -Small plastic Knives
Background
Being able to explain what is meant by natural selection
-Natural Selection is where organisms adapt to their environment and tend to survive and produce more offspring. The theory of its action was founded by Charles Darwin and is now believed to be the main process that brings about evolution.
Being able to explain why changing environments change population characteristics.
-It is because each environment has a different type of species living in it and might not be capable of catching the prey because of its living habitats.
Being able to explain what is meant by the pressures of predator populations “mold” prey populations.
-There are so many predators in the wilderness and a lot of predators are having competition with other predators in order to survive.
Being able to explain how the prey population also “mold” the predator populations.
-The prey population “molded” the predator population because of how much prey it is for the predator and how little there is to the population for the predators.
Being able to explain why this would be a continuous process.
-This would be a continuous process because in the animal kingdom in order to survive you have to fight for your food in order to live, and is probably why the predator’s rate is dropping.
Being able to explain why variation within a species is the “raw material” of natural selection.
-Variation within species is the “raw material” because of how different each species is and depending on what kind of food they need to eat in order to live the right amount of time.
Problem
Which predator is the best adapted to catching the prey?
Hypothesis
If the predator has the most logistic abilities in capturing the prey, then that predator has a higher chance of getting that prey, because it’s something that animals has is who has the best abilities of its own into capturing the prey with.
Materials
-Black Beans -Forks
-Pinto Beans -Small plastic Knives
Bibliography: 1st source: "Charles Darwin." Nature 26.657 (1882): 97-100. Print. 2nd source: Darwin, Charles, and David Quammen. On the origin of species. Illustrated Ed. New York: Sterling, 2008. Print.