Super Worm Lab Report

The Effect of The Amount of Moisture
On A Super Worms Food Choice
The effect of the amount of moisture on a super worm’s food choice was studied over a period of thirty minutes. This was done in order to see if the super worms would eat more of a food source if it had more moisture in it then the other food sources. Data was collected from carrots, lettuce and apples. The results show that the amount of moisture does affect the super worm’s food choice.

INTRODUCTION
Super worms are not well known, but if you own a pet reptile then you may. To reptiles super worms are a delicious food source (Source 2). That’s why people like to get them nice and fat. However super worms can be very picky about what they like to eat, super worms need moisture for drinking (Source 2). This experiment was done to see which food source had the amount of moisture the super worms wanted. The hypothesis is if super worms like moisture then the super worm will eat the food source with the most moisture in it.

METHODS & MATERIALS

• Choice Container
• Three pieces of carrots
• Three pieces of apples
• Three pieces of lettuce
• Oatmeal


To observe the effect of the amount of moisture on a super worm’s food choice, the materials needed are stated up above. First place a small amount of oatmeal in section of the choice container, as a type of bedding. Then place the three carrot pieces in one of the sections, the three pieces of apple in another and the pieces of lettuce in the last section (See figure 1). Then place twelve super worms in the container. Finally every ten minutes rate, on a one to ten ratio scale, rate how many worms are eating each food source.

RESULTS
The results of this study showed that the amount of moisture does affect the food choice of a super worm. The super worms didn’t seem to very take a liking to carrots (See Table 1). Although by the end of the experiment the super worms seemed to be very full. Another that was observed was that most of the time the super worms were moving around and trying to get out rather than eating. In the end however lettuce came out on top (See Graph 1).
Minutes Apples Carrots Lettuce
10 3 1 5
20 4 1 6
30 3 1 7
Ave 3.33 1 6
Table 1: The effect of food choice on super worms

CONCLUSION
The effect of moisture on the food choice of a super worm. Super worms are very important in a pet reptile’s food diet. That’s why owner like to keep a lot of them around and very fat for their pets. Making sure that they get enough moisture in their diet is very important because if they don’t they might start eating each other (Source 2). According to the results the amount of moisture in a food source does affect the super worm’s food choice. After observing over a period of thirty minutes the super worms showed that they had decided on lettuce as the food choice. Their second food choice was apples and carrots come in a last with little liking at all. Although there did seem to be more then twelve super worms in the choice container during the experiment. Ultimately, the amount of moisture in a food source does effect the super worm’s food choice.