Question

rabbits are very popular domesticated animals, so popular that there are over 300 breeds of domesticated rabbits in the world. you attend a rabbit show and notice that all of the breeds vary in many characteristics, such as size, color, and fur length. you notice that there is weight information on the cages of all rabbit individuals at the show and decide to jot down data for two specific rabbit breeds (in pounds):
breed a: 10,8,7,10,9,9,10,9
breed b: 10,12,14,13,10,15,11,12
in three shot sentences,
1. calculate the average weights of the two rabbit breed groups,
2. describe some factors that could contribute to the different weights seen within breeds, and
3. describe how you would track and find the growth rate of the two rabbit breeds during an investigation. write it as a 6th grader

Answer 1

1. Breed A has an average weight of 9.0 pounds and Breed B has an average weight of 12.125 pounds.
2. Differences in weight can come from age, sex, genes, how much and what they eat, health problems, and how active they are.
3. I would weigh each rabbit once a week on the same scale and at the same time, write the weights down, make a chart or graph, and find the growth rate by dividing the change in weight by the number of weeks (pounds per week).