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Ant Habitat Investigation

Ants in their habitat

🐜 Part 1: Ant Habitat Knowledge

1. Which physical conditions affect ant survival in their habitat?

Temperature

Humidity (moisture)

Soil type

Light levels

Colour of flowers nearby

2. What is the main role of the queen ant in the colony?

Finding food for all the ants

Laying eggs to grow the colony

Building tunnels and chambers

Protecting the nest from enemies

3. If the temperature in an ant habitat drops to 5°C, what would most likely happen?

Ants become more active

Ants move slower or become less active

Ants change colour

Ants grow bigger

4. Complete this sentence: When physical conditions in a habitat change, it affects ant _____________ and _____________.

When physical conditions in a habitat change, it affects ant _____________ and _____________.

🔬 Part 2: Planning Your Investigation

5. Write an investigable question about how one physical condition affects ants:

Investigation Question: How does _________________________ affect _________________________?

6. For your investigation, identify the variables:

Independent variable (what I will change): _________________________________

Dependent variable (what I will observe/measure): _________________________________

Controlled variables (what I will keep the same): _________________________________

7. Describe how you would make your investigation a fair test:
8. What safety considerations do you need to think about when observing ants?

📊 Part 3: Recording and Reflecting

9. Create a simple data table to record your ant observations:
10. Explain why the queen ant is so important for the colony's survival when habitat conditions change:
11. Reflection: Complete these sentences about your learning:

Today I learned that ants need ___________________________________ to survive.

I noticed that when habitat conditions change, ___________________________________.

Next time, I would improve my investigation by ___________________________________.

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