Test Your Ideas about the Rice Plant Parents

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Now test your predictions! Select the parent combinations in the interactive model below to see which offspring they produce.

As a scientist, it is important to explore all possibilities. Run at least eight (8) trials.

Record the results of each trial. Add them to your Rice | Parent and Offspring table.

1. Drag a spikelet from each side into the dish.


Dish

2. Press Breed to observe the offspring.


Dish

2. Press Breed to observe the offspring.