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1.  A reason the golden poison frog could be important to its ecosystem is that it could help keep balance of some insect populations so they wont over populate.
2. The extinction of the golden poison frog wouldnt really affect the ecosytem in any way because its population is so small ant its so poisonous no animal can eat it.
3. One organism the golden poison frog affects is the snake because it is one of their food sources, its the only animal that is immune to its toxen.
4. People have been destroying the golden poison frogs slim habitat by moving in cattle or constructing in the area that they live in. This endagers the frog because it only lives in such a small area about 50 acres.
5. The goverment has not done anything in the golden poison frogs case. But i believe that they should try to reserve the area where they live and not let people into their habitat.
6. I believe that in order to save the golden frog the government should restrict people from going into their enviroment. One restriction should be not letting humans free their live stock in there. I believe my species should be saved so that the environment could also be saved

Sources:

“Golden Poison Dart Frog” <National Geographic, <www.animal.nationalgeographic.com>

“Golden Poison Frog” Wikipedia.com, 2-13-10.< www.wikipedia.org>

“Golden Poison dart frog, Most poisonous frog in the world” Tropical Rainforest animal.com <www.tropicalrainforestanimal.com>

1. Common name: Golden Poison Frog
2. Scientific name: Phyllobates Terribilis
3. Amphibians
4. Habitat/Range: Off the Pacific Coast of Columbia, tropical rainforest with high rain rates, on the ground in lowland, altitude between 100-200 m,temp of 26 Celcius and humidity level of 80-90%. It needs to be in a moist environment because it is and amphibian.
5. Adaptations: No one eats the golden poison frog because of its poison and how easily it can kill anyone
6. Diet: Ants, Insects
7. Predators: Its only known predator is the snake
8. Population size: Very common in its tiny area
9. Other interesting facts: The golden posion frog is considered to be the most poisonous animal in the world. It is so toxen that it can kill around 10,000 mice and 10-20 humans.

Sources:

“Golden Poison Dart Frog” <National Geographic, <www.animal.nationalgeographic.com>

“Golden Poison Frog” Wikipedia.com, 2-13-10.< www.wikipedia.org>

“Golden Poison dart frog, Most poisonous frog in the world” Tropical Rainforest animal.com <www.tropicalrainforestanimal.com>

1. From designing an experiment I learned that you have to work well with your partner in order to accomplish your target. I also learned that we needed a very well organized experiment to show the right data display. We had to have a clear hypothesis and know what our purpose was. Also, we needed a well organized procedure so we could finish our experiment and try to make it as flawless as we could make it.
2. Our experiment had an  affect on the urinary system by making the kidneys work harder. Soda pop made the kidneys have to regulate sugars and it usually doesnt do this with water. We used pee strips to measure Ph amount in urine. I measured my Ph count a week before we started our experiment and it was at 8.0. On the last testing day after drinking 24.oz of soda  I measured my Ph at 2:30 p.m. My Ph count in the urine ended up at 6.0
3. If i could have changed anything it would be the liquid intake. Instead of Soda we could have done something differently like an energy drink, coffee or milk perhaps.
4. Our data was pretty reliable because we drank the Soda a couple of hours before measuring our PH count. This meant that the urinary system had time to process it and let process through kidneys and make it to the urinary bladder. We drank 12 oz. of pepsi at 7 a.m and at 9:30 we measured our Ph count. At 11:55 we drank another 12 oz. of soda and measure it at 2:30. This gave it time to let it process through our urinary system.
5. A problem we might have had was that one day we drank a different kind of Soda on a testing day. We fixed it by drinking the original soda kind we were testing 2 hours later.
6. A new question i might have is do energy drinks make the urine more acidic than soda does. We can do this by measuring the amount of PH soda has and the amount an energy drink has.

1.  Does drinking more water increase the amount of waste that your excreted.
2. The digestive system is involved and the urinary system is also involved.
3. Our group wanted to see if water helped flush the body of un-needed waste.
4. I learned more about the digestive system and urinary system to try to acknowleged some facts about the experiment that we are going to do.
5. We learned that the digestive system breaks down food and gets rid of waste

In biology class so far we have studied about steroids and how they work. We have learned that testosterone is the main thing that affects the growth of the muscles and how it changes the body. In class we watched a movie that showed us why many athletes are taking steroids and how they want to become better at what they are doing. We have also done some experiments on frogs, stoneflies and walking sticks. We have been practicing on making our own controlled experiments, making hypothesis and asking good scientific questions. Out steps for making our own controlled experiments are as shown below.

1. Ask good questions.
2. Form a hypothesis
3. Create and experiment
4. Record data
5. Draw a conclusion