Survival on Mars

In unit 2 of the course Population, we studied evolution, specifically in animals. We learned about how birds have become endangered, extinct and new species of birds are appearing. For example, we looked at the passenger pigeon and how there were millions of them. When they migrated, they would cover the whole sky for 3 days and they would eat our crops. Then humans started capturing them to get rid of them and they ate them. We also learned about how a human grew tall as a variation of his species; his name was Robert Wadlow and he was 8ft 11in. For our action project, we looked at Mars 1 project (which is a tv show) and we had to choose animal to accompany the humans. The challenge for this was that we had to choose from any rescue center in Chicago. I chose a Labrador female dog. Her name is Lill and she is 3 months old. The trick for this was that the animal has to survive in Mars with the cold weather. In this project, I learned about Mars and one thing that I am proud of is my math portion.

Lill, ALIVE Rescue Chicago, 2014.

Labradors came from Newfoundland dogs. There was a populated area of small dogs, they bred with Newfoundlands producing Labrador dogs. In 1830 they were reported as a new specie and British sportsman Colonel Hawker quoted "the best for any kind of shooting...generally black and no bigger than a Pointer, very fine in legs, with short, smooth hair...is extremely quick running, swimming, and fighting...and their sense of smell is hardly to be credited." They weren't called Labrador dogs until Duke of Malmesbury announced that he has always called them Labradors. Unfortunately the Newfoundland dogs died out for the reason of heavy dog tax and quarantine law. Which then lead humans to bred the few Newfoundlands dogs with Retrievers, that why they called them Labrador Retrievers and are similar to them.

Looking for my animal, I chose 10 dogs to look at they weight and I represented it in a table.

8lb (lill)	40lb	50lb	15lb	43lb
10lb	12lb	56lb	30lb	35lb

Box and Whisker plot:

KIS. Weight. 2014

Mean: 299/10= 29.9lb
Median: 32.5lb
Mode:None
Maximum:56lb
Minimum:8lb
Range: 48lb

Standard Deviation:

x	x(x)	(x)2
8	8-29.9= -21.9	(-21.9)2=479.61
10	10-29.9= -19.9	(-19.9)2=396.01
12	12-29.9= -17.9	(-17.9)2=320.41
15	15-29.9= -14.9	(-14.9)2=222.01
30	30-29.9=0.1	(0.1)2=0.1
35	35-29.9= 5.1	(5.1)2=26.01
40	40-29.9= 10.1	(10.1)2=102.01
43	43-29.9= 13.1	(13.1)2=171.61
50	50-29.9= 20.1	(20.1)2=404.01
56	56-29.9= 26.1	(26.1)2=681.21

Total-2802.72/9=311.413 311.413=17.65

Lill weighs 8 lbs. She is 17.65 standard deviations below the mean of 29.9 lbs.

“Labrador Retriever.” American Kennel Club. N.p. Web. Oct 14 2014.
“Labrador Retriever.” Dog Breed Info Center. N.p. Web. Oct 14 2014.
“Mars.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Michael H. Carr, n.p. Web. Oct 13 2014.