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Wai Hong Lam

Professor Choi, Jung Ho
TAs: Mcguire, Kathleen, Miles, Brittany
BIOL 1510 B, Biology principles
27 September 2013
Laboratory Report 2
Increasing intensity, light and heat do not cause more advantages for Oniscus Asellus to run
away better than crawled up into a base.
Abstract
Different animals have their respective behaviors and living environments. In addition,
they would also act differently in certain environments and adapt to them. In this lab, we would
like to examine what behaviors and reactions the Oniscus Asellus would have in intensity, light
and heat. We have developed our alternate hypothesis. Putting in increasing intensity, light and
heat, it will be more advantages for the pillbugs to run away better than crawled up into a base.
Pillbugs will eventually run away. In order to find out whether it is true for this alternate
hypothesis, we have performed an experiment and obtain possible data. We performed this
experiment for three times. Each time, the light source distance to the plate is adjusted to short,
mid and long distance. Then, we observed the behaviors of pillbugs and see how they react
corresponding to increasing light and heat intensity. Our source of major findings and results
mainly come from these three trials of experiment. If our findings show that the pillbugs would
run away from increasing light and heat intensity, we would fail to reject our alternate
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hypothesis. Otherwise, we would reject our alternate hypothesis. We would able to reject or fail
to reject our alternate hypothesis after performing T-test and obtain p-value. When performing
the T-test, we did not use the data obtained from light source to the plate in mid-distance. Our
calculated p-value in this experiment is 0.4019, and it is greater than the alpha value 0.05. Thus,
we would reject the alternate hypothesis. As a result, increasing intensity, light and heat do not
cause more advantages for pillbugs to run away better than crawled up into a base. This finding
reveals pillbugs, Oniscus Asellus, are able to adapt to environment with light and heat intensity.
Methods
We have designed and followed the procedures during experiments in this lab. We
obtained three sets of data by adjusting the light source distance to the plate. The respective
distances are 37.9cm, 29.7cm and 19.9cm. The procedures for the experiment are indicated in
below. First, setting up the light source and shine to the plate in fixed distance. Since this is the
first attempt, we adjusted the distance from light source to the plate to 37.9cm. We created a
constant shaded region, and put a piece of paper on the top of the plate. This piece of paper
covers less than half size of the plate, and it is fixed by using tape. (Figure A) Then, we
measured the radius of the plate, radius of the lit area and radius of shaded region. All distances
are measured by using centimeter tape.
Figure A:



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Measured Data:
1. radius of the total dish: 18.9 cm
2. radius of lit area: 10 cm
3. radius of the shaded region from center of the dish:
10cm
4. Set up distance on first trial:
37.9cm, second trial: 29.7cm, third
trial: 19.9cm


We put ten pillbugs on the plate, and they are covered by a dish. Afterwards, we released the
dish, turned on the light source, and turned on the timer until one hundred twenty seconds are
reached. During one hundred twenty seconds, we recorded the time instant and number of
pillbugs (no.th) comes into shaded region. The data of first trial is obtained, and we repeated the
experiment again by adjusting light source distance to the plate with 29.7cm and 19.9cm. Then,
we recorded the data of second and third trial. After obtaining three sets of data, we performed
T-test and obtained the p-value. However, we did not use the data of second trial to perform T-
test.
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Our calculated p-value in this experiment is 0.4019, and it is greater than the alpha value
0.05. Thus, we would reject the alternate hypothesis. As a result, increasing intensity, light and
heat do not cause more advantages for pillbugs to run away better than crawled up into a base.

Analyzing pillbugs for trial 1 (37.9cm)

pillbug number (No.th)
the time pillbugs come into shaded region(second, within 120
seconds)

At no.th
seconds
1

16
2

17
3

20
4

80
5

119
6
7
8
9
10


Analyzing pillbugs for trial 2 (29.7cm)

pillbug number (No.th)
the time pillbugs come into shaded region(second, within 120
seconds)
At no.th seconds
1

34
2

37
3

93
4

115
5

116
6
7
8
9
10

Analyzing pillbugs for trial 3 (19.9cm)

pillbug number (No.th)
the time pillbugs come into shaded region(second, within 120
seconds)
At no.th seconds
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1

11
2

20
3

32
4

42
5

64
6

97
7
8
9
10





0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
pillbugs come into
shaded region (At
no. th seconds)
pillbug number (No.th)
Analyzing pillbugs for trial 1 (37.9cm)
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calculated p-value for trial 1 and 2: 0.401999
mean value for trial 1 and 2: 47.09091


0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
pillbugs come into
shaded region (At
no. th seconds)
pillbug number (No.th)
Analyzing pillbugs for trial 2 (29.7cm)
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
pillbugs come into
shaded region (At
no. th seconds)
pillbug number (No.th)
Analyzing pillbugs for trial 3 (19.9cm)