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Submitted by jnduggan on Fri, 11/02/2018 - 17:26

Our experiment studies cellar spider web weight and production in relation to the temperature of the spider's surrounding environment.  This experiment can be used as a microcosm for Earth to show the effects that climate change could have on the survival and location of cellar spiders. Globally, species are expected to shift locations in response to climate change.  When the region an organism resides in becomes too hot or too cold for the organism to thrive, the organism will move towards the poles or equator accordingly to adjust for the change in temperature. If the area becomes too hot to support that species, the members of the species will generally migrate gradually towards the poles in order to stay in an environment that suits their temperature needs.  If the area becomes too cold to support that species, the members of that species will gradually migrate to a warmer area, which is generally towards the equator. Most of the Earth is expected to warm over the next several decades, but there are some areas on Earth that are expected to get colder.

 

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Since you guys mention that spiders migrate according to the surrounding temperature, add your prediction of how spiders will move in the coming years according to climate change and how different findings from your experiment (based on your hypothesis) will either support or disprove this prediction. In your Impact/ Signficance section, add what scientists can do with this knowledge of spider's predicted migratory movement. 

In your paragraph you say " When the region an organism resides in becomes too hot or too cold for the organism to thrive, the organism will move towards the poles or equator accordingly to adjust for the change in temperature." you follow it up with describing the weather changes again. There isnt a need to do so seeing as you previously stated it.

amdicicco

Thu, 11/08/2018 - 10:26

In this part of your paragraph "When the region an organism resides in becomes too hot or too cold for the organism to thrive, the organism will move towards the poles or equator accordingly to adjust for the change in temperature. If the area becomes too hot to support that species, the members of the species will generally migrate gradually towards the poles in order to stay in an environment that suits their temperature needs.  If the area becomes too cold to support that species, the members of that species will gradually migrate to a warmer area, which is generally towards the equator", I think you describe what is happening twice. I think it can be improved by either keeping the first sentence and getting rid of the last two or deleting the first and keeping the last two sentences.