Will Waxworms consume and decompose plastic at the same rate as a natural food source?

Overview

Cindy Raines The purpose of my project is to see how efficient waxworms are at eating plastic. My hypothesis is if 100 Waxworms are placed in one cage with polyethylene plastic and another 100 waxworms are placed in a cage with honey, honeycomb, and bedding then the waxworms with the natural food may eat more than the waxworms with the plastic. The constants and controls in my experiment are the amount of food temperature, light, container, and worm are the constants. Wax, Honey, and bedding are the controls. The independent Variable is 100 waxworms in each cage. Dependent Variable is the amount of food that will be eaten from both cages. The way the Dependent Variable was measured is the foods were carefully weighed. The results are what I expected them to be. The experiment is worth doing because it is important to me.

Competition history

• JSHS 2020 Category not listed

Resources

• National JSHS abstract book ↗

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