speedy shrimps
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Speedy shrimps
How fast can they go?
Speedy shrimps
How fast can they go?Are bigger ones faster?
Are males faster than females?Do mating pairs swim faster than individual
shrimps?
Measuring your shrimps
Male and female size
1 cm
Discussion questions
• Do all shrimps swim at the same speed?• Are bigger shrimps faster?• Are males faster than females?• Is it a size difference or a gender difference that causes
differences in speed?• What are the advantages to shrimps of being able to swim away
fast?• Were the shrimps showing the escape response?• Do you think the shrimps swam as fast as they can?• Do the other groups in class agree with your results? • How would you improve the experiment?
Our ResultsAverage time to swim 10cm
Adult malemm
Juvenile mm
Adult femalemm
secs
secs
secs
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