Environmental Stimuli on Animal Behavior AP Biology Emily Olsen April 26‚ 2012 I. Introduction: The purpose of this lab is to test the effect certain stimuli has on the behavior of a terrestrial isopod. These bugs are more commonly known as pill bugs and potato bugs. The objective of this experiment is to determine which kinds of habitats potato bugs favor. Potato bugs have an innate behavior called taxis which will cause the animal to move away from a stimulus that is unwanted and towards
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Osmosis Lab Introduction: In order for cells to interact with their environment‚ molecules must be able to move through the cell membrane. Movement within the cell occurs by diffusion. Molecules move through the cell membrane by osmosis. Diffusion is the movement of molecules from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. This happens because of random molecular motion. Molecules move around randomly until there is an even mixture throughout cell and mixture. The overall
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Lizard Lab Hypothesis: If the Inselberg Lizard and the Desert Iguana can mate and reproduce a fertile offspring then they are the same species. Materials: - 51 male Inselberg Lizards - 51 female Inselberg Lizards - 51 male Desert Iguanas - 51 female Desert Iguanas - Four suitable contained habitat - More than 2-year worth of food for the Desert Iguana and the Inselburg lizard Procedures: 1. Put the male Inselberg Lizards into one of the four suitable
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Evolution Lab “Evolution by Natural Selection” The object of this experiment is to determine how changing the size of the beak of a finch will affect the population as well as the growth rate of the finch’s beak. The reason for the experiment is to evaluate evolution and how it affects the finch’s population‚ and how natural selection is always present in life. In this experiment I will show that the finch will continue to evolve until its beak has reached the optimal size for sustaining
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result of which the yeast cells die. Variables INDEPENDENT DEPENDENT CONTROLLED Concentration/volume of alcohol (in ml) Rate of fermentation (in number of CO2 bubbles released) Temperature of alcohol and water in the beaker (in 0C) Volume of yeast + glucose solution in the bottle (in ml) Time duration of the experiment (in minutes) Manipulation of variables Independent – Concentration/ volume of alcohol (in
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Water lab Research Question: How many drops of water can fit on a coin? (Water properties involved are cohesion and surface tension. Cohesion plays a consequential role in the transport of water within plants specifically within the phloem. Surface tension also dictates an important role within the transpirational pull of the xylem.) Variables: Variables | Type of Variable | How it was manipulated | Independent | Water drops‚ different types of water | Determining how many drops of the
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purpose of the lab was to investigate osmosis‚ which was successfully achieved because there was a change in the potato’s mass which was due to the net movement of water either into the potato cells or out of the potato cells. In the 0.400M solution‚ the potato decreased in mass‚ this was due to the reason that the solution was hypertonic. There was a higher concentration of solute and lower concentration of water in the solution than there was in the potato cells. This led the water to travel down
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Lab Report Purpose: Osmosis and diffusion through potato core in different concentration (viable) : The concentration of solution in a solution will affect the movement of water across potato cell membrane Material: Potato core Sucrose solution (0.2‚0.4‚0.6‚0.8‚1.0) Electronic Balane Test tube and rack Scalpel Plastic Weighing tray Cork Borers Method: Day 1 use you cork borers to bore 6 vertical hole on your potato. remove the potato cylinders from
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Grade 12 Biology (SBI 4U1) Nicole Mikulis Unit: Biochemistry Sept 14 2012 Lab: Effect of temperature and pH on catalase activity BACKGROUND Catalase is an enzyme that detoxifies chemicals that might harm the cell such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The enzyme breaks H2O2 into water and oxygen. The production of the oxygen gas bubbles serves as evidence that the catalase enzyme is working. As catalase is breaking the bonds between H2O2‚ it is releasing energy in
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aluminium foil and bubble wrap‚ is the best insulator?" Hypothesis The four materials tested in this experiment are cotton‚ foam‚ aluminium foil‚ and bubble wrap. Materials that are good insulators will absorb heat slowly and therefore the water inside the cup will stay warm for a longer period of time. Materials vary in their heat conductivity and in their insulation capacity. Foam is 95 percent air so the air molecules slow down the heat transfer from the liquid‚ so it stays warmer
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