Fish Biology Lab

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Claim: Of all three water temperatures, the cool temperature of water resulted in the highest fish respiration rate.

Evidence: The same fish was in a beaker inside a bowl. The impact of the temperatures was controlled by the use of a thermometer. One by one the different temperatures were placed in the bowl surrounding the beaker. The following data was collected:

Reasoning: Using internet search to explain the impacts of water temperature on fish respiration, I learned that temperature affects the amount of gas that is able to be dissolved in a given amount of water. Moreover, it means that the amount of dissolved oxygen available to organisms is directly related to water temperature. As temperature increases, the amount of oxygen the can

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