The Effect Climate Change Temperatures have on Dendrodrilus rubidus
School Name
Spring Valley High School
Grade Level
10th Grade
Presentation Topic
Environmental Science
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Abstract
Climate change has greatly affected many animals and ecosystems in the world today. Due to its effects, many species of animals and plants are facing extinction. Decomposers are known to be a very important group of animals in an ecosystem. This experiment tested the effect of increasing temperature on earthworms. The experiment used temperatures recorded from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources to test on the earthworms. Earthworms were placed into three plastic terrariums made from juice jugs and placed in incubators. To record the number of earthworms that were alive, water was poured into the terrarium enough to flush the worms up to the surface of the soil. The soil was then disturbed and the worms were counted and recorded on a data table. The results were inconclusive as all the worms placed in the incubator perished after one day. The worms may have died for many reasons, but one major one is that they were not able to survive the temperatures and died as a result.
Recommended Citation
Washington, James, "The Effect Climate Change Temperatures have on Dendrodrilus rubidus" (2022). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 5.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2022/all/5
Location
HSS 214
Start Date
4-2-2022 10:45 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
Group Project
No
The Effect Climate Change Temperatures have on Dendrodrilus rubidus
HSS 214
Climate change has greatly affected many animals and ecosystems in the world today. Due to its effects, many species of animals and plants are facing extinction. Decomposers are known to be a very important group of animals in an ecosystem. This experiment tested the effect of increasing temperature on earthworms. The experiment used temperatures recorded from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources to test on the earthworms. Earthworms were placed into three plastic terrariums made from juice jugs and placed in incubators. To record the number of earthworms that were alive, water was poured into the terrarium enough to flush the worms up to the surface of the soil. The soil was then disturbed and the worms were counted and recorded on a data table. The results were inconclusive as all the worms placed in the incubator perished after one day. The worms may have died for many reasons, but one major one is that they were not able to survive the temperatures and died as a result.
