Part 1 Location: Planet Mato Biome: Treelantus Average Temperature: 85-115 F Average Precipitation: 75-150 cm Types of plants: Carnivorous plants, tall tree like plants, grass, etc. Seasons: Spring, summer, fall, and winter Interesting facts/features: Most Mato citizens are banned from entering most Treelantus biomes so they can preserve and protect the biome animals and plants. Part 2 Predator and Prey relationship: * Flyhip and metafish * The flyhip has keen night vision to catch the metafish because the metafishes usually comes out at night. While the flyhip has keen night vision, the metafish uses camouflage to blend in with the water. * This relationship affects the ecosystem by population control.
Glow Worms - Arachnocampa flava Glow worms are the larvae of a large mosquito-like fly. They inhabit a variety of terrain that consists of shady protected places with high humidity, and somewhat damp places where you can find glow worms are in the earth walls of roadside cuttings and tracks, crevices in rock faces, creek banks, and on root masses of large fallen trees. The life cycle of a glow worm involves four stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult fly. Eggs are laid in large numbers directly onto the walls of the site. Some two weeks later the eggs hatch into tiny larvae that immediately start glowing from their tails.
From where were the toads imported? 4. Why were the toads imported? To eat all the cane grubs and beetles 5. The term used to describe the sexual clasping of amphibians proceeding egg laying and fertilization is called _______________.
Although they are eukaryotes like plants and animals, the major difference is that fungal cells have cell walls that contain chitin, unlike the cell walls of plants, which contain cellulose. Fungi lack the chlorophyll necessary for photosynthesis and must therefore live as parasites or saprophytes Parasites: plant or animal that at some stage of its existence obtains its nourishment from another living organism called the host. Parasites may or may not harm the host, but they never benefit it. They include members of many plant and animal groups, and nearly all living things are at some time hosts to parasitic forms. Many bacteria are parasitic on external and internal body surfaces; some of these invade the inner tissues and cause disease.
To manipulate the flies, they are anesthetized using CO2 that is administered through the FlowBuddyTM device with a 5 L/min flow rate. Once immobile, the flies are examined and scored under a 10.5-45X magnification stereomicroscope. The flies are returned to the incubation chamber set at 25ºC to facilitate optimal growth conditions. The first discriminant cross, DC1, is made by crossing mutant virgin females with Curly/Plum; Dichaete/Stubble marker males. Depending on the genetic outcome of DC1, the second discriminant cross, DC2, is made by crossing female wild-type virgins with F1 males if the unknown mutation is dominant, or by crossing F1 males with mutant females if the unknown mutation is recessive.
Abstract: In this study of researching animals and their behaviors, demonstrates the behaviors of sow bugs and their likeness to dry vs. moist and light vs. shade preference. The general hypothesis for this experiment was that the sow bugs would prefer the shade vs. the light, and the moist climate vs. the dry climate. In this experiment, six sow bugs were obtained in a petri dish lined with filter paper that was taped to keep the bugs from escaping. Three different trials were completed by first covering half the petri dish with a piece of construction paper and the other half left uncovered in the presence of light. The second trial completed was covering half the filter paper with drops of water to present moisture, and dry on the other half, both in the presence of light.
Viruses are small infectious agents that replicate only inside the living cells of other organisms, Viruses infect all types of life forms from animals, plants and bacteria. The average of virus is about one hundredth the size of average bacterium. Viruses spread in many ways; viruses in animals can be carried by blood-sucking insects. Viruses can be carried in the air and spread by coughing and sneezing, food, water and person to person contact are also means of transmitting a virus. Several viruses inc. H.I.V.
They are now reported to be found in 81 counties in Indiana. Dispered by birds and mammals the seedlings replant themselves into the soil producing alllelopathic chemicals and Inhibit the growth of other plants. Shading by the bush honeysuckles may also limit
There are about sixty-five species of bats in Australia and eight species of fruit bats. The grey-headed fruit bat has a body length of 230-280mm and an arm/wing length of138-164mm.Unlike other bats the fruit bat has no tail. Baby fruit bats are about 2 months old when it is able to fly by itself.Some fruit bats are so small they can fit in your hand and others are as big as a cat.
The Effects of the Invading Tawny Crazy Ants Ecology is the branch in biology that deals with the interactions between organisms and their environment. Tawny crazy ants are an example of ecology by the way they impact ecosystems as invasive species due to the absence of natural predators, pathogens and competitors (Kronauer, 2014). These invasive ant species were found in Texas around 2002 commonly known as tawny (Rasberry) ants and now classified as Nylanderia fulva (Ant, 2013). Tawny crazy ants affect ecosystems as an invasive species. The Red Imported Fire Ants, Solenopsis invicta, are being successfully outcompeted and even displaced by the crazy ants (Gotzek et al., 2012).