Emad Abid Dr. Fuller AP Biology 13 August 2014 Animal Behavior of Isopods 1a) Do terrestrial isopods prefer to stay in a cold or warm environment that is in a neutral (room temperature)‚ mild‚ or extreme temperature difference from room temperature? 1b) If the isopods prefer to be in a mildly warm environment‚ then when they are randomly placed between a warm and cool chamber with only one warm and cold pack (mild temperature difference) on each end of the chamber and are able to move freely‚ they
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse A woodlouse is a crustacean with a rigid‚ segmented‚ long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. Woodlice form the suborderOniscidea within the order Isopoda‚ with over 3‚000 known species. The woodlouse has a shell-like exoskeleton‚ which it must progressively shed as it grows. The moult takes place in two stages; the back half is lost first‚ followed two or three days later by the front. This method of moulting is different from that of most arthropods
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Instructions for AP BIOLOGY Investigation 12-Fruit Fly Behavior *We will be using Roly-polies (Armadillidium vulgare) to study animal behavior instead of fruit flies. They are members of a family of woodlice in the order Isopoda that are able to roll into a ball. When writing up this lab‚ substitute A. vulgare or “roly-poly” or “pillbug” for Drosophila melanogaster throughout. **You still have to know the basics of fruit fly behavior‚ so be sure to read the lab carefully and save the lab handout
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Science Observation Results Essay (Living Organism) For this project I had observed the coolest bug balls on earth‚ the roly- poly. They are commonly known as the roly-poly‚ also pill bug‚ and wood lice. Its scientific name is Armadilidum vulgare. It is actually not an insect‚ it is an isopod ( a type of arthropod). It’s genus is Armadilidum‚ it’s Phylum is Arthopoda‚ and Subphylum is Crustacea. I have observed that the exoskeleton is a blue-gray‚ it is an invertebrate‚ it’s mouth‚ antennae
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A Pill Bugs Preference to a Rough and Smooth Environment The experiment that I decided to look into‚ was finding out if an Armadillidium vulgar‚ also known as a pill bug‚ would have a preference to the two types of environments that I had decided to experiment with. The two types of habitats that I choose were saran wrap which is smooth and sandpaper that is rough. How I set up this test was I had a choice chamber with a barrier in the middle that had a little door cut out of the bottom center
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Animal Behavior in Isopods based on Climate‚ Light‚ and Surface Abstract Pill bugs‚ (also named sow or potato bugs) are terrestrial crustaceans that consume decomposed leaves or other plants. In the lab performed on September 24‚ 2010‚ animal behavior of the isopods was recorded‚ specifically in the climate that they preferred. Various climates situations such as Light vs. Dark‚ Hot vs. Cold‚ and Wet vs. Dry were tested and observed. The results came back with the pill bugs favoring dark‚ wet
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Student Name: Amaan Rushdi Lab Partner Name: Dylan Course: BIOL 123 Lab Instructor: Megan Grandinetti Sowbug behavior on environment -lab report What area does the sowbugs prefer to choose for their dwelling? Abstract By working with physical isopods‚ ordinarily known as pill bugs‚ sow bugs or roly- polies‚ we tried whether these sowbugs favored a dark spot to a light place. Included in the lab are a few outlines and tables sketching out our aftereffects of the test. We measured recurrence
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Animal Behavior: Response to Environmental Variables Background/Abstract: Ethology is the science based on animal behavior. Many animal behaviors involve the movement of animals within its own environment. Inherited traits are traits that an animal is born with and learned behaviors are what an animal learns on its own to adapt to the surroundings. Innate behaviors like breathing and learned behaviors are talking or walking. Pill bugs are the animals we observed in the lab. Pill bugs are a family
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The objective of our experiment was to determine the effect of temperature on the rate of movement of Porcellio scaber. Our prediction was that P. scaber would have faster rates of movement in hotter temperatures. We expected this response as P. scaber is an ectotherm. Hence‚ its body temperature is directly determined by the temperature of its environment (Mellanby 1939). Løkke and van Gestel (1998) stated that the rate of the metabolism is controlled by the environmental temperature for ectotherms
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Introduction These species are commonly known as pill bugs; they are terrestrial crustaceans that are oval shaped and a little flat. Pill bugs live in gardens‚ fields‚ forests or any region that is moist and are most likely found under rocks. The reason behind as to why isopods prefer a moist area is because they don’t have a good waterproofing cuticle wax‚ which causes them to dry out easily (“Critter Catalog‚" n.d.‚ para. 8). Pill bugs are also known as “roly-polies” because of their ability to
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