Year 8 variation quiz

Variation can be (tick two of the following):

• Optional

• Environmental

• Genetic

• Temporary

Match the following

• Passed on to offspring through genes

• Environmental variation

• A feature of an organism such as eye col

• Characteristic

• Caused by influences in our surroundings

• Inherited varition

• The differences in our characteristics

• Offspring

• An animal's young or person's children

• Variation

A scar from an accident is:

• Inherited variation

• Environmental variation

• Both

Data about variation in a species can either be (pick two):

• Large

• Variable

• Continuous

• Discontinuous

Examples of continuous data are (pick two):

• Eye colour

• Shoe size

• Lobed or lobeless ears

• Height

True or False: Being tall is due to inherited variation only

• True

• False

True or False: Having purple hair is an example of environmental variation.

• True

• False