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Variation and Classification 01
Frogs are amphibians. They breathe through moist skin and lungs, and need water to breed.

Variation and Classification 01

Questions and answers about genetic and environmental variations. Are identical twins identical?

This is a fun way to recap your secondary school learning.

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This KS3 Science quiz takes a look at variation and classification. It is quite easy to recognise your different friends at school. They look different, they sound different and they behave differently. Even 'identical' twins are not perfectly identical. These differences are called variation and occur in all animal or plant species. Some of these variations are caused by genetics and others are environmental. Variations that are caused by the genetics of an individual can be passed on during reproduction.

Variation can also be described as being continuous or discontinuous. An example of a variation that is continuous would be height. The height of an adult can be any value within the normal height range of our species. Someone could be 167.1 cm tall, someone else 163.25 cm tall and so on. Discontinuous variables are those with only certain definite values, for example tongue rolling. Some people can curl their tongue edges upwards but others can't. No one can partly roll their tongue, it is either one thing or the other.

1.
Which group do Seals belong to?
Amphibians
Fish
Mammals
Reptiles
Mammals give birth to live young and suckle their young
2.
Which is the odd one out?
Frog
Lizard
Newt
Toad
Lizards are reptiles, the others are all amphibians
3.
Animals with a backbone are called what?
Carnivores
Herbivores
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Humans are therefore a vertebrate animal
4.
Which of the following animals have a backbone?
Bee
Lobster
Spider
Trout
All the others are invertebrates and their bodies are supported (and protected) by an exo-skeleton (external skeleton)
5.
Which one of the following shows discontinuous variation?
Eye colour
Height
Strength
Weight
This is controlled only by genes
6.
Which one of the following is an environmental variation?
Attached ear lobes
Eye colour
Male or female
Short hair
Environmental variation is not dependent on genes
7.
Which one of the following is an inherited variation?
Blood group
Long hair
Scar on your knee
Speaking English
Inherited variation depends on genes
8.
Which one of the following shows continuous variation?
Blood group
Height
Gender
Tongue rolling
The tallest recorded person was 272 cm tall and the shortest 56 cm tall
9.
Which of the following groups is warm blooded?
Amphibians
Birds
Insects
Reptiles
Mammals and birds are the only warm blooded groups of animals
10.
Which of the following groups breathe through moist skin and lungs, and need water to breed?
Amphibians
Crustaceans
Fish
Reptiles
Frogs are amphibians
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Differences in organisms

Author:  Sue Davison

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