Question 1
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Variation is a word that describes
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the way that some leaves have white areas on them.
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how sexual reproduction occurs.
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the differences between living things.
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a group of things that are all exactly the same.
Question 2
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Variation occurs
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only between living things of the same type.
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only between different types of living things.
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between living things of the same type and of different types.
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only in things which are not living.
Question 3
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What relationship does this graph show?
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The longer a fish is, the slower it swims.
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The shorter a fish is, the slower it swims.
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All fish swim at the same speed.
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A fish with bigger fins swims faster.
Question 4
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a nasty disease.
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a set of organisms that can reproduce giving more organisms of the same type.
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a way of telling how old an animal is.
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someone who wears glasses.
Question 5
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Which of these features can not be inherited?
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eye colour
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hair colour
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scar
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curly hair
Question 6
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What does the word ‘environment’ mean?
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a set of conditions around a living thing
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a set of conditions that can only be made in a laboratory
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a type of paper made by recycling
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a disease caused by a virus
Question 7
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A cress seedling was grown without any light. It grew tall, thin and yellow. What environmental factor caused this to happen?
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The seeds were yellow in the first place.
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The seeds did not get enough water.
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The seeds were from tall, thin and yellow cress plants.
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The seeds had too little light.
Question 8
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Which of these is an example of environmental variation?
Question 9
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If you saw these two tigers in the wild, one difference would be
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they have different patterns of stripes.
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one is bigger than the other.
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one has a tail and the other does not.
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they have different numbers of legs.
Question 10
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The two fingerprints that are the most similar are
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1 and 4.
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2 and 4.
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3 and 4.
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1 and 3.
Question 11
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Grouping together organisms with similar features is called
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organising
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tissue culture
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dividing
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classification
Question 12
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Which of these is a useful way of telling birds apart from other animals?
Question 13
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Vertebrates are animals that have
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blood
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a backbone
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a fear of heights
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hair
Question 14
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Vertebrates are animals that have
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blood
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a backbone
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a fear of heights
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hair
Question 15
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The five groups of vertebrates are
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chickens, dolphins, eagles, turtles
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mammals, reptiles, penguins, worms, bacteria
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amphibians, birds, reptiles, mammals, fish
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fish, amphibians, mammals, snakes, insects
Question 16
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The main difference between mammals and birds is
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mammals have legs, birds do not
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mammals have hair, birds have feathers
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mammals cannot fly but all birds can
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mammals talk, birds cannot make sounds
Question 17
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Amphibians are different from reptiles and fish because
Question 18
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An invertebrate is
Question 19
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Some of the invertebrate groups are
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molluscs, annelids, arthropods
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arthropods, insects, fish
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plants, animals, bacteria
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fungi, arthropods, jellyfish
Question 20
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All arthropods have
Question 21
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Which of these is the name of one group of arthropods
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annelids
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molluscs
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fish
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insects
Question 22
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Select the pictures of invertebrates.
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Earthworm
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Chicken
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Fish
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Human
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Spider
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Turtle
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Snake
Question 23
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Complete the sentences to give two differences between a chicken and a fish.
Chickens have wings, fish have [blank_start]________[blank_end].
Chickens have feathers, fish have [blank_start]________[blank_end].
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eyes
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fins
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a mouth
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a heart
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lungs
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scales
Question 24
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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.
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Light
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Size of cutting
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Water
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Fertilisers in soil
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Type of pot
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Size of windowsill
Question 25
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Look at these pictures of invertebrates. Select the name of the invertebrate group that each animal is in.
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Insect
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Arthropod
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Mollusc
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Crustacean
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Insect
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Arthropod
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Mollusc
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Crustacean
Question 26
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Select the words or phrases that describe groups which insects belong to.
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Animal
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Vertebrate
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Plant
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Invertebrate
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Mollusc
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Arachnid
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Arthropod
Question 27
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Select the words that are features of all insects.
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Backbone
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Jointed legs
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Two body sections
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Six legs
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Exoskeleton
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Warm-blooded
Question 28
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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.
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Reptile
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Amphibian
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Mammal
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Fish
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Reptile
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Amphibian
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Mammal
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Fish
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Reptile
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Amphibian
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Mammal
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Fish
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Reptile
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Amphibian
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Mammal
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Fish
Question 29
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Look at this graph. What sort of variation does this graph show?
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Continuous variation
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Discontinuous variation