Food Required for each organism to survive (From the presentation)

Question

Black beads Pink beads White beads
Gorilla 20 9 2
Sloth 0 4 4

During the 1 minute season, you will use your tool (representing your first organism) to pick up as
many beans as possible.
● At the end of the season, sort your beans and type the number of the bean color in the
appropriate box for that season.
Repeat this process for the second organism for Season 1; and then start over and repeat the
process again for both organisms for Season 2.
● At the end of 4 minutes you should have all 6 boxes filled out, in addition to the names of
your two organisms.
Simulation Data collected:

Season #1 Season #2
#Black #Pink #White #Black #Pink #White

Organism 1
Name: Gorilla

8 10 11 9 11 10

Organism 2
Name: Sloth

4 4 7 5 4 9

Materials List:
What material did you use? What did you use to represent your ecosystem?
1. Zip lock bag to represent an ecosystem
2. Colored beads represents the food resources
(each color represent a different food source)
3. Plastic spoon represent Sloth
4. Tongs represent Gorilla
5. Plastic cups to collect the beads
6. Timer
7. Pencil and paper for recording

Which one of your organisms survived Season 1?
The simulation data showed that the Sloth survived season 1.
a. Why?
According to my simulation data, the Sloth survived season 1 because it was able to
gather a sufficient amount of food. It was able to collect 4 black beads, 4 pink beads,
and 7 white beads which was enough for survival for the season. Although the Gorilla
gathered enough pink and white beads, it only collected 8 black beads as opposed to
20 black beads, This meant that the Gorilla did not collect sufficient overall amount of
food beads for it to survive the season. Consequently, this shows that competition for
the same resource can cause one organism not able to survive for the season, in this
case the Gorilla.

Go to the “Data Collection” section of the lab report. Look at the first table (“Food Required for each organism to survive”) and the second table (“Simulation Data Collected”). Based on this information, was the student’s response to discussion question #1 correct? (See the response in the “Discussion” section at the bottom of the lab report) (1 point) Responses Yes, the answer and the reason was correct. Yes, the answer and the reason was correct. The answer was correct, but the reason was not correct. The answer was correct, but the reason was not correct. No, the answer and the reason were both incorrect. No, the answer and the reason were both incorrect. The answer was incorrect, but the reason was correct.

Answer 1

To determine whether the student's response to the discussion question #1 was correct, we need to analyze both the food requirements for each organism and the simulation data collected.

Food Requirements for Survival:

• Gorilla: Needs 20 black beads, 9 pink beads, and 2 white beads.
• Sloth: Needs 0 black beads, 4 pink beads, and 4 white beads.

Simulation Data Collected:

• Season 1:
  • Gorilla: 8 black, 10 pink, 11 white.
  • Sloth: 4 black, 4 pink, 7 white.

In Season 1:

• Gorilla's Collection:

  • Black beads: 8 (needs 20) - Not sufficient.
  • Pink beads: 10 (needs 9) - Sufficient.
  • White beads: 11 (needs 2) - Sufficient.

  Overall, the Gorilla did not survive because it did not collect the required 20 black beads.

• Sloth's Collection:

  • Black beads: 4 (needs 0) - Sufficient (needs none).
  • Pink beads: 4 (needs 4) - Sufficient.
  • White beads: 7 (needs 4) - Sufficient.

  Overall, the Sloth survived as it was able to meet its food requirements.

Based on this analysis, the student's response stated that the Sloth survived Season 1 because it gathered sufficient food, which aligns with the data. However, the response incorrectly stated that the Gorilla also collected sufficient food; in fact, the Gorilla did not meet the requirement for black beads.

Therefore, based on the question asked, the correct answer is:

The answer was correct, but the reason was not correct.

The Sloth did survive, but the reasoning regarding the Gorilla's sufficiency of resources was incorrect.