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Year 7 - Variety of Life
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1Variation is a word that describes
- Athe way that some leaves have white areas on them.
- Bhow sexual reproduction occurs.
- Cthe differences between living things.
- Da group of things that are all exactly the same.
2Variation occurs
- Aonly between living things of the same type.
- Bonly between different types of living things.
- Cbetween living things of the same type and of different types.
- Donly in things which are not living.
3What relationship does this graph show?
- AThe longer a fish is, the slower it swims.
- BThe shorter a fish is, the slower it swims.
- CAll fish swim at the same speed.
- DA fish with bigger fins swims faster.
4A species is
- Aa nasty disease.
- Ba set of organisms that can reproduce giving more organisms of the same type.
- Ca way of telling how old an animal is.
- Dsomeone who wears glasses.
5Which of these features can not be inherited?
- Aeye colour
- Bhair colour
- Cscar
- Dcurly hair
6What does the word ‘environment’ mean?
- Aa set of conditions around a living thing
- Ba set of conditions that can only be made in a laboratory
- Ca type of paper made by recycling
- Da disease caused by a virus
7A cress seedling was grown without any light. It grew tall, thin and yellow. What environmental factor caused this to happen?
- AThe seeds were yellow in the first place.
- BThe seeds did not get enough water.
- CThe seeds were from tall, thin and yellow cress plants.
- DThe seeds had too little light.
8Which of these is an example of environmental variation?
- Aa woman with naturally blonde hair
- Ba man with an earring
- Ca girl with blue eyes
- Da boy with naturally curly hair
9If you saw these two tigers in the wild, one difference would be
- Athey have different patterns of stripes.
- Bone is bigger than the other.
- Cone has a tail and the other does not.
- Dthey have different numbers of legs.
10The two fingerprints that are the most similar are
- A1 and 4.
- B2 and 4.
- C3 and 4.
- D1 and 3.
11Grouping together organisms with similar features is called
- Aorganising
- Btissue culture
- Cdividing
- Dclassification
12Which of these is a useful way of telling birds apart from other animals?
- ABirds can fly.
- BBirds live in the air habitat.
- CBirds have legs.
- DBirds have feathers.
13Vertebrates are animals that have
- Ablood
- Ba backbone
- Ca fear of heights
- Dhair
14Vertebrates are animals that have
- Ablood
- Ba backbone
- Ca fear of heights
- Dhair
15The five groups of vertebrates are
- Achickens, dolphins, eagles, turtles
- Bmammals, reptiles, penguins, worms, bacteria
- Camphibians, birds, reptiles, mammals, fish
- Dfish, amphibians, mammals, snakes, insects
16The main difference between mammals and birds is
- Amammals have legs, birds do not
- Bmammals have hair, birds have feathers
- Cmammals cannot fly but all birds can
- Dmammals talk, birds cannot make sounds
17Amphibians are different from reptiles and fish because
- Athey do not have eyes
- Bthey do not have scaly skins
- Cthey cannot move
- Dthey can change colour
18An invertebrate is
- Aany plant
- Bany animal
- Can animal without a backbone
- Dan animal that does not grow
19Some of the invertebrate groups are
- Amolluscs, annelids, arthropods
- Barthropods, insects, fish
- Cplants, animals, bacteria
- Dfungi, arthropods, jellyfish
20All arthropods have
- Afour legs and two eyes
- Bbodies divided into five sections
- Cjointed legs
- Da ‘fleshy pad’
21Which of these is the name of one group of arthropods
- Aannelids
- Bmolluscs
- Cfish
- Dinsects
22Select the pictures of invertebrates.
- AEarthworm
- BChicken
- CFish
- DHuman
- ESpider
- FTurtle
- GSnake
- AEarthworm
23Complete 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].- Aeyes
- Bfins
- Ca mouth
- Da heart
- Elungs
- Fscales
24Sandra 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.- ALight
- BSize of cutting
- CWater
- DFertilisers in soil
- EType of pot
- FSize of windowsill
25Look at these pictures of invertebrates. Select the name of the invertebrate group that each animal is in.
- AInsect
- BArthropod
- CMollusc
- DCrustacean
- EInsect
- FArthropod
- GMollusc
- HCrustacean
26Select the words or phrases that describe groups which insects belong to.
- AAnimal
- BVertebrate
- CPlant
- DInvertebrate
- EMollusc
- FArachnid
- GArthropod
27Select the words that are features of all insects.
- ABackbone
- BJointed legs
- CTwo body sections
- DSix legs
- EExoskeleton
- FWarm-blooded
28Look 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.
- AReptile
- BAmphibian
- CMammal
- DFish
- EReptile
- FAmphibian
- GMammal
- HFish
- IReptile
- JAmphibian
- KMammal
- LFish
- MReptile
- NAmphibian
- OMammal
- PFish
29Look at this graph. What sort of variation does this graph show?
- AContinuous variation
- BDiscontinuous variation
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