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I think that the turtle is starting to prefer fruits or soft veggies, maybe because of his age or appetite. I can start leaving them out next to his food for him to try out, and see which one he likes eating more.

Marwah Raja

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Our Hypothesis is that the soil surrounding the plants lacks nutrients. In order to test this you could move the plants to another shaded area or replace the current soil with fresh soil that has nutrients in it.

Variables- Plant location

Control- Leaving the plants as they are

Treatment- Moving the plants or changing soil

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Hypothesis: The turtle became sick.

Dependent variable: food preference of turtle

independent variable: turtle

control group: water

Change the food to see how the turtle reacts, and if it remains healthy.

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Maybe the plants have not been introduced to enough sunlight. They need to have sunlight to live and reproduce. If I leave them out in the sunlight and see that they start flourishing better I know that the reason they weren't looking like they usually do is because the lack of sunlight

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Experiment: Move the perch from the top of the cage at the first bowl to the bottom of the cage near the bowl that isn’t being finished to see the difference.

Independent variable- Perch placement

Dependent variable- Amount of food eaten

Controlled variable(s)- amount of food provided and placement of the perch

Treatment group- The bird

Kaylee Brommer and Kaili Lewis

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Hypothesis: Birds prefer to eat food that is elevated from ground level.

Experiment: a group of 30 birds the same species as original will be given an elevated food option and a ground level food option, and it will be recorded how much they eat from each.

Allen, West, Collin

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Experiment: Move the perch from the top food bowl down to the bottom food bowl and observe if the food bowl at the bottom gets eaten.

Independent Variable: Perch placement

Dependent Variable: Amount of food eaten

Control: Amount of food and perch placement

Treatment: Bird

Kaili Lewis and Kaylee Brommer

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Hypothesis: birds tend to look for food higher up. To test this hypothesis we can give the bird the same food at the same time but put one at the bottom of the cage and one at the top. We can try different kinds of food in both to see if it has the same outcome.

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I think that the plants might not "love shade", but rather require less sunlight than other plants. An experiment to prove this would be to place plants in a sunnier location, such as a windowsill, for 15 minutes a day. After one week, if any improvements are made, the time can be increased to note any further increase in revitalization.

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Observation: the turtle doesn’t want to eat any sort of vegetatively.

Hypothesis: the turtle is tired of the greens it’s given and wants variation in its diet.

Experiment: line up many types of vegetables in front of the turtle (both ones it’s currently eating and new) and see which vegetables it eats. Control- current diet

Treatment- new vegetables

Independent variable- type of vegetable

Dependent- how much the turtle eats

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hypothesis: Has there been a change in the rainfall between this year and last year?

Describe: Take three shade-loving plants and have different variables for each one - one with no water, one with some water, one with plenty orf water. Continue to keep thekm all in the shade.

variables: soil type, plant type, shade/sunlight

control group: the shade-plants in the scenario

treatment groups: the three other shade-plants we are testing

Kristina & Elli

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Hypothesis: The turtles food preference is changing from a vegetable base diet to one more reflective of its natural environment including native vegetables and fruit.

Experiment: give the turtle different types of fruit reflective of its environment. Maybe try something types of vegetables that haven’t been tried yet.

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Hypothesis: If the food container is attached to the top side, the bird will eat its food.

Independent variable: Location of the food container (side of cage and bottom of cage)

Dependent variable: How much food is left in container

Control: We would use the same bird, same cage, and same feed

Treatment group: The bird

By Darby Ragsdale, Ella Brett Hitchcock, Meghan Gilson

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Hypothesis: if food is available in the bird’s field of vision, then that food will be eaten.

Experiment:

Control group: bird has food available below and above.

Treatment:

One bird has food available below.

One bird has food available above/on perch.

IV: where food is placed.

DV: amount of food consumed.

CV(s): amount of food provided, cage, environment, etc.

Ethan McNair and Lindsay Pfeffer

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Hypothesis: My bird prefers the top feeder because it can survey the area from its roost.

Experiment: I would raise both feeders up to the roost for a week and then lower both feeders for the following week. Depending on how much food is eaten from each bowl, it can be determined if the bird prefers the bowls specifically or their location.

Control: Add the same type and amount of food to the bowls each week.

Independent variable: location of bowl

Dependent variable: amount of food eaten

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We think the turtle isn't enjoying the leafy greens anymore. We would set multiple bowls of different fruits and vegetables out for the turtle to choose from. The control is having the same food available. The independent variable is the types of food. The dependent variable is what the turtle eats.

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Hypothesis: The bird will eat more food from a container closer to its perch at the top of the cage because it is easier for the bird to access.

Variables: Independent- location of the food container

Dependent- How much food is eaten

Constant- Type of food, container, duration left out

Experiment: Place food at various levels of the cage and measure how much food is eaten from each one.

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Hypothesis: The turtle has some sort of intolerance to something in the diet or does not like the specific greens she is being fed.

Experiment:

Over 4 days, feed the turtle 4 different diets of different types of greens and observe her reactions. Is she not eating, eating too much or too little? Are there any signs of sickness? The control group would be giving her the original diet to make sure her reaction is consistent. The treatment groups would be the different greens.

Independent variable : the type of food

Dependent variable: the turtle’s reaction - whether she eats it or not

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Hypothesis: My bird only eats from the container attached to the top side of the cage because it is next to its perch and never touches the container at the bottom of the cage.

Experiment: To test this hypothesis, I would move where my bird's perch is and measure how much food is left at the end of the day. The location of the perch and the container would be the independent variable, and the amount of food remaining would be the dependent variable.

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Independent variable - Pesticide

Dependent variable – Wasps, Nest

Control groups – door frame, front yard

Treatment group – Wasps that are affected by pesticides

Experiment – Placing pesticides along doorframe and seeing if this causes the wasps to stop coming back and building their nest.

Hypothesis - If I use pesticide to keep the wasps away from my front door then will the nests stop being built.

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Hypothesis: Shade-loving plants need minimal amounts of sunlight to grow.

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Hypothesis: Shade-loving plants need minimal amounts of sunlight to grow.

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The experiment would involve 3 groups of plants. The plant type would be the same for all groups and would be some sort of shade-loving plant. Group one will have the plant in direct sunlight for more than half the day before being put in the shade. Group two would be in the shade for more than half the day before being put in the sun. And group three would be exposed to the same amounts of sun and shade each day. The experiment would last a couple of weeks, and all plants would be put in the same soil and receive the same amount of water.

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The plants may be in a different spot in the garden and do not have as much shade as they had in the past. Keep some plants in the same place in the garden and place some in a more shaded area to see if that has any effect on the growth of the plants. Control groups are the plants as they are the same. And the independent variable would be the amount of time in the shade each plant is given. Then the treatment group would be placing some plants in more sun to see if that has any effect. Kyle Norris, Jack Williamson, & Aidan Dausmam.

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Option 1 (Kylie Jennings + Kensley Ford) 

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Option 1 (Kylie Jennings + Kensley Ford) 

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1. Our observation is that the bird prefers the food at the top of the cage next to his perch.

2. Our hypothesis is that if we remove the food from the top part of the cage, the bird will eventually eat from the bottom of the cage; or stave to dead.

3. Firstly, put an empty container at the top of the cage and a full one at the bottom of the cage. Then we would check everyday to see how much of the food is missing from the bottom cage food bowl.

Independent variable - amount of food, type of food, amount of water, temperature, amount of sunlight, amount of attention from humans

Dependent variable - Food only in the bottom cage bowl.

Test group - the bird.

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hypothesis: You are not killing the wasps, what, what did you expect :). Therefore, they can just immediately go back.

Independent: Application of substances

Dependent: Wasp nest building status

How to test: variables are remove nest (true/false), spray poison (true/false) which creates 4 outcomes. the control group is the one you continue removing without spraying poison. your treatment groups are the ones you spray poison on (with or without removing).

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Kylei, Zoe, Jackson

Hypothesis:The plants need shade to grow so if we create shade for the plants they flourish.

Experiment: There will be two groups of plants one group will be left alone while the other will be shaded by a tarp.

Independent variable is the shade the plants get

Dependent variable would be the flourishing of the plants

Control group: plants in the normal setting

Treatment group: the plants under the tarp

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Our hypothesis is that the shade-loving plants have been affected by the lack of precipitation and too much sunlight due to increased global temperatures. If the plants are not receiving enough time in the shade, they will not flourish.

For our experiment, we will keep half of the plants where they are currently located, and we will move half to a more shades area, for example the north side of the garden. We will have to keep all variables except for the amount of shade the same. Same soil, water, temperature, fertilizer and pesticides.

The control is the plants that are staying where they are now, and the treatment group is the plants that are moving to the north side of the garden.

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dependent variable- wasps

independent- wasp nest

treatment group- wasps

control group- door frame

hypothesis- if you use wasp killer spray on the nest the wasps can’t come back and build the nest

experiment- spray wasp killer spray on the nest

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Valeria Alvarado, Annie Vanegas, Madison Tiburzi

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Valeria Alvarado, Annie Vanegas, Madison Tiburzi

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A plant that normally thrives in the shade has not been flourishing like usual. The plant will thrive more in the sunlight due to the higher temperatures in the current season. To test our hypothesis, we would place a control plant in the shade, where it would normally be. The treatment group would be a plant that would be placed directly where the sun hits, therefore leading to a higher temperature. Both plants will receive the same care, just in different locations.

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If the food container is placed at the bottom of the cage, then the bird will eat less because it prefers higher perches. A potential experimental design includes alternating days where the food is only placed at the bottom and at the top. Record the amount of food eaten for days where the food is at the top versus at the bottom, and compare the results. The independent variable is the location of the food, and the dependent variable is the amount of food eaten.

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Hypothesis: The bird prefers to eat near his perch.

Experiment: Move the perch to the bottom of the cage next to the bowl there.

Control: One week, leave the perch in the original spot and record result.

Treatment: One week, move perch to the bottom of the cage and record results.

Independent variable: The placement of the bird's perch.

Dependent variable: Which bowl the bird eats from.

If the bird starts to eat from the lower bowl after the perch is moved down, we can infer that he prefers to eat near his perch. We could then do further experiments moving the bowls and perch around.

If the bird continues to eat from the bowl placed high up, we will need to form a new hypothesis.

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Hypothesis:

The turtle became sick.

Experiment:

Would consist of seeing if the turtle would eat other food, reevaluating, and then perusing medical care from there to see if there’s a change.

Variables:

Independent- what the turtle eats

Dependent- how the turtle reacts

Control group- the food

Treatmeant group- the turtle

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Alianna Watters, Julissa Vega, MacKenzie Glover

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Alianna Watters, Julissa Vega, MacKenzie Glover

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Hypothesis: The amount of shade impacts the growth of the plant.

Experiment: Take a group of plants (A,B) and but group A in an area with lots of sunlight and group B in a area where they did not get much sunlight.

Variables: Independent:Amount of shade. Dependent: growth of plant.Control:Amount of water plants get,type of plant,type of soil the plants are in.

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Hypothesis: The issue could be lack of water. Increasing soil moisture should bring back health. Independent variable Soil Moisture ,Dependent variable yearly flourishing.

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Olivia Stegall, Emmaline Stach, Luanna Sessoms

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Olivia Stegall, Emmaline Stach, Luanna Sessoms

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Hypothesis: If the bird is only eating from the top food container, then he could prefer eating his food from a higher level.

Independent variable: switching the two food containers' height levels

Dependent variable: amount of food after a day

Control group: the past days observations

Treatment group: the bird

We would switch the two containers (high up one to lower level, lower one to higher position). Then we would observe if the bird chooses a certain container or a certain height to eat at. This would help us conclude if he is drawn to a specific container or height level to eat from.

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If there is a spray or some repellent put in the area that they are nesting then the wasps will no longer nest there.

IV: type of spray

DV: driving the wasps away

Control: door frame, knocking the wasp nest down

Treatment groups: 1 spray of repellent, 2 sprays of repellent, 4 sprays of repellent

In our experiment, we would spray the door frame with different amounts of spray in hope that it would keep the wasps from rebuilding their nest.

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If fertilizer is added to the plants they begin to flourish.

The way I would test this is to use different types of fertilizers applied in multiple doses to the plants. The control group would be the plants with no fertilizer added, while the treatment groups would be all the groups that fertilizer was added to. The independent variable would be the amount and type of fertilizer added and the dependent would be plant growth.

- Karson Bowman

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We think the wasps continue to build their nests underneath the door frame because it might provide them their ideal habitat to survive. We would design an experiment in a way that provides the wasps a variety of habitats both in light and dark, and possibly with different food sources. The independent variable(s) would be the light in the room/food and the dependent variable would be where the wasps build their nest. The control groups would be the same door they keep building the nest and the treatment group could be a place more open and in a place with light.

Dahlia, Prerana

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If we move the perch to the middle of the cage, then the food at the bottom of the cage will be eaten as well.

Independent Variable: Placement of perch

Dependent Variable: Amount of food eaten

Control Group: Our control group will be the current placement of the perch, with it being near the top of the cage.

Treatment groups: We will move the perch to be closer to the bottom of the cage in 5 inch increments per group, monitoring the amount of food eaten in each group.

Experiment: We will place the same amount of food in both containers and use the same bird over the course of a few months

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Hypothesis: If the conditions under the front door frame remain the same, the wasps will continue to come back, because it is an ideal environment for their nests to flourish.

Experiment:

Create multiple environments around the house to test. Remove any nests from both the front and back doors around the house at the same time. Next, apply wasp repellent to one of the doors for a few days. After this, look to see if the nests have come back in either location. This will help to determine if the wasps are building these nests due to the conditions underneath to front door, or if there is another environmental factor.

Independent Variable: Condition underneath the front door

Dependent Variable: Wasps nest and their ability to grow

Control Variable: Time of day, locations, time before measuring

Control Group: The original door that the wasps continue to come back to

Treatment Group: The group with the wasp repellent that is being measured

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If the turtle is not eating its normal diet, it can be assumed that something is affecting its diet, like its environment. To test this hypothesis, we could put it in another environment. For example, put it with other turtles, add enrichment activities, change the humidity, the season could affect the turtle, and change the temperature. The turtle is not eating his normal diet because he is not happy with his environment.

Independent: is the environment

Dependent: is the turtle's appetite

Control Group: the type of leafy greens given

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Hypothesis: The turtle became sick.

Experiment:

Test other turtles on the same diet to see if they eat the leaves.

Independent variable: the food

Dependent variable: what the turtle eats/acts

Control variable: water, amount of food, habitat

Treatment group: the turtle with the abnormal behavior

Bella, Graci, and Madi

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Hypothesis: If both containers of food are full, then the bird will eat the top container because it is more easily accessible.

Experiment: Get a group of multiple birds within the same species and offer them the same food in the containers above and below them (control). Take note of which container is being eaten from. Repeat this process, changing the foods in each bowl (independent variable) to ensure each container has a different food. This will test which bowl the birds are eating from (dependent variable) and whether it is because of the position of the bowl, or the food being offered.

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Hypothesis: The bird prefers to eat on the perch rather than the bottom

Control group- same bird, type of container, same cage, same food independent: location of food

Dependent: how much it ate

Treatment group: location of the food

Experiment: each day you would put the food in a different location for a week, one day would be a control day so the food would remain in the same location , Then changing the location to just the bottom, next to the perch, and alternating days.

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Due to the food at the top being closest to the bird’s perch the bird prefers to eat from that location.

Experiment: Everyday for 30 days we would change the perch location from top to bottom and observe where the bird chooses to eat.

Independent variable is the perch location

The dependent variable The bird

Control: The food

Zsaryea, Kaya, Bella

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We hypothesised that the bird prefers the food container on the top side of the cage as instinctually he feels more comfrotable eating from a perch, simialr to eating on a branch in the wild. An experiment to showcase this would be to gather birds and place food containers at the top and bottom of the cage, and watch which the birds would eat from more. The independent variable would be whether the container is at the top or bottom, and the amount of food eaten would be the dependent variable. We would keep the type of food a consistent variable. We could have two groups of birds in a cage or not, to see if this affects caged birds or free-flying birds.

Rahmi, Urwa

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Hypothesis: The more shade that the shade-loving plants get, the better they will flourish.

Experiment: We propose that you should move one plant in direct sunlight, one plant in direct shade, and one plant that gets a mix of sunlight and shade to compare how well the flourish. The independent variable is the amount of sunlight the plants get. The dependent variable is how much the plants grow. The control group is the plant in the direct shade. The treatment groups are the one in mixed sunlight and the one in direct sunlight.

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If the turtle persist on not eating its veggies then it may be sick due to a bacteria it picked up.

Place the turtle in a controlled habitat and record its food intake based on the food provided to the turtle on a daily basis.

Independent: food variety

Dependent: amount of food eaten

Control: habitat and water

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Wasps will stop coming back if their environment is toxic. The independent variable is the door frame. The dependent variable is the rate of wasps coming back. The control group is the act of removing the wasp nest by hand and the wasps keep coming back. The treatment group is the group that will use wasp spray or poison to get rid of the wasps. Then you will see if they come back and if they don’t, the experiment worked.

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Hypothesis: Plants that have proper climate control and are inside have reduced pests.

Design: Put other varieties of tropical plants outside and inside. The independent variable would be their location (inside or outside of greenhouse). The dependent variable would be the amount of pests (specifically caterpillars). The plants outside are the control and the plants placed within the greenhouse are the treatment group.

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As precipitation increases, the health of plants in the garden decreases.

To test the affect of precipitation on the garden plants, we will have two groups; a control group that receives the typical amount of watering per day and an experimental group that will receive greater amounts of watering per day. Both groups would live in a shaded environment. The control variable would be the shade that both groups would receive, the independent variable is the amount of water given per group, and the dependent variable is the growth of plants after a given period of time.

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Hypothesis: The shade loving plants no longer prefer shade and need sun to flourish.

Experiment: Planting the same species of plant in the shade and also in the sun. Placing plants in different intensities of sun light, ranging from full shade to full sun. Then, looking at the height of each plant to judge which one flourished the best.

Independent Variable: Sunlight

Dependent Variable: Height of the plant

Control group: Plant that’s in the shade, gets the same amount of shade as before

Treatment group: The plants that receives x amount of sunlight.

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Hypothesis: The wasp colony continues to return because they think that under the door is the best, safest, and easiest place to build a nest.

Experiment:

To test this hypothesis, we would establish two areas; one area that different factors, like temperature, dampness, and odor. The other area, in the same (as much as possible) area, will be left the same as the control group. The variable is the condition of the area under the door frame, and the treatment group would be a place where they are building their home under the door frame. Temperature would be changed with a heater under the porch, dampness could be changed with a humidifier or (less chance of mold) just pouring some water, and odor would be affected by pouring a small amount of gasoline.

Things like weather, environmental temperature, human activity (walking around), and access to the area under the door would need to be kept constant.

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The use of a wasp poison against persistent wasp nests under the door frame is a sufficient method to prevent wasps from rebuilding their nest.

Use a different wasp spray against the wasp each day. Dependent variable: persistent of nest against consistent use of wasp spray

Independent variable: the wasp poison

Controlled group: Amount of spray used

Treatment group: the wasp

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1)The shade loving plants were exposed to the sun causing them to not grow.

2)I would move plants to a new area away from sun and see if the plants would then start to grow again.

Variables: The lighting the plants are receiving and how much the plant is growing

Treatment:Moving the plants to a new area to see if they grow better in a different location than the one they were previously at.

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Hypothesis- If Heliconia is kept in a secure environment, then it will not be invaded by caterpillars.

Experiment- grow a Heliconia in a garden, a greenhouse, and a secure indoor location in order to test the amount of caterpillars that infest each one.

Independent Variable - Location Heliconia is grown in

Dependent - amount of caterpillars that infect the Heliconia

Controls - Type of plant, watering schedule, soil, temperature, light

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Hypothesis: Plants that are kept inside the greenhouse are less likely to be invaded by caterpillars because of the closed environment.

Experiment: We would place a sample of plants outside in the garden and another sample in the greenhouse, and then count the average number of caterpillars present in each sample. The independent variable is the location of the sample. The dependent variable is the number of caterpillars on the plants. Some control variables would be wind levels, water levels, sunlight, and pollinators.

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There could be outside factors such as stress or mating issues leading to an inconsistent diet. Regulate life before altering diet in turtle.

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If we changed the contents of the soil by adding nutrients then the shade-loving plants could flourish.

For our independent variable we could treat the soil with different types of nutrients and observe how the plants flourish (dependent variable)

We would keep a control "pot or plant" to make comparisons and see if any of the treatments work on the plant.

We would make sure to keep the water, temperature and light exposure the same for all plants.

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Hypothesis: Simply removing the nests isn't enough to make them want to leave, a repellent of some sort to associate the house with the repellent.

Experiment: One day get some type of bug/wasp repellent and apply it to the nest. Proceed to destroy the hive as well. Should be done with a protective suit on as well.

Variables: Wasps

Treatment: Could use that would make the wasps nest cold since they can't live cold

Control: Spray/repellent

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Hypothesis: The amount of water changed in order for them to not flourish. If the amount of water intake increases, then the plants should start to flourish again.

Independent Variable: the amount of water given to plants

Dependent variable: the amount of growth of the plant in a certain amount of time

Control Group: we’ll leave some plants the same (no treatment)

Treatment group 1: this group of plants receives more water in a consistent amount of time per day

Treatment group 2: this group of plants receives less water in a consistent amount of time per day

Constant variables: plant type, soil type, location (under the same tree)

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Hypothesis: It's gathering food from where it's closest to.

To test this, we would move the perch farther down so it would be harder for the bird to collect the food at the top. If he instead decides to switch to the bottom station, it proves our hypothesis that he gathers food from what is closest. If he continues to eat from the top one, we will have to remake the hypothesis. The control group is the bird before we moved his perch. Our variables are the type of food, which is the controlled variable, the height of the perch, which is the independent variable, and the amount of food eaten is the dependent variable.

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Hypothesis: I think the bird prefers food containers closer to his perch, his safe place.

Experiment: I would move the perch to different areas and heights of the the cage and watch how much food he eats from his containers to see if the perch is a contributing factors.

The independent variable would be perch location, the dependent variable would be how much food he eats in each container. The control would be the amount of food in the containers, the type of food, the cage. The treatment group would be the perch at the highest point of the cage. we know he has previously preferred to eat here, so we will keep that, but add one or more perches to place beside the other food containers.

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Hypothesis: Birds tend to search for food and eat higher up in their natural environment, so the bird will prefer to eat the food at the top of the cage.

IV: perch location

DV: amount of food eaten

Control Variable: amount of food placed

Control: food placed in the middle of the cage to gage how much is eaten at that height

Treatment: food placed higher and lower on the cage

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If the turtle is provided a more varied diet opposed to the restricted diet, the food intake will increase.

To design the experiment, we would begin to slowly introduce the turtle to different foods and diets that are not green leafs, like fruits.

The independent variable is the diet type and the dependent variable is the turtle's food intake.

The control variable would be the environment the turtles are in and how the turtles receive their food

The control group will be the other turtles in the zoo that do not get the change of diet.

The treatment group will be another select group of turtles in the zoo that do receive the differentiated diet from the green leaves.

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The Caterpillars do not feed/ thrive in the climate of the greenhouse, but do thrive in the outdoor climate.

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The Caterpillars do not feed/ thrive in the climate of the greenhouse, but do thrive in the outdoor climate.

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Expirement: Quarantine an infected plant in the climate of the greenhouse and see if the pests persist. Place a non infected plant in the outdoor conditions (far from the infected plants), observe.

Indep. Variable: Climate

Dep. Variable: Pests

Control: the plants kept in the same setting as before

Gianna Jones

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Hypothesis: The bird prefers to eat the one at the top because it is more convenient to eat on his perch.

Experiment: Fill each container up each day and test to see how much food is eaten out of each after 24 hours. Then move his perch to the one at the bottom to see if it will eat more from that one

Independent variable: Where the perch is located.

Dependent variable: How much food is consumed

Control group: The amount of food that is given, where the food is located, time of day

Treatment group: The bird itself

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hypothesis - we think that over time the shade loving plant has adapted to no longer need as much shade as predicted, thus means a change in its environment.

experiment- we would design an experiment by having propagating 2 new plants off of the original plant and placing one in part shade/sun and one in full sun. the original plant would act as a controlled while the shade/light plant cuttings would be independent variable as well as the amount of sun we chose to give the plant and the dependent variable would be the growth of the plant.

Ava, Savannah

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Hypothesis- The plants are not in a shady enough spot, comparatively to previous years.

Experiment- To tests whether or not the spot is shady enough, put one of the plants in a sunny spot, leave another in the spot they are currently struggling in, and then put one in a shadier spot.

Control Group- The plant left in the same spot they were originally

Treatment Group- Plants put in the sunny spot and the shadier spot

Independent Variable- Amount of shade provided

Dependent Variable- How the plant reacts/how much it grows

Constant Variable- amount of care given, how much it is watered, the type of plant, amount of time in the spots

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1. Hypothesis: we think that over time the plant adapted to total shade and has changed in its environment.

2. We would design an experiment using two cuttings from the original plant as well as the original plant. We would take the two cuttings and put one in partial shade/sun and then take the other cutting and put it in full sun to test and see what would happen if we changed the environment using the original plant as the control. The independent variable is amount of sun that plant/cuttings are getting and the dependent variable is the growth of the plant .

Ava & Savannah

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Independent: Wasp nest

Dependent: Wasp

Control: No spray

Treatment: Spraying a pesticide in the area.

Experiment: Spraying the area to see if they come.

Hypothesis: If we spray the area where the wasp nest was, the wasp will not come back.

Sarah, Haley, Emelie

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Does the height of the food bowl affect how much food the bird eats?

To conduct the experiment, I would put 3 food bowls at increasing heights in the case to determine if the height and proximity to the perch affected how much they ate

The independent variable is the location of the bowl and the dependent is how much food is eaten

The control: same bird type, same cage, same food

Sophie Meekins and Rachel Young

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Hypothesis: Birds prefer to eat at higher elevations than at lower elevations.

Experiment: Move the perch to different levels of height in the cage to test if the bird will move with the perch or if it still prefers to eat at a high elevation despite the perch.

Independent variable: The height of the perch.

Dependent variable: The height at which the bird is willing to or prefers to eat its food.

Controlled variable: The food will stay the same, the same bird, the cage, the perch, and the food container.

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Addison Stuart, Ananyashree Upadhyay, Zachary Withers, Adam Glassman

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Addison Stuart, Ananyashree Upadhyay, Zachary Withers, Adam Glassman

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1. If we apply paint or repellent to the front door frame, then the wasp colony will not return and rebuild a nest.

2. We are going to have four groups where we have four different door frames with the same species, volume of nest, season, and temperature. We would apply repellent to one door after removing nest, apply paint after removing the nest to the second door, apply both paint and repellent to a third door, and use the fourth door as a control (we just remove the nest).

3. Control group: Door frame with wasp nest removed without any treatment

Independent: Application of paint, repellent, or both

Dependent: Volume of nest after week of applying products.

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Hypothesis: If the elevation of the food container is higher, then the bird will eat the food.

Experiment: Set up multiple food containers at different elevations. Replace the food every day and record how much is eaten each day.

Independent: Elevation of food container.

Dependent: How much is eaten.

Control: Food must be the same, same amount in each container, food is replaced at same time, same bird, same type/size of container.

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We think that the appetite of the turtle of might be changing due to age and dietary needs. We suggest leaving out a different surplus of fruits and veggies for the turtle to choose from. The independent variable would be the different types of foods we are leaving out. The dependent variable would be the amount of food the turtle will eat. The controlled group would be the amount of time the turtle eats a green leaf diet and the amount of time the turtle will eat a mixed diet of fruits and veggies.

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The hypothesis is that the bird prefers to eat the food when it is attached to the top side of the cage. The independent variable is the location of the food containers. The dependent variable is the food that is being eaten by the bird. The control group would be to keep the same amount of food in each food container and the same type of food. The treatment group would be the bird.

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1. The bird taught itself to eat from the top side container over time because it was closer and was the first container that it found.

2. Two groups of birds where group 1 has the same setup as this bird and group 2 has food containers at the bottom of the cage with a perch moved to the bottom instead of the top.

Independent- perch placement

Dependent- how much food the bird eats

Control variable- type of food

Control group- group 1

Treatment- group 2

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1.Wasps will stop coming back if their environment is toxic

2.Independent variable: the door frame

Dependent variable:number of wasps

Control Group:Just outright removing it/no products used

Treatment Group: Poisoned group

Observe and count the number and cluster of wasps that return after simply removing them and not changing the previous method. Then take a different day and spray down the colony with wasp spray. Count the number that return the next day.

Isabel V.P

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Hypothesis: the birds natural habitat is much larger than the cage it is now in, so it eats the food at the top to get the most open space

Experiment: the control group would be a group of birds in the wild, whereas the treatment group would be the birds kept in a cage. You could then analyze where the different groups of birds get their food. This would then show if birds get their food based on habitat.

Independent variable: habitat

Dependent variable: where the bird gets its food

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Hypothesis: Heliconia sp. kept in an enclosed environments (greenhouses) are more protected from caterpillars of one particular species.

Experiment: Have two Heliconia sp. plants of the same baseline and put one inside the enclosed environment (greenhouse) and put one outside.

Variables:

IV: Environment (Greenhouse vs. outside)

DV: Amount of caterpillars found on the plants

C: The same baseline, nutrients given (amount of water, fertilizer, sunlight, etc), amount of time observed, and time planted.

Control Group: Heliconia sp. plants grown solely outside

Treatment Group: Heliconia sp. plants grown in enclosed environments (greenhouse)

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Hypothesis: We hypothesize that one of the leaves that was being fed to the turtle could have had an insect hidden. Once the turtle got a taste of the insects, he was shown a new world and now only wants to eat insects with his vegetables.

Design experiment: In the morning during feeding time, we give the turtle just vegetables and see if he eats at all. During lunch feeding time, we add the insects to the mix of vegetables and see how often he eats.

IV: The number of insects with the vegetables

DV: How much the turtle eats of each serving

Control: No insects, Treatment: receives insects

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If plants that like shady areas are not well taken care of then they will not flourish. To test this hypothesis we would put multiple shade-loving plants of the same species in the shade. We can water group A on a daily basis and only water group B bi-weekly. Group C is kept in the same conditions as the original plant. Last, we would test their health by measuring growth. Independent variable: amount of water Dependent variable: Amount the plant grew Control group: Group C Treatment Group: Group A and B

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Hypothesis: The shade-loving plants are recieving an improper amount of sunlight to flourish. A different amount of sunlight may improve their condition.

Experiment: plant the shade-loving plants at the same time. Plant one group in the usual location of the shade-loving plants as a control group, and plant other groups in areas that recieve different hours of sunlight in a day, ranging from shady to half-shaded to direct sunlight. The independent variable will be the amount of sunlight received each day, and the dependent variable will be the growth of the plants by the end of their natural growth cycle. Some controlled variables to ensure are the same throughout each group are the amount of water given to plants, exposure to pests, soil quality, presence of fertilizers and other such variables.

Aiden Davis

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Hypothesis: The plants in their garden could not be flourishing because of the temperature and it's not getting enough water to grow.

Experiment:

We would put the plants into different temperature rooms.

We would also water each plant differently.

Track the amount of growth over the summer season.

Dependent Variable: Growth

Control: Same species of plant, same soil, same pot, same amount of shade.

Independent Variable: Temp and Precipitation

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Hypothesis: Plants that are grown in greenhouses are less likely to be invaded by caterpillars of one particular species, because of the closed environment.

Experiment: Plant the genus Heliconia both outside (in botanical garden) and inside (the greenhouse), and compare to see how much the invaded species has affected each. To measure how much the genus Heliconia has been invaded we can count the average number of caterpillars on each plant. The independent variable is the location, botanical garden and greenhouse. The dependent variable would be the number caterpillars on the plant and the controlled variable would be wind levels, water levels, sunlight, and pollinators.

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Hypothesis: My bird prefers to eat at the top of the cage next to his perch, not the bottom.

Experiment: Move the food bowls and perch to different areas in his cage and see which one he chooses to eat from.

Independent Variable: Where his food bowls and perch are.

Dependent Variable: Which bowl he eats from.

Controlled Variable(s): What type of food he eats and when he’s fed.

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Hypothesis: plants are receiving improper sunlight.

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Hypothesis: plants are receiving improper sunlight.

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Start with new plants of the same species, planting them in 3 sections of the garden: full sunlight, partial sunlight, and full shade. Maintain consistent soil, watering, fertilizer, and insecticides to remove outside variables. Measure the height of the plants everyday over a season. And at the end of the season pull them up and average their mass.

Kyle

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Hypothesis: The birds like to have perch next to them while they eat their prey.

Experiment -> Put birds in the cage, and put two food containers - one with perch and one with nothing. Type of prey and amount of prey should be same.

Independent variable : feeder location

Dependent variable : amount of food has been eaten

Controlled variable : amount of prey provided.

Treatment group : Birds

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Independent: Whether the plant is in the greenhouse or in the botanical garden

Dependent: Number of caterpillars

Control: Amount of water, type of soil, temperature

Hypothesis: There will be no caterpillars on the Heliconia sp. Tropical plants in the greenhouse compared to the plants in the botanical garden because they are sheltered.

Experiment: Place 3 of the Heliconia plants in different environments. 1 in the botanical garden, one in the greenhouse, and the last one untouched as a control group.

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Hypothesis: The wasps keep building in the same spot because it is a warmer temperature and that is what they prefer.

Experiment: We would design an experiment in which the control group would be at the same temperature as their typical building spot and the treatment group would be building somewhere at a warmer temperature. If the experimental group builds a nest in their warmer temperature then we know that our hypothesis is supported by our data.

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Hypothesis: The green leaf that is given to the turtle is not as enjoyable as any other vegetable. 

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Hypothesis: The green leaf that is given to the turtle is not as enjoyable as any other vegetable. 

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Experiment: Independent~ the different types of fruits and vegetables besides green leaf each day.

Dependent: One new fruit or vegetable, along with one green leaf each day.

Controlled group: Given a turtle one green leaf each day

Treatment: Every other day, she will be given one new fruit or one vegetable but still keep the turtle one green leaf each day

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Hypothesis: The plants have taken issue with the soil they are in. I can test if this is true with experimentation.

In order to identify the issue with the shaded plants, I will set up several different variables. First, take cuttings from the plants and propagate them(or move the entire plants). Place plants in different kinds of soil, (different brands, levels of fertilizer, more organic matter etc.) and record their growths daily or weekly. Keep each plant in the same amount of sunlight that they had been in, and water each the same amount. Remember to leave one plant where it was originally to compare. Independent: Soil type

Dependent: plant growth/behavior.

Controlled variables: water, sunlight, plant type

Alternatively, swap the soil type variable with a watering variable to test if that is the issue. Change amount and frequency of watering.

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Hypothesis: if we sprayed two controlled pesticides at the nest instead of tearing it down, the wasps can no longer consider the front porch habitable.

Experiment: previously, we would tear down the nest daily, and it would just be rebuilt. Now using two different pesticides, it turns the nest at the front porch unlivable for the wasps only doing it once or twice rather than daily.

Dependent- the nest

Independent- the types of spray used

Control group- the front porch

Treatment group- wasps sprayed

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Hypothesis: The turtle is tired of the same rotation of her leafy green.

Experiment: Give her a bowl of leafy green, fruits, and then a mixture of the two and see what the turtle eats the most of. Feed another female turtle of the same species only a leafy green diet.

Independent Variable: The turtles diet

Dependent Variable: How much the turtle eats

Controlled Variable: environment, size of bowl, size of portion

Treatment Group: the turtle kept at the Asheboro Zoo

Control Group: a female turtle of the same species that only gets a leafy green diet

Linsey Peterson, Rebecca Stancil, Baylee Holland, Olivia Matthews

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Hypothesis: If the door frame is removed, then the wasps don’t have a supporting structure to build their nests on.

Experiment: Remove the left half of the door frame, leaving the right half. Observe if the wasps move their nest locations elsewhere or the remaining half of the door frame.

Independent variable: Door frame.

Dependent variable: Number of nests, nest relocation.

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I believe that the wasps are attracted to a certain scent which is causing them to rebuild their nest at your house. The experiment could be to change the smell that house is producing.

Independent variable: The Wasp

Dependent variable: The Smell of the house

Controlled variables: House's typical smell

Treatment Group: Wasp affected by a different smell

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Wasp colony (Brooklyn Newson) (Maddie Letts) (Abigail Grubbs) (Jordan McDowell) (Mason Broadaway)

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Wasp colony (Brooklyn Newson) (Maddie Letts) (Abigail Grubbs) (Jordan McDowell) (Mason Broadaway)

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observation:

is that there are wasps who build a nest everyday even after it has been destroyed. Hypothesis:

is to use a chemical that will refrain the wasps from building their nest again so they won't come back.

experiment:

consists of using the chemical in different amounts to see how the wasps react. Once we have gathered all the data on how much chemical we need to eliminate the recurring wasp nest, we can conclude the amount necessary that it takes to eliminate the wasp nest.

Variable:

the chemical is the independent

the wasps are the dependent variable

Control: environment/same chemical

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Our hypothesis is that this specific species of caterpillars is not fit to survive in the climate (heat and humidity) of the greenhouse.

Our experiment would be to place those caterpillars in the greenhouse with the tropical plant to see if they can survive or eat the plant. If the caterpillar does survive, we will know our hypothesis was incorrect. Our independent variable is the climate in the greenhouse as well as the time the caterpillars are kept in the greenhouse while our dependent variable is the survival rate of the caterpillars. Our control group is going to be a group of caterpillars that stay outside of the greenhouse with the plant, while our treatment group will be the group inside the greenhouse.

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Heliconia that are kept in the greenhouse will continue to grow rather, the Heliconia that is kept outside will not survive due to the caterpillars.

For my experiment I would place the one heliconia within the greenhouse and one outside of the greenhouse within a close proximity to see if the greenhouse is the thing keeping the plants safe

Dependant variable:safety of Heliconia

independent variable:location of the plants

Control group:Heliconia inside greenhouse

Treatment group:Heliconia outside of greenhouse

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T'Niya Robinson,  Crozes Crean, & Jonathan Hodierne

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T'Niya Robinson,  Crozes Crean, & Jonathan Hodierne

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Our hypothesis is: If you use a strong repellent where the wasp nest is, then the wasp colony will no longer build a nest under the door frame of the house.

We would design our experiment by testing different bug sprays and repellents after removing the wasp nest. The independent variable is the amount of cleaning or repellent product used to remove the wasps. The dependent variable would be the amount of time it takes for the wasp colony to return or if they even return at all. The control variables are the amount of repellent used, the method of wasp nest removal, and weather conditions.

The control group would be what would happen if you just remove the wasp nest without any repellent. Then, the treatment group would be the group where you remove the wasp nest and then thoroughly clean and use repellent on.