Population Biology: Bacteria Lab Name: _____James Eldred _________

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Hypothesis: Make a hypothesis about how you think the 2 species will grow alone and how they
will grow when together.
Alone- _________________good and reach carrying
capacity_______________________________________________________________________
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Together- ____one will have total control over the space

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Data:

Test tube #1 Test tube #2 Test tube #3 Test tube #3

P. caudatum P. aurelia P. aurelia P. caudatum
Day 0 1 1 1 1
Day 2 4 6 5 3
Day 4 15 26 11 17
Day 6 25 54 11 34
Day 8 28 47 7 39
Day 10 28 49 5 45
Day 12 28 47 2 48
Day 14 28 50 0 49
Day 16 28 49 0 49

Insert a LINE GRAPH in the space below to represent Test tube #1 and Test Tube #2.
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Day 0 Day 2 Day 4 Day 6 Day 8 Day 10 Day 12 Day 14

Tube 1 Tube 2

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Day 14

Day 12

Day 10

Day 8

Day 6

Day 4

Day 2

Day 0

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Series 3 P aura P caud

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Day 0 Day 2 Day4 Day 6 Day 8 Day 1o Day 12 Day 14 Day 16

Test tube 1 Test tube 2 Tube 3 Tube 32

Questions:
1. Was your hypothesis correct? How do you know?
______Yes because they each eventually didn’t go over a certain amount for a long
time_______________________________________________________________________
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2. On what day did the P. caudatum population reach its carrying capacity? How do you
know? ________dday 8 the population didn’t go up or
down___________________________________________________________________
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3. On what day did the P. aurelia population reach its carrying capacity? __day 6
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4. Explain the difference between the two growth patterns of the 2 types of
bacteria.___________one stops growing at the carrying
capacity_________________________________________________________________
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5. Describe what happened when the 2 different types of bacteria were in the same test
tube. Do your results suggest competition? Explain. _______one eventually ruled over
the test
tube____________________________________________________________________
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6. Give 2 things that the bacteria could be competing for. A.
____space___________________
B. _____food
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