A | B |
variation means | differences |
have dry scaly skin | reptiles |
give birth to live young | mammals |
lay eggs with hard shells | birds |
breathe using gills | fish |
have a muscular foot | molluscs |
animals with a backbone | vertebrate |
animals without a backbone | invertebrate |
have jointed legs | arthropods |
eg of an echinodeem | starfish |
have waxy needle shaped leaves | conifers |
have roots stems and leaves but no flowers | ferns |
no proper roots, no flowers | mosses and liverworts |
have roots, stems, leaves and flowers | flowering plants |
when data does not fit into groups | continuous variation |
data which does fit in groups | discontinuous variation |
a condition caused by genes | haemophilia |
a condition not caused by genes | cancer |
the process of transferring genes from on organism to another | genetic engineering |
variation is either | genetic or environmental |
an environmental characteristic | scars |
a genetic characteristic | eye colour |