Aurelia and Caudatum
Aurelia and Caudatum
Aurelia and Caudatum
Data Table
P. aurelia grown
alone, cells/mL
P. aurelia grown in
P. caudatum grown
mixed culture, cells/
alone, cells/mL
mL
P caudatum grown in
mixed culture, cells/mL
Day O
Day 2
10
10
10
Day 4
54
28
34
22
Day 6
86
52
64
18
Day 8
96
60
80
16
Day 10
98
56
94
10
Day 12
98
58
94
Day 14
96
58
94
Day 16
96
56
98
Journal
1. What are the objectives for this experiment? (you can summarize)
- This experiment is to observe the competition between the growth of Paramecium Aurelia and
paramecium caudatum. This experiment will determine the number of growth of each cell.
2. Make a hypothesis about how you think the two species of Paramecium will grow alone and how
they will grow when they are grown together.
-If they reproduce alone, the species multiply while if the species grow together, it takes
lesser number to reproduce.
4. On what day did the Paramecium caudatum population reach the carrying capacity of the
environment when it was grown alone? How do you know?
-The P. Caudatum reached the carrying capacity on the 8th day because It grows the
population up to the 60 cells on that day.
5. On what day did the Paramecium aurelia population reach the carrying capacity of the
environment? How do you know?
-The P. Aurelia reached the carrying capacity on the 10, 12,14th day. The population grows to
its maximum at 100 and remained constant on 10-14 th day.
6. Explain the differences in the population growth patterns of the two Paramecium species. What
does this tell you about how Paramecium aurelia uses available resources?
-The growth P. Aurelia reproduced faster than the P. Caudatum because it occupies a bigger
space compare to the P. Caudatum. And it is also has the bigger amount of resources than
the P. Caudatum.
7. Describe what happened when the Paramecium populations were mixed in the same test tube. Do
the results support the principle of competitive exclusion? (you may need to briefly explain what
competitive exclusion is)
- The growth or the population of the two paramecium in the same test tube has an impact
when mixed can be concluding in the principle of competitive exclusion. As they reproduce
together in the same test tube, the population of the P. Caudatum getting lesser compare to
the P. Aurelia because it gathers the higher amount of nutrients or resources. And this is
where the principle of competitive exclusion is happening.
8. Explain how this experiment demonstrates that no two species can occupy the same niche.
- Just like in real life of competition, there is always a winner and always have the loser. So,
as we observed the species here in this experiment, we obviously know that the P. Aurelia
can be concluding as the winner and the P. Caudatum is the loser, because it cant reproduce
together with another species. P. Caudatum is easier to reproduce if its alone because there