Turtle Experiment

By: CJ Leighton

Turtle Experiment

Big Question

My Science topic is my Turtle will go faster to one point in land or in water. Here is my research to show that this will not harm my Turtle. Every Turtle will not get harmed out of water because it is a land and water. The turtle will not get harmed because the sun is a basking resource. A basking resource is the light that will help the animal get heat for its body. Turtles can’t produce its own body heat therefore it would be helping it not harming it.

Hypothesis

• My Hypothesis is if a Turtle travels the same distance in water and land, it will go faster in water. It will go faster in water because it can use all four legs at the same time to propel itself.

My Hypothesis is if a Turtle travels the same distance in water and land, it will go faster in water. It will go faster in water because it can use all four legs at the same time to propel itself.

Hypothesis

5-8 Facts And Research

• 1. Turtles Tend To Like Water Better Because That Is Their Natural Home.

• 2. When You Take Turtles Out Of Their Tank They Will Scramble To Try To Get Back In Their Cage

• 3. On Land Turtles Like To Scatter Around Because They Are Not Used To Being Out If Their Cage

• 4. When Turtles Are In Water When The Tank Is Full They Will Swim And Float.

• 5.When The Turtle Gets Put Back In The Tank It Will Go Really Fast To One Spot.

1. Turtles Tend To Like Water Better Because That Is Their Natural Home.2. When You Take Turtles Out Of Their Tank They Will Scramble To Try To Get Back In Their Cage3. On Land Turtles Like To Scatter Around Because They Are Not Used To Being Out If Their Cage4. When Turtles Are In Water When The Tank Is Full They Will Swim And Float.5.When The Turtle Gets Put Back In The Tank It Will Go Really Fast To One Spot.

5-8 Facts And Research

Step by Step Procedure• Step 1. You fill a bathtub up with 6 inches of water.• Step 2. You take your turtle and place him/her on to one

end of the bathtub.• Step 3. Get a stopwatch and get ready to start timing the

turtles speed.• Step 4. Start timing when the turtle starts to move.• Step 5. When the turtle gets to the other rend of the

bathtub stop the timer you are using.• Step 6. After the first time try two more times.• Step 7. When you are done timing put the turtle back into

its habitat and record the data on to a piece of paper.

Step 1. You fill a bathtub up with 6 inches of water.Step 2. You take your turtle and place him/her on to one end of the bathtub.Step 3. Get a stopwatch and get ready to start timing the turtles speed.Step 4. Start timing when the turtle starts to move.Step 5. When the turtle gets to the other rend of the bathtub stop the timer you are using.Step 6. After the first time try two more times.Step 7. When you are done timing put the turtle back into its habitat and record the data on to a piece of paper.

Step by Step Procedure

Control Group and Variable

• My control group is the water.• My Variable is my Turtle. My control group is the water.

My Variable is land.

My Materials

• 1. Bathtub• 2. Stopwatch• 3. Turtle• 4. Water • 5. Pencil• 6. Paper

My Materials

1. Bathtub2. Stopwatch3. Turtle4. Water 5. Pencil6. Paper

DataData

My data for water is

1st time: 9 seconds2nd time: 18 seconds3rd time: 24 seconds

My data for land is

1st time: 4 seconds2nd time: 8 seconds

3rd time: 10 seconds

AnalysisAnalysis

My analysis is NO it Did not test my Hypothesis!It did not test because of the outcome in my experiment. MyHypothesis was that it would goFaster on land than on water and itDidn’t.

Conclusion

My conclusion is NO my hypothesisisn’t correct. My questions are willPutting a fish pellet make the turtle Go faster? And why didn’t the turtleGo faster in water than on land?The thing that I would change would Be putting a fish pellet at the end of the Tank

Bibliography

• www.ehow.com/how_4548527_how-fast-does-turtle-run.html

• www.hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/RachelShweky.shtml

• www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0849772.html• Red Eared Slider a Book from the Experts At

Advanced Vivarium Systems; By Phillippe de Vosjoli; bow tie press

• http://en.wikipedia.org./wiki/turtle

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