Variation

Variation
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ScienceLower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

This lesson contains 50 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Variation

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Which one of these animals is the most different to the others?

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Fill the blanks with the correct word.
A horse and a zebra have ................................. characteristics.
 
They can reproduce and produce offspring.

Their offspring will be .................................. because they belong to .................................... species.

similar
different
the same
infertile
fertile

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A zedonk is not a species. What is it unable to do?

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What variation can you see?
What examples of variation can you see in these dogs?

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What types of variation can you see?
What examples of variation can you see in these cacti?

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How do the giraffe vary?
What examples of variation can you see in these giraffe?

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Give 2 ways these leaves show variation.

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Match the keyword to the definition.
A group of organisms that can reproduce with another and produce fertile offspring.
Able to reproduce.
A quality or feature that makes an organism/group of organisms recognisable.
Differences in characteristics within or between species.
Fertile
Species
Variation
Characteristic

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Ear lobe shape.
A
Inherited
B
Environmental
C
Both

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Rainbow hair.
A
Inherited
B
Environmental
C
Both

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Weight.
A
Inherited
B
Environmental
C
Both

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A
Inherited
B
Environmental
C
Both

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Blood type.
A
Inherited
B
Environmental
C
Both

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Nose piercing.
A
Inherited
B
Environmental
C
Both

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Height.
A
Inherited
B
Environmental
C
Both

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Sort the characteristics into their type of variation.
Inherited
Both
Environmental
Eye colour
Accent
Height
Pierced ears
Blood group
Skin colour

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Think about your characteristics. Give an example of one that is inherited and one that is environmental.

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Sam has brown eyes, but his mum has blue eyes. Why does Sam have brown eyes?

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Height
A
Continuous
B
Discontinuous

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Shoe size
A
Continuous
B
Discontinuous

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Having a piercing.
A
Continuous
B
Discontinuous

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Hair length
A
Continuous
B
Discontinuous

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Having a broken arm.
A
Continuous
B
Discontinuous

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Eye colour
A
Continuous
B
Discontinuous

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Weight
A
Continuous
B
Discontinuous

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Sex
A
Continuous
B
Discontinuous

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A
Histogram
B
Bar chart

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A
Histogram
B
Bar chart

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A
Histogram
B
Bar chart

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A
Histogram
B
Bar chart

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A
Histogram
B
Bar chart

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We are going to collect some data about our class. Then we will turn it into a graph.

What colour eyes do you have?
Blue
Brown
Green
Hazel
Grey

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What colour is your hair.
Black
Brown
Ginger
Blonde
Dyed

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