mealworm lab
Problem: Does color effect the speed of a mealworm?
Research:
Speed: The amount of distance in a certain time period d/t=speed
Velocity: The speed of an object in one direction.
Red causes excitement
Blue keeps you awake
Black makes you sleepy
Hypothesis: I think that the mealworms will go slower on black paper, and faster on red.
Materials/Methods:
Research:
Speed: The amount of distance in a certain time period d/t=speed
Velocity: The speed of an object in one direction.
Red causes excitement
Blue keeps you awake
Black makes you sleepy
Hypothesis: I think that the mealworms will go slower on black paper, and faster on red.
Materials/Methods:
- Mealworm
- Red paper
- Black paper
- Ruler
- Stopwatch
Data:
Qualitative Observations:
- did not go in a straight line
- traveled backwords
- went slower on black paper
- went faster on red paper
Conclusion questions:
1) What is the velocity of the mealworm traveling on the red paper at a distance of 5 cm? 5cm/2 sec north
2) What is the velocity of the mealworm traveling on the black paper at 3 seconds?
1cm/3sec north
3) What is the average velocity of the mealworm on the red paper? Black paper?
Red: 12cm/15sec north Black: 12cm/25sec north
4) Why is it more accurate to use velocity in the mealworm lab?
Because velocity contains direction.
5) Is the graph linear or non-linear? What does that represent?
The graph is non-linear because there are different constants and that represents that the graph represents a mostly unbalanced force because it is not continuously constant speed.
6) What would the graph look like when a mealworm stops?
It would be a straight horizontal line.
7) What would the graph look like when the mealworm goes backwards?
The line would slant downwards and travel down the lower numbers.
1) What is the velocity of the mealworm traveling on the red paper at a distance of 5 cm? 5cm/2 sec north
2) What is the velocity of the mealworm traveling on the black paper at 3 seconds?
1cm/3sec north
3) What is the average velocity of the mealworm on the red paper? Black paper?
Red: 12cm/15sec north Black: 12cm/25sec north
4) Why is it more accurate to use velocity in the mealworm lab?
Because velocity contains direction.
5) Is the graph linear or non-linear? What does that represent?
The graph is non-linear because there are different constants and that represents that the graph represents a mostly unbalanced force because it is not continuously constant speed.
6) What would the graph look like when a mealworm stops?
It would be a straight horizontal line.
7) What would the graph look like when the mealworm goes backwards?
The line would slant downwards and travel down the lower numbers.