How to Write a Lab Report Glue this into your assignment section.
Type and proofread your work before turning it in by the beginning of class on 10/13
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Title, Your Name, Class, and Date
Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results: (Weights, diagram)
Discussion
1. How did you calculate the amount of energy lost between trophic levels in your model? Provide an example.
2. Create a model of energy pyramid with labels - complete with numbers (i.e. What percentage makes it to each trophic level)
3. Provide a brief summary of what happened during your lab experiment and your results. Was your hypothesis supported?
4. Describe anything unexpected that occurred during your investigations and explain what you did when you made that unexplained discovery.
5. What questions do you have now regarding energy flow?
6. Pick one question from #5 and briefly explain how you would investigate it.
Conclusion
To be considered in your conclusion; Why is a pyramid used to represent the trophic levels? What would happen if the pyramid was flipped? How does the complexity of a food web allow for the survival of a species?
describe how energy is transferred from the sun to producers and then to consumers
explain the “dependency” of a consumer on a producer
list and compare two types of consumers
compare the complexity of energy transfer in a food web as opposed to a food chain
evaluate the symbolism of the energy pyramid in representing the trophic levels
apply the 10% rule to the transfer of energy among trophic levels (math calculations)
analyze the earth’s changing conditions as it relates to the functions of producers, consumers and decomposers
Lesson Essential Question(s)
How does the role of plants and other photosynthetic organisms impact the survival of consumers?
What recognized concepts/patterns are attributed to the natural world’s system of energy flow?
How does man/our society ” interrupt” Earth’s energy flow?
What sustainable plans are being implemented to improve the integrity of the Earth’s food webs
Why is a pyramid used to represent the trophic levels? What would happen if the pyramid was flipped? What other benefit do plants provide us? How does the complexity of a food web allow for the survival of a species?