BEAN LAB
BEAN LAB
My hypothesis was the white beans would stand out but the black and green beans would be camouflage. For my prediction I said that if the predator consumes more white beans than black. Therefor, the white bean population will decrease. In the “beetles” environment the predominant colors are brown, green, black and tan; and the predominant colors for beans being brown, black, green and white. Knowing the predominant colors of the environment and of the “beetles” would show that the white color in the species would stand out and be selected against in natural selection. The other “beetles” have similar colors to there environment and would be selected to survive. Pinto and black beans were the two victims of natural selection that were closer to a median than anything else. This was because of the shade and color of there outer shell. The light shaded beetles were easy prey since they had nowhere to hide from predators. The green beetles had plenty of places to stay camouflage and blend in with the environment. This is why green was the strongest survivor and stayed most hidden and safe out of the entire species. In the final test green beetles produced more than twice as much offspring as the most preyed upon beetle (the white beetle). In the lab we were either the predator or the prey. One being the prey spreading the “beetles” around In there “habitat” and waiting for the predator to hunt the beetles.
Cryptic coloration plays an extremely large role in natural selection. One of the best survival genes because of how the animal can blend in with there surroundings and there environment. Predators have a difficult time spotting there prey if there prey is one with a habitat they have adapted to camouflage in.
Natural selection can change populations and traits juristically in any species. Especially when you look back at some of the predominant colors and the prey that was selected for and against in this lab. How white had the lesser advantage and how
My hypothesis was the white beans would stand out but the black and green beans would be camouflage. For my prediction I said that if the predator consumes more white beans than black. Therefor, the white bean population will decrease. In the “beetles” environment the predominant colors are brown, green, black and tan; and the predominant colors for beans being brown, black, green and white. Knowing the predominant colors of the environment and of the “beetles” would show that the white color in the species would stand out and be selected against in natural selection. The other “beetles” have similar colors to there environment and would be selected to survive. Pinto and black beans were the two victims of natural selection that were closer to a median than anything else. This was because of the shade and color of there outer shell. The light shaded beetles were easy prey since they had nowhere to hide from predators. The green beetles had plenty of places to stay camouflage and blend in with the environment. This is why green was the strongest survivor and stayed most hidden and safe out of the entire species. In the final test green beetles produced more than twice as much offspring as the most preyed upon beetle (the white beetle). In the lab we were either the predator or the prey. One being the prey spreading the “beetles” around In there “habitat” and waiting for the predator to hunt the beetles.
Cryptic coloration plays an extremely large role in natural selection. One of the best survival genes because of how the animal can blend in with there surroundings and there environment. Predators have a difficult time spotting there prey if there prey is one with a habitat they have adapted to camouflage in.
Natural selection can change populations and traits juristically in any species. Especially when you look back at some of the predominant colors and the prey that was selected for and against in this lab. How white had the lesser advantage and how