Caitlin Szalacinski - Activity 2.3: Fast Plants
Name: _________________________________________ Hour: _________
Activity 2.3: Is there a pattern to how traits are passed on?
1. What is the number on your bin?
2. Look at the picture of the fast plants you will be using in this experiment in your bin. (Use the
diagram below to help you identify the following information)
a. What is the
phenotype (description) of
your plant?
b. What is the
genotype (capital letters
written) of your plant?
c. Color in the picture below to represent the parent plants that will be used in your
experiment (*be sure to color the stem green or purple according to your phenotype)
Caity
BinD
Any
Anc
Purple steam
hairy
1 Animal
3. Predict what the offspring (filial generation) will look like by coloring the pictures below:
Filial generation 1:
a. Why do you think this?
2-4 days later:
4. Examine the stems of the plants grown using a magnifying glass and color the picture(s) of the
plants below that were produced:
a. How many plants of that particular colored stem grew?
b. What percent of the offspring were each of the colored stems below?
Green: Purple:
c. If (2) of the plants from this generation were crossed, what do you think their seeds would
produce (in filial generation 2)? Why?