10 - CHOICE CHAMBER

• DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS IN CHOICE CHAMBER?

  • dry and dark
  • damp and dark
  • dry and light
  • damp and light
• DARK ENVIRONMENT?

  • black paper
  • preferred as reduced risk of predation
• DAMP ENVIRONMENT?

  • cotton wool soaked in water
  • preferred as limits water loss
• DRY ENVIRONMENT?

  • silica beads
• IV?

  environment (light and moisture)
• DV?

  number of organism in each quadrant after 10 minutes
• CVs?

  • quadrant size
  • time
  • surface type
• RISK?

  woodlice are biohazard
• AIM?

  investigate effect of environmental variable on movement of an animal using either choice chamber/ maze