Thermoregulation Lab Report

The purpose of the experiment was to learn about the thermoregulation, and more specifically ectotherms. The experiment was designed to learn how ectotherms rely on external temperature for heat. The hypothesis of the experiment was whether there was temperature variance between two habitats, and how it affects the ectotherms. To test the hypothesis, we used I-buttons to record the temperature and ANOVA test for p-value. The results supported the hypothesis.
Introduction:
Thermoregulation is a process that allows your body to maintain its core internal temperature (Boundless). Internal thermoregulation contributes to animal's ability to maintain homeostasis within a certain range of temperatures (Boundless). Ectothermic and Endothermic are example of thermoregulation. An ectotherm is an animal that relies on external environment to regulate its internal body temperature (Boundless). Ectotherms rely on the external environment for heat (Boundless). Different ways to exchange heat between animals and their environment are radiation, convection, conduction and evaporation. Heat can be
The two different habitats are shady bush and sunny bush. For the experiment, marshmallow peeps were used as the ectotherms to see if they prefer warmer or cooler temperatures. The peeps had I-button, which was data logger and would record the temperatures in both the habitats. The peeps were kept in microhabitat for about 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, the I-buttons were plugged in the computer and we got the data of each habitat. We also used the ANOVA software to generate the ANOVA Table. One-way ANOVA was used for this experiment. The one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) is used to determine whether there are any statistically significant differences between the means of three or more independent groups (One way ANOVA). P-value is used in the experiment to determine the significance