Variation

Question 1

what does variation mean?

Answer 1

the differences between individuals of the same species

Question 3

What is the basis of evolution?

Answer 3

Heritable variation

Question 4

What are variations the result of?

Answer 4

. genetic information
. the enviroment

Question 5

what are most variations caused by?

Answer 5

a combination of genes and the surrounding enviroment

Question 6

what is plant growth more affected by?

Answer 6

the enviroment rather than genes

Question 7

what enviromental factors could plant growth be affected by?

Answer 7

. availability/ competition for water, light, minerals
. air or soil temprature
. aspect of a slope, e.g a south facing slop would get more sunlight = more growth

Question 8

what are the types of variation ?

Answer 8

continous variation
and discontinous variation

Question 9

what is continous variation?

Answer 9

when it’s controlled by more than one set of genes , on a graph it would show a normal distribution

Question 10

what is discontinous variation?

Answer 10

controlled by one set of genes and when grpahed it’s shown in distinct groups