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Differences in the same species is called 'Variation'. In your Science lessons you will no doubt be learning about Variation and Classification.

Try this first quiz on the subject to see how much you remember from your studies.

Which one of the following shows discontinuous variation?

[ ]	Eye color
[ ]	Height
[ ]	Strength
[ ]	Weight

Which one of the following shows continuous variation?

[ ]	Blood group
[ ]	Height
[ ]	Male or female
[ ]	Tongue rolling

Which one of the following is an inherited variation?

[ ]	Blood group
[ ]	Long hair
[ ]	Scar on your knee
[ ]	Speaking English

Which one of the following is an environmental variation?

[ ]	Attached ear lobes
[ ]	Eye color
[ ]	Male or female
[ ]	Short hair

Animals with a backbone are called what?

[ ]	Carnivores
[ ]	Herbivores
[ ]	Invertebrates
[ ]	Vertebrates

Which of the following animals have a backbone?

[ ]	Bee
[ ]	Lobster
[ ]	Spider
[ ]	Trout

Which of the following groups is warm blooded?

[ ]	Amphibians
[ ]	Birds
[ ]	Insects
[ ]	Reptiles

Which of the following groups breathe through moist skin and lungs, and need water to breed?

[ ]	Amphibians
[ ]	Crustaceans
[ ]	Fish
[ ]	Reptiles

Which group do Seals belong to?

[ ]	Amphibians
[ ]	Fish
[ ]	Mammals
[ ]	Reptiles

10.

Which is the odd one out?

[ ]	Frog
[ ]	Lizard
[ ]	Newt
[ ]	Toad

Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Variation and Classification 1 (Answers)

Which one of the following shows discontinuous variation?

[x]	Eye color
[ ]	Height
[ ]	Strength
[ ]	Weight

This is controlled only by genes

Which one of the following shows continuous variation?

[ ]	Blood group
[x]	Height
[ ]	Male or female
[ ]	Tongue rolling

Which one of the following is an inherited variation?

[x]	Blood group
[ ]	Long hair
[ ]	Scar on your knee
[ ]	Speaking English

Inherited variation depends on genes

Which one of the following is an environmental variation?

[ ]	Attached ear lobes
[ ]	Eye color
[ ]	Male or female
[x]	Short hair

Environmental variation is not dependent on genes

Animals with a backbone are called what?

[ ]	Carnivores
[ ]	Herbivores
[ ]	Invertebrates
[x]	Vertebrates

Which of the following animals have a backbone?

[ ]	Bee
[ ]	Lobster
[ ]	Spider
[x]	Trout

All the others are invertebrates

Which of the following groups is warm blooded?

[ ]	Amphibians
[x]	Birds
[ ]	Insects
[ ]	Reptiles

Mammals and birds are the only warm blooded groups of animals

Which of the following groups breathe through moist skin and lungs, and need water to breed?

[x]	Amphibians
[ ]	Crustaceans
[ ]	Fish
[ ]	Reptiles

Which group do Seals belong to?

[ ]	Amphibians
[ ]	Fish
[x]	Mammals
[ ]	Reptiles

Mammals give birth to live young and suckle their young

10.

Which is the odd one out?

[ ]	Frog
[x]	Lizard
[ ]	Newt
[ ]	Toad

Lizards are reptiles, the others are all amphibians