Mealworm Behavior Lab
Mealworm Behavior Introduction: Animals live in different environments but if new conditions arise, they will react. Some animals will stick to their original habitat and react by not doing anything at all, but others will adapt. Temporary variables can also be introduced to an environment, and some animals will react, while others will not react at all. The goal of this experiment is to see which variables the mealworms will respond to with a significant migration, from light vs. dark, to the presence of food. Our hypothesis is that they will react and often choose one side over the other instead of being partial to both. Hypothesis for experiments 1,2,3,5,6 (not supposed to do 4): 1st experiment - mealworms will constantly be moving around the container and not choose a particular spot to remain in. 2nd experiment - Mealworms will orient themselves related to the brightness of the background (meaning that they will choose one over the other). 3rd experiment - Mealwo