Question

Lake Victoria is a large lake in Africa. the lake is home to a group of related fishes called cichlids. many of these fish groups are similar in appearance but they differ in their feeding habits. you want to determined if the cichild groups are different species or just members of one large population containing a lot of variations. deisgn a plan for this experiment.

In your response be sure to include
a) the variables you plan to use
b) a detailed description of the experiment
c)how data would be collected
d)how data would be analyezed

Answer 1

Is this AP Biology on FLVS? I don't mind i'm just curious.

Answer 2

yea is ap biology

Answer 3

Lol ok. Here i'll get my answer. But you'll have to pararaphase it. What lesson is it?

Answer 4

unit 2 evolution lesson 5 speciation thanks for the help in advance

Answer 5

@KirbyLegs

Answer 6

are taking ap bio @KirbyLegs

Answer 7

Sure XD just don't tell anyone.
Yeah I'm taking AP Bio on Pasco eSchool which uses the same format as FLVS Here's what I got just don't tell anyone :) I got 10/10

Populations of the same species are able to reproduce, while populations of a different species are not. This will be the basis of the experiment.

Two types of fish will be tested. I'll assume that one fish eats with a large swallow, and other chews its food with little teeth.

The independent variable is the type of fish. The dependent variable will be the amount of babies that are produced.

Five large fish tanks will be set up. Each tank will have 10 male and 10 female fish. Each tank ill have 20 fish. One tank will have 20 swallowing fish. Another tank will have 20 chewing fish. The third tank will have 10 chewing fish and 10 swallowing fish. The fourth tank will have 15 swallowing fish and 5 chewing fish. The final tank will have 15 chewing fish and 5 swallowing fish.

The amount of fish produced will be my data that I am collecting. After a period of 2 months, the amount of fish in the tank will be counted including ones that may have died.

Each tank will have the sane number of males and females, so hypothetically the number of offspring will be very similar if the species are the same. The amount of births should be the same in all five tanks. If the species are different, the amount of offspring will vary from tank to tank. The tanks with 20 of the same fish will be the constants. The tanks with a mix of the different fish would have lower births if the species are different. Based on this information, data can be collected and analyzed to determine if the cichlid groups are different species or just members of one large population.

Answer 8

thanks alot mane

Answer 9

@Zale101 shouldn't you take this question down because aren't you not aloud to give a specific answer. And he is not even explaining.