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,1.1) Keep your fingers together andtrace around one of your hands.2) Draw line segment 1 across theknuckles.3) Draw line segment 2 where thewrist begins.4) Draw line segment 3 from the topof the longest finger to thewrist line segment.5) Measure line segments 1 and 3 tothe nearest centimetre.F2.T6) Find the ratio of the length of SEGMo,n nf\(\f\line segment 3 to the length of 1VV\.)Vline segment 1-7) Compare your ratio to yourclassmates. Are the ratiosSE:.GMEtJTabout the same? 38) Label the thumb T, the indexfinger Fl, middle finger F2,ring finger F3 and little fingerF4.9)Is Fl longer, theshorter than F3?your classmates.same as orCompare withII.1) Place one end of a metre stick snugly against your armpit and measure the lengthyour outstretched right arm.2) Repeat measuring the left arm.Right arm cm Left arm cm3) How do the lengths compare?4) What results did your classmates get?IDEA FROM:134Modern Life Science, by F. L. Fitzpatrick and J. W. Hole.Copyright © 1970 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, PublishersProbing the Natural World, Volume 1, and Investigating Variation, Intermediate ScienceCurriculum StudyPermission to use granted by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Publishers, and Silver Burdett General LearningCorporation(