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A student conducted an experiment to investigate discontinuous and continuous variation. They observed if 20 students could roll their tongues (discontinuous) and measured the length of their third finger (continuous). For tongue rolling, 18 could roll their tongues. Finger lengths ranged from 6.0-10.4 cm, with most between 8.5-8.9 cm. The student concluded that tongue rolling demonstrated discontinuous variation while finger length showed continuous variation based on the definitions and distributions of the traits.

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Pie Chart Showing Tongue Rollers and Non Tongue Rollers

A student conducted an experiment to investigate discontinuous and continuous variation. They observed if 20 students could roll their tongues (discontinuous) and measured the length of their third finger (continuous). For tongue rolling, 18 could roll their tongues. Finger lengths ranged from 6.0-10.4 cm, with most between 8.5-8.9 cm. The student concluded that tongue rolling demonstrated discontinuous variation while finger length showed continuous variation based on the definitions and distributions of the traits.

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Student: RMW

Date: March 11, 2020


Topic: Variation
Aim: To investigate discontinuous and continuous variation
Material: ruler, test object
Method: 1) 20 persons were gathered to observe if they could roll their tongues. Observations
were recorded.
2) Out of the 20 persons, the length of their third finger on their left hand was
measured from the knuckle to the tip of their finger excluding the nail.
3) A pie chart and a pie chart was drawn to illustrate the observation.
Results: TABLE SHOWING STUDENTS WHO COULD ROLL THEIR TONGUES AND
THOSE WHO
COULD’NT
Tongue rollers Non tongue rollers
18 2

Pie Chart Showing Tongue Rollers and


Non Tongue Rollers
Tongue Rollers Non tongue rollers

10%

90%

TABLE SHOWING THE LENGTH OF STUDENTS’ FINGER

Length (cm) Frequency


6.0-6.4 1
6.5-6.9 2
7.0-7.4 4
7.5-7.9 0
8.0-8.4 2
8.5-8.9 8
9.0-9.4 1
9.5-9.9 1
10.0-10.4 1

Bar Graph Shwoing the Frequency of Different finger lengths


Frequency

10.0-10.4

9.5-9.9

9.0-9.4

8.5-8.9

8.0-8.4

7.5-7.9

7.0-7.4

6.5-6.9

6.0-6.4
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Discussion: Variation is any difference between cells, individual organisms, or groups of


organisms of any species caused either by genetic differences (genotypic variation) or by the
effort of environment factors on the oppression of the genetic potentials (phenotypic variation).
Tongue rolling is an example of discontinued variation: you can either roll your tongue or you
can’t. Characteristics that show you continuous variation are often the result of complex, or
multifactorial patterns of inheritance involving a number of different genes and factors in the
environment. Continuous variation is where the different types of variations are distributed on a
continuum, while discontinuous types of variations are placed into discrete, individual
categories. During the experiment, only 18 out of the 20 persons could roll their tongue, which
held the majority. They could probably roll their tongue due to genetic inheritance. Also, the
finger lengths varied from 6.0-10.4, with the highest frequency ranging between 8.5-8.9. Seeing
that finger lengths change during a person’s lifetime, it is shows continuous variation
Source of Error: 1) The fingers were measured inaccurately.
Precaution: Ensure that the finger of each person is properly measured.
Conclusion: In conclusion, the rolling of the tongue is a form of discontinuous variation, while
the length of a finger is continuous variation. Continuous variation is where the different types
of variations are distributed on a continuum, while discontinuous variation is where the
different types of variations are placed into discrete, individual categories.
Reflection: Since carrying out this experiment, I am now are of continuous and discontinuous
variation and the difference between the two. I am now aware of the definition of variation and
some categories of variation including phenotypic and genotypic.

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