Variation Lab Questions

Answers:

1. A trend I noticed in the Frequency graphs were that although they had many varieties, there were always at least one or two bars that stand up higher than the rest which represented the most common answer.

2. Overall only about 3-5 people had extreme traits meaning that their results were either way above average or way below average results.

3. The trait that had the most variation would be the length of their "Hand Span"

4. Having a variation within a trait can be very beneficial for an entire species, reason being that if a disease was to infect the population, not everyone would be affected because of how the variety throughout the popultation would make some people immune to the disease. On the other hand, if there were no variety, everyone would be affected and maybe even die.

5. Extreme traits can be very beneficial reason being that it can allow them to do things not an average person can accomplish. An example in nature are the birds located at Galapagos Islands named Finches. These finches were adapted to complete different tasks like having sharp/thin beaks for eating fruits to have hard/durable beaks for cracking nuts.

6. I have the characteristics that I have today because of the genes I have received from my parents. We know that each human has 46 chromosomes which lead me to receiving 23 chromosomes from each of my parents. And each chromosome contains the genetic information (genes) that make my DNA. Because my dad is athletic, I am also athletic because I got that gene from my dad. And because my mom is hard-working, I am lucky enough to have received that gene also making me a Hard-Worker.

7. A gene is a unit of heredity which are made from DNA. DNA stands for Deoxyribonucleic acid and is the key to controlling the amount of enzymes and proteins which help make each and everyone not all functional, but different from each other.