Bean+Passing

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**__Bean Passing-Data Analysis__**
The number of passes change as my finger combinations change is the beginning combinations (UR1/UR2, UR1/UR3, UR1/UR5) were easier then combinations at the end (UR2/UR3, UR2/UR5, UR3/UR5) because the combinations in the beginning required using your thumb. Also, I can conclude that students Nicole, Perl and Navjot completed this experiment. Third, the highest number of passes was 76 and the least number of passes was 0. 76, was of course a combination using a thumb and 0 was a combination not using a thumb.
 * __1. How does the number of passes change as your finger combinations change?__**

Some conclusions I can develop is, for example, the first finger combination is UR1 and UR2 which is an easier combination then UR2 and UR5. So, when a combination was easier it made it easier to pass back and forth between us and our partner(s). Such as, UR1 and UR2 which include the thumb and during this experiment we proved that using our thumb in any situation is easier than not using it. So, now let's take UR2 and UR5, first the combination does not include a thumb and it is not next to each other which makes it harder trying to find a technique and pass the bean at a fast rate. Lastly, when the finger combinations became more and more difficult so did finding the best technique and passing the bean back and forth at a fast rate.
 * __2. What are some conclusions you can develop from looking at this data? (Graph)__**

Three sources of error that can occur during this experiment is switching of fingers, dropping the bean and miscounting. Switching fingers was done very easily espcially with the combinations UR2/UR3, UR2/UR5 and UR3/UR4 because we weren't using our thumbs. So sometimes we would accidently use our thumbs instead of the correct combination. Second, dropping the bean was something that happened constantly in my group which is why one of our results came up as 0. Also, dropping the bean was easily done when we weren't using our thumbs. Lastly, miscounting was not really a big problem in my group because there were 3 of us so if 1 of us made a mistake we would automatically be corrected. But, although my group did not have miscounting problems it is very possible that other groups did. In conclusion, there were 3 possible errors any group could have made.
 * __3. What might 2 or 3 sources of error that occurred during this experiment?__**

This lab demonstrates adaptations because it proves that since we have opposable thumbs it helps us complete tasks that we wouldn't be able to complete or would have a harder time completing without them. For example, in this lab whenever we were using our thumbs it was easier to pass the bean. But, when we couldn't use our thumbs we whether dropped the bean, switched our fingers so that we used the thumb or miscounting which is explained in the paragraph above. So, in this lab it proves that all living things with opposable thumbs are most likely going have an easier time completing tasks. To conclude, this lab demonstrates adaptations because all living things with opposable thumbs have an easier time completing tasks in their environment.
 * __4. How does this lab demonstrate adaptations?__**