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Continuous and Discontinuous variation

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the scientific word that refers to the differences within a species?

a)

variation

b)

characteristics

c)

features

d)

inheritance

2.

What causes variation?

a)

inherited factors only

b)

environmental factors only

c)

inherited and environmental factors

3.

Which two characteristics show variation as a result of inherited factors only?

a)

blood group

b)

pierced ears

c)

number of freckles

d)

natural eye colour

e)

height

4.

Which two characteristics show variation as a result of environmental factors only?

a)

blood group

b)

pierced ears

c)

Scar

d)

natural eye colour

e)

height

5.

Which two characteristics show variation as a result of a combination of both inherited and environmental factors?

a)

blood group

b)

pierced ears

c)

number of freckles

d)

natural eye colour

e)

height

6.

For which type of variation can a measurement have any numerical value?

a)

continuous variation

b)

discontinuous variation

7.

For which type of variation are differences grouped into categories?

a)

continuous variation

b)

discontinuous variation

8.

If you were to investigate the height of everyone in your class, what type of data would you be gathering?

a)

continuous variation

b)

discontinuous variation

9.

If you were to investigate the eye colour of everyone in your class, what type of data would you be gathering?

a)

continuous variation

b)

discontinuous variation

10.

Which three features show discontinuous variation?

a)

blood group

b)

height

c)

foot length

d)

eye colour

e)

gender

11.

Which Two features show continuous variation?

a)

blood group

b)

height

c)

foot length

d)

eye colour

e)

gender

12.

How should the data in the table shown be presented?

a)

scatter graph

b)

bar chart

c)

histogram

13.

Why should the data in the table shown be presented in a bar chart?

a)

The data is numerical.

b)

The data is in categories

14.

Features with continuous variation have a normal distribution curve, which is shown by the bars on the graph. What shape do the bars form when there is normal distribution?

a)

straight line

b)

s-shaped curve

c)

bell-shaped curve

15.

Which two scattergraphs show a correlation (relationship) between the two plotted variables?

a)

scattergraph A

b)

scattergraph B

c)

scattergraph C

d)

scattergraph D