What is the name for the differences between individuals?
Variation
Mutation
Genes
What type of variation is shown by looking at peoples height?
Continuous
Discontinous
What type of variation is shown by looking at peoples eye colour?
Discontinuous
In what format do we display continuous variation?
Bell Shaped Curve (Line Graph)
Bar Chart
Scatter diagram
In what format do we display discontinuous variation?
Scatter Diagram
What type of reproduction produces genetically different offspring?
Sexual
Asexual
What type of reproduction results in clones?
What do we call a change in genes or DNA?
Change
Natural-Selection
What is the name of the genetic disease that produces thick mucus that block the bronchioles in the lungs?
Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic hygroma
Porphyria
What method is used to insert a normal gene into tissue during gene therapy?
Inhaler
Injections
Tablets
What name is given to the principle that species change over time?
Evolution
Natural Selection
What is the name of the mechanism by which evolution works
Natural selection
Circle of life
Who proposed the theory of natural selection?
Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel
Robert Bunsen
Other than variation and the principles of inheritance, what needs to be present for natural selection to work?
Competition
Food
What happens to a species if natural selection doesn't work fast enough for them to evolve?
They become extinct
They mutate
They migrate
What is the name of the poison to which rats have become resistant?
Warfarin
Brodifacoum
Diphacinone
What can be used to increase mutation rates?
Ionising Radiation
Predators
How many parents are required for sexual reproduction
One
Two
How many parents are required for asexual reproduction?
