the preferences of ants towards sugar or aspartame and their survival rate

BIO 300 MINI PROJECT 2:

THE PREFERENCES OF ANTS TOWARDS SUGAR OR ASPARTAME

AND THEIR SURVIVAL RATE..

NURHIDAYAH BINTI MAT SARIT

NUR ZHARFANI BT ABD HAKIM

KHALILLAH KHAIRUDDINSALSABILA CHE IBRAHIM

Project members…

1) To investigate the preferences of ants towards sugars or aspartame.

2) To determine how it affected their survival rate.

OBJECTIVES:

SIGNIFICANCE OF PROJECT..

To determine if ants were attracted more to sugar or aspartame and to determine how it affected their survival

rate.

Gain information whether aspartame is safe for human use, based on the effect of them on survival of the ants.

Aspartame is a low-calorie sweetener used in many foods and drinks. Because it is between 160 and 200 times sweeter than sugar, only very small amounts are needed to sweeten a product.

LITERATURE REVIEW

Ants are insects, live in colonies made up of a queen, several male

ants, many soldier ants, and mostly workers.

Sugar is made up of carbohydrates, which serve as the main energy

source of the body and help form proteins.

ASPARTAME

ANTS

SUGAR

LIST OF EQUIPMENTS

AntsPetri dishes

ParafilmSweetener

Nutritional BarsSugarWater

1) PREFERENCES OF ANTS TOWARDS SUGAR OR ASPARTAME

PROCEDURES:

2) SURVIVAL RATE OF ANTS

RESULTS…

Nutritional bar Sugar solutionSweetener

solution

PETRI DISH AMOUNT OF ANTS BEFORE

AMOUNT OF ANTS AFTER 2 DAYS

SURVIVAL RATE (%)

LIVE DEAD

ASPARTAME 8 3 5 37.5

SUGAR 10 7 3 70

NUTRITIONAL BAR 11 4 7 36.36

DISCUSSION:

THE SAFETY OF CONSUMING SUGAR AND ASPARTAME

THE PREFERENCES OF ANTS

• Towards liquid• Sugar than artificial sugar

•Composition of sugar and aspartame• Aspartame uses as ants poison

CONCLUSION1) The ants more attracted

to sugar than aspartame

2) The survival rate of ants on consumption of sugar, aspartame and nutritional bar were determined.

• http://dherbs.com/articles/aspartame-50.html#ixzz1lomJSOHq

• http://www.advancedhealthplan.com/aspartame.html

• http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=10

• http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/BE/Kingdom/3637/3637e.html

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