Lab Report Finch's
How does change in precipitation changes beak size, population and the size of seeds?
By: Karen Ann Weeks
Dr. Tomáš J "Doc" Oberding
January 20, 2013
Introduction and Purpose
Hypothesis – When changing the level of precipitation which changes the seeds to hard large seeds the finches with the smaller beaks with become a smaller population when changing the precipitation which changes the seeds to smaller soft seeds will increase the population no matter what size of the beaks.
This experiment is being done to study natural selection, speciation, and human evolution. Although no humans are being observed in this lab the concept of evolution is going to be looked up. The speciation is to see if by different modifications in the environment create a new species of finches. If no new species develop or the finches do not evolve to the changes in their surroundings will natural selection happen and will we no longer have finches on this island?
Materials
* Computer * Evolution Lab * Internet
Methods or Procedures
(All changes are done to Darwin) 1. Wallace Island is kept as the controlled island and nothing is done to that island. 2. Change the precipitation on Darwin Island all the way up to 98 cm 3. Run the report 4. Change the precipitation on Darwin Island all the way up to 0 cm 5. Re-run the report 6. Change the precipitation on Darwin Island all the way up to 98 cm 7. Change the beak size all the way up to 30 mm 8. Re-run the report 9. Change the beak to 10 mm 10. Change the precipitation to 98 cm 11. Re-run the report 12. Change the precipitation to 0 cm 13. Change the beak to 10 mm 14. Re- run the report 15. Change the precipitation to 0 cm 16. Change the beak to 30 mm 17. Re-run the report
Data
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By: Karen Ann Weeks
Dr. Tomáš J "Doc" Oberding
January 20, 2013
Introduction and Purpose
Hypothesis – When changing the level of precipitation which changes the seeds to hard large seeds the finches with the smaller beaks with become a smaller population when changing the precipitation which changes the seeds to smaller soft seeds will increase the population no matter what size of the beaks.
This experiment is being done to study natural selection, speciation, and human evolution. Although no humans are being observed in this lab the concept of evolution is going to be looked up. The speciation is to see if by different modifications in the environment create a new species of finches. If no new species develop or the finches do not evolve to the changes in their surroundings will natural selection happen and will we no longer have finches on this island?
Materials
* Computer * Evolution Lab * Internet
Methods or Procedures
(All changes are done to Darwin) 1. Wallace Island is kept as the controlled island and nothing is done to that island. 2. Change the precipitation on Darwin Island all the way up to 98 cm 3. Run the report 4. Change the precipitation on Darwin Island all the way up to 0 cm 5. Re-run the report 6. Change the precipitation on Darwin Island all the way up to 98 cm 7. Change the beak size all the way up to 30 mm 8. Re-run the report 9. Change the beak to 10 mm 10. Change the precipitation to 98 cm 11. Re-run the report 12. Change the precipitation to 0 cm 13. Change the beak to 10 mm 14. Re- run the report 15. Change the precipitation to 0 cm 16. Change the beak to 30 mm 17. Re-run the report
Data
================ Input Parameters ================ Parameter