Observing the Number of Snails vs. Insects found in Rainy Weather Through Net Sweeping

Meta-data: <br>For both the snail and insect abundance, data was collected through the process of net sweeping, wherein the observations were made through counting. <br>Both are Quanititave variables. The weather conditions in the grasslands at York University Keele Campus were cloudy and rainy that afternoon. <br><br>Hypothesis: <br>The rainy weather will impact the abundance of insects available for collection, but will increase the abundance of snails in the grassland.<br><br>Predictions:<br>1) The number of snails collected will outnumber the number of insects collected.<br>2) Winged insects cannot fly well in rain, thus, a lower count of these insects is expected.<br>3)Hopping insects are expected to be the most abundant group of insects collected compared to all other insects<br><br>Methods:<br>A sweeping net was provided for this experiment. Each sweep was about 1m in distance from the next, over a total of d=30m. It took t=2 min to finish 1 sweep of 30m. Sweeps were recorded at least 10m apart from one another in the grassland. The conditions were cloudy and rainy.<br><br>