1.The Pictuers are not from my group we took them from another group.
2.Define symbiosis as it relates to organisms.
3.Describe the symbiotic relationship between termites and their gut protozoa.
The protoza recieves a home living in the gut and that is how new termites are made.
4.Describe the procedure of our lab. How did we study the protozoa?
We studyed the protozoa by pulling it out of the termite and looking at it under the scope.
5.Include a personal reflection of your experience with the lab.
- Place a drop of saline solution on a microscope slide.
- Gently grab the termite’s head and thorax with a forcep.
- Locate the tip of the abdomen and the end of the termite’s gut.
- With the second forcep, grab and pull out the termite’s gut.
- Place the gut in the saline solution on the microscope slide.
- Slowly lower a cover slip on to the sample and press down gently.
- If there is extra saline solution on the microscope slide, use a paper towel to wipe the slide clean.
- Observe the gut sample under the microscope and complete the laboratory worksheets.
I think that this lab was ok but the one thing that I did not like was my group did not want to work together, insted they jumped right in with out reading the directions.
