Question

select all that apply
choose the main reasons that contributed to mendel selecting the garden pea as his experimental subject.

□ it was one of the few plants that can be grown in a garden.

□ there were a large number of pure varieties.

□ the garden pea is small and easy to grow.

□ almost nothing was known about the garden pea which made it an interesting subject.

□ garden peas can easily be manipulated to produce controlled crosses.

Explanation:

Mendel chose garden peas because they had many pure varieties (for consistent traits), were small/easy to grow (practical for experiments), and could be manipulated for controlled crosses (to study inheritance). The claim it was "one of the few garden plants" is false (many plants grow in gardens), and "almost nothing was known" is incorrect (peas were well-studied for cultivation).

Answer:

There were a large number of pure varieties, The garden pea is small and easy to grow, Garden peas can easily be manipulated to produce controlled crosses