The genes in a population give forth the genetic variability across a population (genotypes). In addition, occasional mutations of these genes in a population increase this genetic variability. Hovever, natural selection only favours reproduction of individuals with genes that are favourable in the environment/habitat. Therefore, natural selection has no foresight but is rather pegged on being an ‘opportunistic’ process.
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By placing the pots with detergent in the sun and the pots
without detergent in the shade, the student is not comparing the effects that
detergent has in the growing rate of the seeds under the same conditions;
besides, he does not have a control group. Therefore, he will not be able to
determine if the growing rate of the plants were affected by the detergent, the
lack of sunlight, or a combination of both factors.
The independent variable is the amount of water consumed by the football players.
The dependent variable is the football players' endurance, measured by how many times they can run up and down the bleachers before catching their breaths.
The coach's hypothesis was that the more water consumed, the more endurance the players will have.
There is not a control group present in this experiment, but it would be the set of players who did not drink a bottle of water before practice.
The experimental group is the set of players who did drink a bottle of water before practice.
The constants in the experiment are the operational definitions of endurance (how he measures their endurance), the amount of water each player drinks throughout the week, and the players used in the experiment.
The lack of a set control group poses a threat to the accuracy of the experiment's results.
