Yellow background In this activity you are to write the information on all screens that have a yellow background.

In this activity you are to write the

information on all screens that have a

yellow background.

Survival Lab

OVERVIEW

Predator - An organism (animal) that lives by

preying on other organisms (animals).

Examples include: lions, eagles, snakes.

Prey - An organism (animal) seized by another for food. Examples include:

rabbits, mice, gazelles.

Protective coloration - an adaptation where color

matching is used to blend into the background.

Examples include : polar bear, lion, rabbit.

Camouflage an adaptation that uses two or more colors to create a matching pattern that visually breaks up the outline of an organism so it

blends into its surroundings. Examples include: zebras,

tigers, giraffe.

In this activity you will be the predator. You

will hunt different type of prey in different

surroundings.

The prey will be considered ‘killed’ if it is counted by

the predator.

Each ‘hunting field’ will be different and the

prey will be distributed in different locations for

each hunt.

You will ‘hunt’ the same prey on the

same background 3 different times.

For each hunt, you will record the number of

prey killed in your data chart. Each hunt will

have between 15 and 30 prey.

Data ChartTrial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Total Average

Situation 1Situation 2Situation 3Situation 4Situation 5Situation 6Situation 7Situation 8Situation 9Situation 10Situation 11

The prey will use either protective coloration or camouflage or neither

to protect itself from the predator.

You will only have 5 seconds for each hunt. DO NOT

RETURN TO THE HUNT AFTER THE SCREEN HAS

CHANGED!

PREPARE TO HUNT

The next screen will by your first hunting situation. As soon as you press the ENTER key you will begin hunting. You will only have 5 seconds to hunt.

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Situation 1

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Situation 1

Trial 3(press enter to begin the hunt)

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Situation 2

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Situation 2

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Situation 2

Trial 3(press enter to begin the hunt)

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Situation 3

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Situation 3

Trial 2(press enter to begin the hunt)

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Situation 3

Trial 3(press enter to begin the hunt)

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Situation 4

Trial 1Hunt for :::

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Situation 4

Trial 2(press enter to begin the hunt)

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Situation 4

Trial 3(press enter to begin the hunt)

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Situation 5

Trial 1Hunt for :::

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Situation 5

Trial 2(press enter to begin the hunt)

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Situation 5

Trial 3(press enter to begin the hunt)

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Situation 6

Trial 1Hunt for S

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Situation 6

Trial 2(press enter to begin the hunt)

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Situation 6

Trial 3(press enter to begin the hunt)

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Situation 7

Trial 1Hunt for S

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Situation 7

Trial 2(press enter to begin the hunt)

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Situation 7

Trial 3(press enter to begin the hunt)

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data

Situation 8

Trial 1Hunt for ‘w’

(press enter to begin the hunt)

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Situation 8

Trial 2(press enter to begin the hunt)

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STOPRecord your

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Situation 8

Trial 3(press enter to begin the hunt)

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data

Situation 9

Trial 1Hunt for ‘b’

(press enter to begin the hunt)

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STOPRecord your

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Situation 9

Trial 2(press enter to begin the hunt)

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STOPRecord your

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Situation 9

Trial 3(press enter to begin the hunt)

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STOPRecord your

data

Situation 10

Trial 1Hunt for s

(press enter to begin the hunt)

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STOPRecord your

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Situation 10

Trial 2(press enter to begin the hunt)

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STOPRecord your

data

Situation 10

Trail 3(press enter to begin the hunt)

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STOPRecord your

data

Situation 11

Trial 1Hunt for s

(press enter to begin the hunt)

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STOPRecord your

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Situation 11

Trial 2(press enter to begin the hunt)

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STOPRecord your

data

Situation 11

Trial 3(press enter to begin the hunt)

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STOPRecord your

data

You have completed the data collection part of this lab.

Calculate the total and average

columns.

On the back of the handout, graph the averages using the

proper type of graph.

ConclusionsAnswer the following questions on the back of your

handout.

1. What were the easiest “animals” to hunt?– Why?

2. Did you get better with additional trials?– Why?

3. Which situation was the most difficult for you?– Why?

4. What did you have to do as a “predator” to adapt?– Why did you make that change?

5. What did the prey do to adapt? – Why was this successful?

6. What did you learn in this lab about predators and prey?

Survival Lab is due on today at the end of class.

Natural Selection

Watch the video below on Natural Selection.• Login: kyrene• Password: myksd• http

://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/naturalselection/

• Go to the link below and complete the activity in your notebook.

• http://www.brainpop.com//science/ecologyandbehavior/naturalselection/activity/