1 / 13

Ant Behavior

Ant Behavior. By Laura Broseke Taryn Nye Elizabeth Gerber Sai Yan Chu. The Big Question:. Which types of paths do ants prefer to travel during the foraging process? Predictions: Horizontal vs. Vertical Smooth vs. Rough Short vs. Long Wide vs. Narrow. Ant Facts:. Pheromone Trails

fareeda
Download Presentation

Ant Behavior

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Ant Behavior By Laura Broseke Taryn Nye Elizabeth Gerber Sai Yan Chu

  2. The Big Question: • Which types of paths do ants prefer to travel during the foraging process? • Predictions: • Horizontal vs. Vertical • Smooth vs. Rough • Short vs. Long • Wide vs. Narrow

  3. Ant Facts: • Pheromone Trails • Body Size Intimidation • Attracted to Sugar • Different Colony Roles • Foraging Process

  4. Materials and Methods • Foam Core, Wire, Glue, Tape, Cardboard, Plastic • Build Bridges • Place Inside and Outside • Observe Behavior • Record Results

  5. Graphs and Results

  6. INDOOR Ant Farm Fish Tank Boyd’s Ant Species OUTDOOR Bridge Design 1 Bridge Design 2 Ant Species Weather Discussion Topics

  7. Recap • Our Predictions were 75% Correct • Temperature and Time Effected Ant Behavior • Most Importantly we recovered from Numerous Disasters

More Related