Each question in this quiz is timed.
Variation is a word that describes
the way that some leaves have white areas on them.
how sexual reproduction occurs.
the differences between living things.
a group of things that are all exactly the same.
Variation occurs
only between living things of the same type.
only between different types of living things.
between living things of the same type and of different types.
only in things which are not living.
What relationship does this graph show?
The longer a fish is, the slower it swims.
The shorter a fish is, the slower it swims.
All fish swim at the same speed.
A fish with bigger fins swims faster.
A species is
a nasty disease.
a set of organisms that can reproduce giving more organisms of the same type.
a way of telling how old an animal is.
someone who wears glasses.
Which of these features can not be inherited?
eye colour
hair colour
scar
curly hair
What does the word ‘environment’ mean?
a set of conditions around a living thing
a set of conditions that can only be made in a laboratory
a type of paper made by recycling
a disease caused by a virus
A cress seedling was grown without any light. It grew tall, thin and yellow. What environmental factor caused this to happen?
The seeds were yellow in the first place.
The seeds did not get enough water.
The seeds were from tall, thin and yellow cress plants.
The seeds had too little light.
Which of these is an example of environmental variation?
a woman with naturally blonde hair
a man with an earring
a girl with blue eyes
a boy with naturally curly hair
If you saw these two tigers in the wild, one difference would be
they have different patterns of stripes.
one is bigger than the other.
one has a tail and the other does not.
they have different numbers of legs.
The two fingerprints that are the most similar are
1 and 4.
2 and 4.
3 and 4.
1 and 3.
Grouping together organisms with similar features is called
organising
tissue culture
dividing
classification
Which of these is a useful way of telling birds apart from other animals?
Birds can fly.
Birds live in the air habitat.
Birds have legs.
Birds have feathers.
Vertebrates are animals that have
blood
a backbone
a fear of heights
hair
The five groups of vertebrates are
chickens, dolphins, eagles, turtles
mammals, reptiles, penguins, worms, bacteria
amphibians, birds, reptiles, mammals, fish
fish, amphibians, mammals, snakes, insects
The main difference between mammals and birds is
mammals have legs, birds do not
mammals have hair, birds have feathers
mammals cannot fly but all birds can
mammals talk, birds cannot make sounds
Amphibians are different from reptiles and fish because
they do not have eyes
they do not have scaly skins
they cannot move
they can change colour
An invertebrate is
any plant
any animal
an animal without a backbone
an animal that does not grow
Some of the invertebrate groups are
molluscs, annelids, arthropods
arthropods, insects, fish
plants, animals, bacteria
fungi, arthropods, jellyfish
All arthropods have
four legs and two eyes
bodies divided into five sections
jointed legs
a ‘fleshy pad’
Which of these is the name of one group of arthropods
annelids
molluscs
fish
insects
Select the pictures of invertebrates.
Earthworm
Chicken
Fish
Human
Spider
Turtle
Snake
Complete the sentences to give two differences between a chicken and a fish. Chickens have wings, fish have eyes fins a mouth( eyes, fins, a mouth ). Chickens have feathers, fish have a heart lungs scales( a heart, lungs, scales ).
Sandra took cuttings from an African violet plant and put them into pots. She had so many that she had to put them on different windowsills in her house. She ran out of soil and so some plants were put in different types of soil. She expected all the plants to be identical but some were taller and some had more leaves than others. Select environmental factors that might have affected the growth of her plants.
Light
Size of cutting
Water
Fertilisers in soil
Type of pot
Size of windowsill
Look at these pictures of invertebrates. Select the name of the invertebrate group that each animal is in.
Select the words or phrases that describe groups which insects belong to.
Animal
Vertebrate
Plant
Invertebrate
Mollusc
Arachnid
Arthropod
Select the words that are features of all insects.
Backbone
Jointed legs
Two body sections
Six legs
Exoskeleton
Warm-blooded
Look at these pictures of vertebrates. Select the name of the vertebrate group that each animal is in. The first one has been done for you.
Look at this graph. What sort of variation does this graph show?
Continuous variation
Discontinuous variation