Table 3 Closed-ended isolated fact questions with sample justifications
Concept | Question | Accurate answer and justification | Inaccurate answer and justification |
|---|---|---|---|
Differential survival | Nowadays, will an orped with shorter arms probably be healthy and live for a long time? Why? | No, because they can’t reach their food to live | Yes, it would have more energy |
Nowadays, will an orped with longer arms probably be healthy and live for a long time? Why? | Yes, because they can reach food that they need | No, cause they can’t find that much food so they skip meals | |
Differential reproduction | Nowadays, will an orped with shorter arms probably have lots of children? Why? | No, they will not have a lot of babies because they are not healthy enough to be able to and if they do their baby is going to die | Yes, because it is short and light |
Nowadays, will an orped with longer arms probably have lots of children? Why? | Yes, because they can reach the food since they can reach their arms to get it and the more food the healthier and the healthier the more children | No, they are older than the ones with short arms | |
Inheritance of traits | These fully grown orpeds both have shorter arms. If these two orpeds had a child, what kind of arms would their child probably have? Why? | Shorter arms, they would have to be like their parents | Longer arms, because the 2 small tails = one big tail |
Trait constancy | This young orped was born with shorter arms. When this orped is fully grown, what kind of arms will it probably have? Why? | Shorter arms, because when you are born with big arms you stay big arms. When you have small arms you have small arms | Longer arms. I think the arms will grow over time |