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    Allison Jones Dr. McNelis AP Biology--Class 6 2013 September 4 Introduction The study of animal behavior is ethology. There are two basic categories of animal behavior: learned behavior and innate‚ or inherited‚ behavior. Learned behavior is when animals acquire knowledge about their behavior through experience. Unlike learned behaviors‚ innate behavior exists naturally in animals‚ meaning that animals are born with some behaviors. In order to find a suitable environment‚ animals use orientation

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    ABSTRACT Pill bugs live in an outside environment where they are able to get the necessary amount of energy from organic matter. This environment is where water and organic matter is plentiful. In there natural habitat‚ pill bugs are found in dark‚ damp places. Living in moist places is important for pill bugs so they can take in enough water‚ and if water is not available‚ they group together to prevent water loss. Pill bugs most often live in dark places because they have a negative photo taxis

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    Movement of Pill Bugs? Purpose: The purpose of this lab was to analyze pill bug’s activity in different environments and determine the effect of wet/dry or dark/light environments have on them and how taxis takes place in their choices in living in areas. Background information: Terrestrial isopods are commonly referred to as sow bugs and pill bugs and have other nick names as well. These pill bugs are also related to lobsters‚ crabs and shrimp making them breathe with gills. Pill bugs also tend

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    Pill Bugs Turn Alternation Lab Report Bio Lab 111 Nov. 15‚ 2012 Pill bugs are said to have some sort of turn alternation built in there cognitive functions‚ which causes them to take a zig-zag route rather than going along in a straight line for a long distance (Ono Tomohiro & Takagi Yuika‚ 2006). Distance does not play a factor in the pill bugs making turn alternation even if it is a forced turn‚ pill bugs will still make a zig-zag motion (Kupfermann‚ 1966). The zig-zag motion shows that

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    This lab felt very “slow” because there was not a lot of action going on. The pill bugs would either walk around in circles or stay put. However‚ it was both fun and annoying when my group tried to put the pill bugs in the chamber and take them out. We had to put a lot of effort to get the pill bugs on to the paint brushes because they would scurry around and it would take a while to find them. Also‚ it was cool to see the pill bugs use their defense mechanism (it only happened once) by going into

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    of other woodlouse families‚ members of this family can roll into a ball‚ ability they share with the outwardly similar but unrelated pill millipedes and other animals. It is this ability which gives woodlice in this family their common name of pill bugs‚[1] doodle bugs‚ or roly polies. The best-known species in the family is Armadillidium vulgare‚ the common pill bug. The Classification of the sow or rollie polys: Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)

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    Problem: Do Pill bugs prefer being in an environment with tight spaces‚ or a more open environment? Hypothesis: If the pill bugs are given a choice of an open environment or one with tight spaces‚ then the pill bugs will respond by going to the environment with tight spaces. Brief Methods We used a Petri dish with 2 circle‚ and an opening connecting the two. We put 10 Pill Bugs in the opening between the two circles‚ and timed them for one minute. This gave them time to choose dish 1 or dish

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    Lap Report: Pill Bugs Abstract The sow bug‚ also called the pill bug‚ is an isopod that does not have a wide range of items that it likes to eat. In the experiment we were trying to see how the pill bug reacted with certain man made substances and two substances that they would find in their everyday habitat. We tested ketchup‚ orange juice‚ sand‚ baking soda‚ flour and water. The pill bugs did not like the ketchup and orange juice I believe because of the strong acidic smell and it didn’t

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    Food Preferences in the Sow Bug (Porcellio Laevis) Purpose The purpose of this experiment is to determine what kind of food the sow bug prefers; decaying leaves‚ potatoes‚ grapes‚ or sow bug food. Hypothesis If a sow bug is placed in a choice tray‚ and has access to decaying leaves‚ potatoes‚ grapes‚ and sow bug food‚ the sow bug will choose the decaying leaves over its other options. This hypothesis was based on research stating that a sow bug’s main food source is decaying vegetation. This

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    The pill bug (commonly referred as rollypollys) is a small‚ segmented land creature that can roll into a tiny ball for protection. Which is classified as a crustacean under the order of Isopoda (Isopoda). The organism is generally characterized by a pair of antennae‚ seven pairs of legs‚ and a segmented body (Isopoda - Slaters). Whenever it is disturbed it usually curls into a ball until there no longer a threat. The typical sowbugs or pillbugs live in moist environments outdoors. This is due to

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