Compare and contrast the bean microcosm and the aquatic setup. (For example, algae may have grown and reproduced in your setup or algae from the atmosphere may have colonized your setup.)Ĭ. In the aquatic setup, did you observe any differences in the initial versus final setup? Describe any reproduction or colonization you observed. How did light availability affect the community that you observed in the bean microcosms? Use your observations to support your answer.ī. Initial Observations of the Aquatic Setupĭata Table 5.Final Observations and Photograph.ĭata Table 6.Microscopic Community of Aquatic Setup.Ī. Are Hydra considered a microorganism? Explain your answer.ĭata Table 4.Initial Observations and Photograph. Give an argument as to why a Daphnia might also be considered a macroorganism.Į.
Explain the terms “micro” and “crustacean”. Daphnia are considered to be a microcrustacean. Explore a Career as an Administrative Medical Assistant. What habitat do the organisms of Exercise 1 share?ĭ. In the last chapter, youll take a look at a sample lab report to tie all these topics together. Create a food chain for the Hydra, Daphnia, and bacteria. Do the Hydra and Daphnia have the same organs for motility? Use the information collected in Data Table 1 to support your answer.ī. Life History Descriptions of Bacteria, Daphnia, and Hydra.Ī. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by providing this information in an editable file which can be sent to an instructor.ĭata Table 1. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions, diagrams if needed, and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report.