assignment 8

Question 1: The leaves and stems of our plants seem to show the most variation because they show different textures, colors, and sizes. A majority of the leaves were green, but some had purple, like the kale’s stems. The texture varied with different plants with some being smooth, while some were rough with bumps.
Question 2:Many situations affect the variability of traits of our plant. Selective breeding is when organisms choosing to breed with other organisms based on qualities. With this, many traits are passed on. Moving traits from parents is called descent with modification. Another possibility for diversity are natural variations. Mutations can occur randomly, All of these different genes cause species to be different.

Question 3:The thickness of the stems were very similar. Also, the yellow leaves on the plants never changed no matter what type of plant. I think this is so because that is common throughout all the plants we did.

Question 4: They would have to insert a change in the DNA of multiple plants, and then choose the tallest or shortest plants, then further continuing to breed those. This will lead to more tall or short plants, having something much more different than it is now.(I forgot to publish this earlier which is why it is late, it was just in draft mode)