Triop Experiment Essay

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What Makes Triops Successful Species | The Triop Experiment | | | | | Objective: What Makes Triops Successful Species? Materials: One tank, Triop Eggs, Triop Food, Nutrient Pack, Thermometer, Magnifying Glass, Gravel, One Gallon of Spring Water, Light Hypothesis: Triops have outlived the dinosaurs for many reasons. Throughout the experiment I will discover the reason. Triops have not changed much since their existence twenty million years ago. If triops were unsuccessful species it would have died off or go through the process of a drastic evolution. Nevertheless these two options never occurred. I believe that the ability for their eggs to remain in a state of inactivity allows this species to survive anything. For this reason, I conclude that the creatures I will harvest will be able to survive in the environment that I will create for it in the tank. Temperatures will play a major factor in the establishment of the triops in the tank. A perfect environment must be created for them to hatch flawlessly. Out of the fifteen eggs that I will put in the tank I predict ten triops will hatch however; due to the small environment the number of triops that survive until adulthood will be around 3. In about a week I expect to have a triop of at least half an inch. Procedure: 1. Fill the tank with one gallon of spring water. 2. Place the strip thermometer on the side of the tank (outside) 3. Allow the tank to reach a temperature ranging from 74°F to 84 °F 4. Put the sealed nutrient pack in the tank. 5. Leave the sealed nutrient pack in the tank for fourteen hours. 6. Put the Gravel into different containers containing distilled water. 7. Add gravel into tank after the fourteen hours (step 5). 8. Before inserting the eggs make sure the temperature ranges from 74 °F -84 °F. 9. Insert half the
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