Day 13

12/2/2013

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Today, we dumped about 40 crickets into our bio-bubble because the toad ate them all the last time we put crickets inside of the ecosystem. We also observed that many of the beans have sprouted and many more are growing. I planted about 20 more beans today as well. We sealed the vent on the top of the bio-bubble so that no outside air can get in.
    Abiotic Factors-
Light
Soil
Water
Temperature
Climate
    Biotic Factors-
Salamander
Toad
Plants
Fish
Worm
Bark
Crickets


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Dr. Rita Neupane
12/2/2013 11:54:28 pm

Sarah I am excited to see that your Biome is coming right along. How tall are your bean plants? Can you estimate their height? So your Toad ate all your crickets before. Why do you think the one toad that was out numbered by say 40 crickets diminished the cricket population when there was so many of them? Is their a way to figure out for you to have enough crickets so that your frog is fed, but enough of them to reproduces and keep their population numbers respectful, but not to many to over populate you biome?

You are doing amazing on your blog posts Sarah keep it up! I want to start seeing amazing pictures of your biome. I am excited to what comes next.
Dr. Rita Neupane

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Sarah Garner
12/3/2013 12:57:53 am

Our bean plants range from barely and inch to over six inches in height. I think maybe the crickets didn't have very many places to maybe hide from the toad so that they wouldn't get eaten. So maybe if we were to put maybe some more bark or something for them to hide under some of the crickets would have survived.

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