d of unit questions 4.1 Takafumi investigated variation in bean pods. He picked 20 bean pods, all from the same species of bean plant. He counted the number of beans in each pod. These are the results that he wrote down, 7, 3, 8, 6, 3, 4, 7, 5, 5, 8, 6, 4, 6, 7, 5, 5,6,5,4,8 @ Calculate the mean (average) number of beans in a pod. Show how you worked out your answer. 2 b Copy this results table. Use Takafumi’s results to complete it. 21 © Copy these axes onto a large piece of graph paper. Then complete a frequency diagram to show Takafumi’s results, number of pods number of beans in a pod Add a suitable seale on each axis. e) Draw touching bars to show the results, el 4.2 The drawing shows a small animal that lives in water, magnified. exoskeleton antennae jointed legs [ Which three of these groups of organisms does this animal belong to? animals arthropods insects vertebrates crustaceans myriapods amphibians B] . © 4& Variation and classification4, End of unit questions (® 4.3 A scientist studies birds in New Zealand, The photographs show two kinds of parakeets that live there. Yellow-crowned parakeet, Red-crowned parakeet, Gyanoramphus auriceps. Gyanoramphus novaezelandiae. a Explain why scientists give Latin names to birds and other organisms. 2 ‘The scientist wanted to find out if these two kinds of parakeet belong to different species. She searched in suitable habitats for nesting pairs of parakeets. She never found a yellow-crowned parakeet that had paired up with a red-crowned parakeet. b Explain the meaning of each of these terms + species 2 + habitat. fy The scientist concluded that the yellow-crowned parakeet and red-crowned parakeet did belong to two different species. What evidence did she have for making this conclusion? 0 Suggest what the scientist should do to be even more certain that her conclusion is correct. Choose from: + looking at stuffed specimens of parakeets in a museum + checking more pairs of parakeets in the wild + looking at other species of parakects. (1 4 & Variation and classification ©