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1. Students conducted an experiment with albino seedlings grown in light and dark conditions to determine the genotypes of parent plants and how the environment affects phenotypes. 2. Data was collected on the number of albino and green seedlings in petri dishes under light and dark conditions and percentages were calculated. 3. Comparing the data to initial hypotheses, students analyzed whether the genotypes of the parent plants could be determined and how the light and dark environments impacted the appearance and percentages of albino seedlings.

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Tobacco 2

1. Students conducted an experiment with albino seedlings grown in light and dark conditions to determine the genotypes of parent plants and how the environment affects phenotypes. 2. Data was collected on the number of albino and green seedlings in petri dishes under light and dark conditions and percentages were calculated. 3. Comparing the data to initial hypotheses, students analyzed whether the genotypes of the parent plants could be determined and how the light and dark environments impacted the appearance and percentages of albino seedlings.

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Albino Seedlings Tobacco Lab - Part Two

Do not write on this sheet. Record the data and answer the questions in your composition
book.
Guiding Question 1: Is it possible to determine the genotypes and phenotypes of parent
organisms by looking at the phenotypes of their children?
Guiding Question 2: How do the environment and genetics work together to determine an
organisms characteristics?
Procedure
1. Draw a data table using the example below as a guide
Groups plants (light
or dark?)

Class plants - light

Class plants - dark

Number of albino
seedlings
Number of green
seedlings
Total number of
seedlings
Percentage albino
Percentage green
Observations

2. Find your petri dish, and count how many seedlings are albino (white or very pale) and how
many are green. Record the data in your data table. Under Observations, record what the
seedlings look like.
3. Calculate the percentages of seedlings that are green and albino. Remember that
percentage = part/whole x 100
4. Have one person in your group put your data on the white board in the class data table.
When all the groups have put their data on the board, record the class data in your composition
book.
Questions
1. Compare the percentages in your data tables to the predictions you made in your three
hypotheses about the genotypes of the parent plants. Can you determine the genotypes of
the parent plants? Support your claim with evidence (data).
2. Compare the plants grown in the light to those grown in the dark. Do they appear different?
Why do you think this is?

3. Was the percentage of plants that appear albino different for plants grown in the light vs. the
dark? Was your hypothesis about the plants grown in the dark correct? Support your claim
with evidence (data).
4. Why do you think there was a difference in the number of albino seedlings between the light
and dark treatments? Would producing green pigment be useful for plants in the dark? Why
or why not?
5. The plants that were grown in the dark are going to be moved next to the window. Do you
think the percentage of seedlings that are albino will change? Why or why not?
6. Make your prediction from question five into a hypothesis. Be sure and include a reason for
that prediction. Remember to use the form, If (reason), then (prediction).

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