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FAST PLANTS
I believe our predictions was accurate, we’ve received purple stem plants as expected. I think they grew at a nice pace, yes it was quicker but I wouldn’t say Lightning McQueen. I feel as though our lack of nurturing may have had a impact. I think natural light can also be an effect even its space to sprout. I believe that genetics and environment has an effect on its growth because one partent is always more dominant. Also keep in mind of the light source it had, natural sunlight might’ve helped it grow at a rapid speed. one thing that blew my mind through this whole process was how often everyone plants would die. Another thing was how seeds were within plants, I was so amazed when we replanted.
fast plants reflection
Fast Plants Final Reflection
The F2 generation did not look how I expected them to look. The parent generation grew a lot faster. I think what hindered our plants ability to survive was that we mixed up our seeds and it was the cross pollination part was difficult. The genetics will affect the phenotype of the plant depending on what the parent generation was. A greater indicator of how an organism will look is if you make a punnett square which will help you predict the outcome of a particular breeding experiment. This course what stood out to me the most was our last benchmark for quarter 4. I really enjoyed it a lot. I also liked learning about the different ecosystems and biomes, and how we are affecting them.
Journal: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GAeTYb1lSvUrCMJ9FQdeTrP6xzYSNWwVU_Xx0LNDlYk/edit?usp=sharing
F2 generation
- No not at all because they look all dead now and don’t have any color to them.
-The parent generation
-The lack of watering plants daily
- Both genetic make-up and environmental influences, for example, height, weight and skin colour.
- Environmental influences
-Sometimes that stood out to me this quarter is just how much our environment is hurting from us treating it the way that we do and sometimes those same things help some things on this earth.
Fast Plants Reflection
The F2 generation look like how we predicted them. We expected the colors to be different since we took the seeds from the first generation to plant the second generation. The F2 generation grew faster than the the parent generation. The first generation barely grew at all. Some of the factors that could have hindered our plants abilities to thrive is how much we watered them.
The environment and ecosystem effects organisms chances of survival. For example, many organism exhibit traits such as camouflage to hide from predators or conceal themselves from their prey in order to capture them. However, environments can change due to a multitude of factors, some being caused by human activity (burning fossil fuels, deforestation, pollution) and natural disasters. For example, the rock pocket mice depended heavily on their sandy and light colored environment, which blends easily with their light colored fur. This was an advantage that they held when it came to predators. Yet, years later a volcano erupted, turning the sandy environment into dark molten rock. Due to this, rock pocket mice light fur turned into a disadvantage. They were easily exposed to their predators, leading to the decrease of their population. However, if you look at pocket mice today, they have dark colored fur. Though this happened, it wasn’t the environment that changed the pocket mice phenotype but a genetic mutation that happened at a pivotal moment for the pocket mice population.
When hypothesizing what an organism will look like. The greater indicator would be looking at the genetic makeup of the organism. What stood out to me is plants can be affected by the light, location, and how often you water them, all of these affect the growth of the plants.
Fast Plants Reflection
For quarter 4 in biochem, my group and I planted and observed our plants so we could be able to test Mendel’s theory of genetics and inheritance. We tested and observed the F1 generation and the F2 generation of plants. For the F1 generation, we choose the seeds with the “Non-Purple Stem” and “Standard Purple Stem Hairy” traits. These plants cross-pollinate and create seed pods which are the main seeds for the F2 generation. When we first started this project, everyday when we went to class we would go check on our plants and water them. They grew to a nice size, I thought they’d be a little taller but they weren’t. After about 3 weeks of that we forgot about them and stopped taking care of them. After a while of not taking care of our plants we finally checked on them again. When we did of course they were pretty much dried up and dead. So this definitely hindered our plants ability to thrive. At first both plants grew like I expected them too, but when you don’t take care of them you see a change. What stood out to me while doing this is how so many things can affect how a plant will grow. Location, light, how you plant them, and how you take care of your plants, all affect the growth of it. Sources: https://ukcsc.co.uk/indoor-gardening-how-important-is-airflow-and-exchange/ https://askabiologist.asu.edu/mendel-garden
Final Reflection
Fast Plants Final Reflection
The F2 generation did not look like how we predicted. They did not grow at all and it’s most likely because we stopped caring for them after a while. The results ended up being dry. The parent generation most definitely grew faster than the F2 generation and you can see that in the pictures below (the first picture is of the parent plants). One of the reasons our plants didn’t grow as faster or better is because we didn’t water them plenty. Genetics and environment affect the phenotype of an organism because our plants were grown indoor and are not like other plants since they grown outside and have natural sunlight. The organism would look like the mother and father, that would be a great indicator of how the organism should look. What stood out to me during this course is that the parent plants grew really fast and how the environment plays a big role in the growth of the plant.
Fast Plants Reflection by Daniel S.
Our plants were growing pretty well but we suddenly forget to attend to it and the plants dried up. It shows that plants won't survive in a dry environments. Genetics gives us the abilities and certain traits to survive. For example, a person may be able to handle extreme pressure and not break, while another breaks easily and dies because of it.
The environment also affects the phenotype of an organisms, as it was stated by BBC "Survival of the fittest - those offspring whose phenotypes are better adapted to the environment have a better chance of survival and therefore a greater chance of passing on their genes to the next generation." this means that the environment can be advantageous to an individual with a certain genetic while the ones who have genes that are disadvantageous are eliminated.
An indicator of how an organism will look is as stated by Britanica "Different environments can influence the development of inherited traits (as size, for example, is affected by available food supply) and alter expression by similar genotypes" this factor will affect who will survive, as I've stated before. Those who have advantageous genes will be more likely to survive.
Something that stood out to me in this course is the dissection of frogs. It was quite nasty but at the same time educational. It taught me that frogs have complex organs that keeps them alive. I felt that I learned a lot from that experience. It also taught me that I should research and learn a lot more about my body and how it works.
Biochem Q4 Fast Plants
The F2 generation did not look like how I predicted instead they looked the complete opposite of what I predicted and this might be because we stopped nurturing our fast plant like we were suppose to so it ended up looking dry and shriveled up. Also the parent generation grew faster than the F2 generation. Something that might have hindered our plants is we didn’t water our plants very often and I don’t think we added enough fertilizer when we first planted them.How do genetics and the environment affect the phenotype of an organism?The plant might grow accustomed to artificial light and being in a tight space would make them different to other plants that receive actual sunlight and aren’t in a tight space but rather in open space where they aren’t all bunched up. Which is a greater indicator of how an organism will look?The environment that the organism inhabitants and how they’re being treated in said environment. During this course I found out that the environment that a plant is in does have a big impact on how that plant grows and how it would turn out in the end. I found this out because I noticed at first when we were treating our plant right and nurturing it it was very green and had little seeds growing on it and but when we stopped nurturing them they started to wilt and turn from a healthy green to a dessert/sandish color and didn’t have little pods growing on them anymore.
BIOCHEM2H-001
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- 2017-18