LAB 9 Cane Toads
Instructions:
To complete this lab, you will need to follow along the mission memo, where there are guided video tutorials
You will need the completed data from this workbook to answer question prompts in the mission memo. The answers to those question prompts will be input in your Canvas quiz.
YOU MUST SHOW YOUR WORK TO GET FULL CREDIT
This lab is a timed assessment that must be completed without assistance from other students or TAs
The concepts needed to complete this lab come from Lab 7 and 8
You may refer to all previous materials to complete this lab
If you have technical difficulties while submitting answers from your Mission Memo to the Canvas Quiz,
please use the Submission Comment box to upload a file or add a comment for your TA to consider
>>before<< the 11:59pm AZ deadline
Rounding rule Do not "round" any answers while performing calculations in sheets.
Rounding will occur when you take an output number from your workbook and answer a question in your memo
For example if your workbook has a number in cell E14 that is the output of a calculation. Leave it!
Refer to the cell to use the number in future calculations.
5.37
If you are asked, what is the value of E14 in your memo or quiz, THEN round your number to ONE
decimal place.... the answer is 5.4
, GOAL: Generate a predator-prey matrix for an Australian ecosystem
Matrix showing predator prey relationships in Australia
Potential prey
Cane beetle Crimson Finch Fruiting plants Grasses Mosaic-tailed rat
Mitchell's water
Sugarcane Terrestrial insects
Number of prey for:
monitor (do NOT adjust; this will auto-calculate)
Cane beetle X Cane beetle: 1
Crimson Finch X Crimson Finch: 1
Fruiting plants Fruiting plants: 0
Potential Grasses Grasses: 0
Mosaic-tailed rat X X X Mosaic-tailed rat: 3
predators
Mitchell's water X X X Mitchell's water monitor: 3
monitor
Sugarcane Sugarcane: 0
Terrestrial insects X X Terrestrial insects: 2
Number of predators for: Mitchell's water Terrestrial
(do NOT adjust; this will auto- Cane beetle: Crimson Finch: Fruiting plants: Grasses: Mosaic-tailed rat: monitor: Sugarcane: insects:
calculate) 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 1
Use the matrix above to show the connections between predators and prey in the Australian community.
In this matrix, potential predators are listed in rows and potential prey are listed in columns. For each potential predator, place an “X” in the
columns that reflect known species of prey (based on the Field Guide). Leave a cell blank if no evidence of predation exists in the Field
Guide of Australia.
As an example, the row for terrestrial insects has been completed. The "X"s in the cells for "fruiting plants" and "grasses" indicate that
terrestrial insects eat fruiting plants and grasses. Use the same approach to complete the rows for the remaining predators.
Instructions:
To complete this lab, you will need to follow along the mission memo, where there are guided video tutorials
You will need the completed data from this workbook to answer question prompts in the mission memo. The answers to those question prompts will be input in your Canvas quiz.
YOU MUST SHOW YOUR WORK TO GET FULL CREDIT
This lab is a timed assessment that must be completed without assistance from other students or TAs
The concepts needed to complete this lab come from Lab 7 and 8
You may refer to all previous materials to complete this lab
If you have technical difficulties while submitting answers from your Mission Memo to the Canvas Quiz,
please use the Submission Comment box to upload a file or add a comment for your TA to consider
>>before<< the 11:59pm AZ deadline
Rounding rule Do not "round" any answers while performing calculations in sheets.
Rounding will occur when you take an output number from your workbook and answer a question in your memo
For example if your workbook has a number in cell E14 that is the output of a calculation. Leave it!
Refer to the cell to use the number in future calculations.
5.37
If you are asked, what is the value of E14 in your memo or quiz, THEN round your number to ONE
decimal place.... the answer is 5.4
, GOAL: Generate a predator-prey matrix for an Australian ecosystem
Matrix showing predator prey relationships in Australia
Potential prey
Cane beetle Crimson Finch Fruiting plants Grasses Mosaic-tailed rat
Mitchell's water
Sugarcane Terrestrial insects
Number of prey for:
monitor (do NOT adjust; this will auto-calculate)
Cane beetle X Cane beetle: 1
Crimson Finch X Crimson Finch: 1
Fruiting plants Fruiting plants: 0
Potential Grasses Grasses: 0
Mosaic-tailed rat X X X Mosaic-tailed rat: 3
predators
Mitchell's water X X X Mitchell's water monitor: 3
monitor
Sugarcane Sugarcane: 0
Terrestrial insects X X Terrestrial insects: 2
Number of predators for: Mitchell's water Terrestrial
(do NOT adjust; this will auto- Cane beetle: Crimson Finch: Fruiting plants: Grasses: Mosaic-tailed rat: monitor: Sugarcane: insects:
calculate) 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 1
Use the matrix above to show the connections between predators and prey in the Australian community.
In this matrix, potential predators are listed in rows and potential prey are listed in columns. For each potential predator, place an “X” in the
columns that reflect known species of prey (based on the Field Guide). Leave a cell blank if no evidence of predation exists in the Field
Guide of Australia.
As an example, the row for terrestrial insects has been completed. The "X"s in the cells for "fruiting plants" and "grasses" indicate that
terrestrial insects eat fruiting plants and grasses. Use the same approach to complete the rows for the remaining predators.
