Mealworm Lab Report Introduction: This experiment was all about mealworms, and what items a mealworm prefers to eat or drink. A mealworm is an arthropod. It grows into a beetle called the Darkling Beetle. Mealworms are really just the larval stage of a beetle’s life cycle. They average at about an inch long and have a hard brownish yellow exoskeleton.
Fred Thompson Zoology 2/19/13 Heart Rate of Blackworms Experiment Introduction Blackworms are a species of worm that typically lives in shallow water habitats. They feed on microscopic organisms and organic matter. The scientific name for Blackworms is Lumbriculus variegatus and their classification is as follows: Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Annelida, Class: Clitellata, Subclass: Oligochaeta, Order Lumbriculida, Family Lumbriculidae and Genus: Lumbriculus (Svahn, 2009). An adult black worm can have anywhere from 130 segments to 250 segments. These segments are capable of forming a completely new black worm when detached from the host body, and in most Blackworms is the primary for of siring offspring.
There are several types of parasites such as Ectoparasite- which is a parasite that lives on the host’s surface, examples will be hair and body lice and mites. Endoparasites – One that lives inside the host, for example heartworm, tapeworm and flatworms. Epiparasite- This one feeds on another parasite. For example, fleas and ticks. 1.2 Identify common illness and infections caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites.
The cooked starch acts as the food, which the caterpillar would eat, and the alpha amylase, which is a digestive enzyme common in saliva, is stirred with it to simulate the chewing and mixing of food and saliva which constitutes the first step in the digestive system. Next two pieces of dialyses tubing were prepared by clamping one end of each piece of tubing shut with a clamp, and twisting the other end until it opens. For the purpose of the experiment, the tubing will represent the intestine of the caterpillar.Continuing on, a clean pipette was used to transfer four pipettes worth of the starch and alpha amylase solution into one of the pieces of tubing, while four pipettes of plain starch was added to the other in order to form a control. Next, two large beakers were filled two thirds of the way with distilled water. Four droppers worth of Lugol’s reagent was added two each beaker.
September17.2013 P.4 Environmental Sources Of Bacteria Purpose: We did this lab to find out exactly which conditions would help to grow a bacterium the best. Materials: • Agar • Petri dish • Cotton • Incubator • Tape • Bacteria Procedure: 1. Mark bottom of Petri dish 2. Split petri dish into 4 sections and label the sections 3. Pour hot agar into dish 4.
A kinses behavior is their activity rate. Sowbugs when given different variables will show taxis and kinses towards then and that was the true purpose to this lab. When tested in their behavior chambers the sowbugs will choose the variables most like there natural environment. Scientific Drawing: See attached. Answers to Questions (1-9) 1) They sense with their antennas 2) Yes 3) Yes 4) 2 5) 14 legs 6) Some crawl on top of others, but does not matter in size 7) Gills 8) They molt their exoskeletons.
Check list: 1. foam hair roller 2. scissors 3. four yellow pipe cleaners 4. craft foam 5. one grey pipe cleaner 6. white styrofoam 7. black marker 8. white glue Backpack Zipper Bee Remove the hard plastic from the inside of the hair roller so that you’re just left with the foam part. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Now, wrap the yellow pipe cleaner just once around the bee’s body, leaving the rest of pipe cleaner free. Use scissors to cut out two small bee wings out of craft foam. Poke small holes at the end of each wing. Make a bee stinger by cutting about an inch of grey pipe cleaner, and poking it into the foam at the back end of the bee.
Fetal Pig Dissection -External Anatomy -The incision, exposing the thoracic & abdominal cavities -Digestive System -Respiratory System -Urogenital System -Nervous System Virtual Pig Dissection: The following website has both tutorials and online quizzes. Check it out to better understand the dissection and to study for quizzes & the exam. http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/  Mar 11-9:45 PM 1 2 OBJECTIVE: Clean your pig, locate external anatomy, open the thoracic/abdominal cavities 1 start at the neck 2 33 44 5♂ note that there are different cutting directions for male and female pigs 5♂ 5♀ You need to be able to... -explain what it means to be an ungulate -identify the pigs scientific name -identify dorsal, ventral, anterior, posterior, trunk, head & tail -determine male from female pigs -identify the thoracic cavity & the abdominal cavity Mar 11-10:03 PM 2 HUMANS OBJECTIVE: Students will investigate the digestive system, starting at the mouth and moving along the digestive system to the anus You need to be able to... -explain how digestion starts in the mouth (mechanical and chemical) -explain the function of different teeth shapes -What is the difference between the soft and hard palates Mar 13-11:43 AM 3 OBJECTIVE: Students will investigate the digestive system, starting at the mouth and moving along the digestive system to the anus You need to be able to... -trace & name the digestive tract in order from mouth to anus -know the function of each organ -explain how different organs interact with each other Mar 13-10:14 AM 4 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM OBJECTIVE: Students will investigate the respiratory system, from mouth/nose to diaphragm, identifying the structure and studying the function of each aspect of the system You need to be able to... -trace & name the respiratory system in order from mouth/nose to
Next we made and incision to the abdominal cavity, using a scalpel to expose the internal organs. After identifying all of the organs of the fetus’ body we started to remove the organ that we used for testing. The first we removed was the heart. We removed the heart using a scalpel and weighed the heart. We then compared the weight of our pig’s heart to three other fetal pigs.
You will need to read them carefully and take notes from them to place in your notebook. Slide 7 in the power point describes a scenario titled “Plants in Color”. After reading the scenario, answer the questions and follow the instructions for developing your own lab. Do all of these things on the handout provided. You will have to write a hypothesis, identify variables, discuss testing methods, and design your own experiment.