The experiment we conducted was trying to answer the question, “Which type of bean is best suited to the habitat?” Out of the results we ended up with, we found that the cannellini bean is best suited for the given environment. The mix of beans we used consisted of 5 diverse bean “species.” We used whole green peas, black beans, cannellini, and red kidney beans. 5 of each type of bean were placed inside the habitat for the experiment. When we created our hypothesis, we looked at the quantitative data before starting the experiment. Since we were trying to figure out which of the beans were most likely to fall out of the holes, we decided that length and width were the most important observations we had to make. We got the following data:
Note: These are average measurements!
Bean types
Length
Width
Whole green peas
0.5 cm
0.4 cm
Black Beans
0.9 cm
0.5 cm
Pinto Beans
1.4 cm
0.8 cm
Cannellini
1.5 cm
0.9 cm
Red Kidney beans
1.6 cm
0.7 cm

Based on these measurements, we found the cannellini would be the most successful because it was the biggest widthwise and the second longest. This means, that the cannellini is the most successful when it comes to natural selection, because it is the toughest to fit through the holes. Nature only chose the one that can beat it’s challenges. …show more content…
In the data we received, we found that 3 of the bean species went extinct by the 5th generation, (The population went down to 0.) The population of the cannellini by generation 5 was at 9, which shot up to 18 due to the “reproducing rate.” The kidney bean population wasn’t too far behind with 8 beans left, which also shot up to 16. The data shows that natural selection had narrowed the options of best fit down to the last 2. It can be inferred that the cannellini and the red kidney beans are the most successful in this