Fast Plants Final Reflection

Did the F2 generation look like how you predicted them to look? The F2 didn’t look how I predicted, I figured the F1 would be the smaller generation but they were in fact larger than the F2. My colors were the same for all of the seeds while I expected them to be different shades. Did the parent generation or the F2 generation grow faster? The F2 generation grew faster than the others, the first generation barely grew at all but the F2 grew quick. What might have hindered your plants' ability to thrive? What hindered my ability to thrive was the lack of constant care we showed our plants and the general there isn’t a guarantee concept. Maybe it didn’t have enough air or was pushed off the white blanket a couple times so it didn’t receive much water. Other plants grew very close so maybe some domination occurred. How do genetics and the environment affect the phenotype of an organism? The genetics affect the phenotype by having different parent plants. If one is heterozygous and one homozygous, the offspring will be different. If the environment isn’t up to par this can too affect the outcome of the plant. 5. Which is a greater indicator of how an organism will look? It will depend on the parents of the plant. 6. A summary of what stood out to you during this course and why. What stood out to me was how the plants were dying once they were pregnant because I thought they’d need to stay alive to nourish their offspring but they actually die like a lot of insects do. I’ve never had to grow a plant but I’ve had my dad buy me flowers, I see that you have to give them exactly what you did in the beginning in order for them to survive the way you have to do anything in life or it will die.