Variation Biology

A Variation that makes an organism more suited to its surroundings

• adaptation

• variation

• evolution

• embryology

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Charles Darwin's 5 year voyage around the world gave him the opportunity to observe many animals. He noted that?

• Many animals were identical to the animals on the mainland.

• Some animals were smaller and dirtier that others.

• Many animals were starving to death.

• Many animals were similar but not always identical to the animals on the mainland.

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Which one of the following shows discontinuous variation?

• Eye colour
• Height
• Strength
• Weight

Which one of the following shows continuous variation?

• Blood group
• Height
• Male or female
• Tongue rolling

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Which one of the following is an environmental variation?

• Attached ear lobes
• Eye colour
• Male or female
• Short hair

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What type of graph do we use for discontinuous variation?

• A bell-shape
• Bar chart
• Line graph
• Scatter Graph

What shape graph do you see for many examples of continuous variation?

• A straight line downwards
• A straight line upwards
• A bell-shape
• A flat line

Which type of data would student height be categorized as?

• Categorical

• Continuous

• Discontinuous

• Normal

Student eye colour could be considered what type of data

• Discontinuous

• Independent

• Continuous

• Colours

Which of these is an example of inherited variation only?

• Eye colour 
• Height 
• Weight 
• Skin colour 

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