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Page 1: The Effect of Light on Drosophila Population Marie-Christine Alderson Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology Spring 2014

The Effect of Light on Drosophila PopulationMarie-Christine Alderson

Rockdale Magnet School for Science and TechnologySpring 2014

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INTRODUCTION

Think about it- does anyone you know actually like flies? They can spread diseases and other pathogens. When they start to breed, there’s virtually no way of controlling them. Using this method that will be discussed, there may be a population control for the nuisances that are flies.

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RATIONALE

One viable rationale for this project is that if there is a business or restaurant that has a fly problem but does not want to use a toxic chemical that could harm their business, they can use this method to keep the fly population at bay.

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RESEARCH PURPOSE

The purpose for this project is to see how different lights on the electromagnetic spectrum can effect fruit fly population

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HYPOTHESIS

The hypothesis for this project is that the longer the wavelength on the electromagnetic spectrum, (approximately 700 nanometers) the higher the fly population. The shorter the wavelength on the electromagnetic spectrum (approximately 350 nanometers) the lower the fly population.

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EDD

IV: Different Lights Being Used

IV Levels UVC Bulb Fluorescent Red Bulb Control (Natural

Light)

Trials Number of Flies Number of Flies Number of Flies Number of Flies

DV: Population of the Drosophila

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PROCEDURES

1. Eight Vials are placed in the lab

2. Vials set up with drosophila food

3. Drosophila evenly dispersed into each vial

4. Six are placed under lights, two are placed by a window

5. Every other day for a month they were be checked on and counted

6. At the end of the month, they were anesthetized and counted

7. After experimentation they were released into the wild

8. Data Analysis was done using ANOVA

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PICTURES

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CONCLUSION

Inferential statistics showed that the data was significant. The F value was 2.36;6. The P value was <.05.

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FUTURE RESEARCH

If, in the future, this experiment was to be retried using new variables, it could be used with houseflies instead of drosophila and a wider variety of lights.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank my research teacher, Mr. Bolen, for guiding me through this experiment, my 9th grade research teacher, Mr. Hendrix, for helping me come up with this experiment, and my parents for helping me with all I’ve gone through.

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BIBLIOGRAPHYBellrichard, Mitch. (2011). Insect Attraction to Different Colored Lights Near Lake Itasca State Park. Retrieved

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Dancer at Conyers School of Ballet for 13 years

• Cast as Maleficent in the CSOB’s production of Sleeping Beauty

• Member of the International Thespian Society

• Cast as the Sugar Plum Fairy, a rat tapper and a Duloc Dancer in RCHS’s production of Shrek the Musical

• State nominee for Governor’s Honor Program- Dance

• Nurse in The Case of Alex Hansen, RCHS’s fall One-Act, which won 2nd place at region.

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The Effect of Light on Drosophila PopulationMarie-Christine Alderson

Rockdale Magnet School for Science and TechnologySpring 2014

Questions?