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Quick Quiz Answer Sheet

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The Quick Quiz is to see how much you already know about a subject. It also gives you some idea
of the things you will soon be learning about. Record your answers in the answers column. Shade
in or tick the ones you get right.

Topic Answers I can already…

9Aa 1 State what variation is.
2 Identify examples of environmental variation.
3 Explain how environmental variation is caused.
4 Classify different types of variation.
9Ab 1 Identify examples of inherited variation.
2 Explain how inherited variation is caused.
3 Describe how information is stored in cells.
4 Interpret graphs showing continuous variation.
9Ac 1 Describe the structure of chromosomes.
2 State the number of chromosomes found in different human cells.
3 Describe the structure of genes.
4 Recognise the names of some different scientists in the discovery of
the structure of genes.
9Ad 1 Explain how changes in an ecosystem cause endangerment
and extinction.
2 Suggest methods of conservation.
3 Explain why organisms have certain adaptations.
4 Explain what gene banks are.
9Ae 1 Describe why there are variations in adaptations.
2 Describe what happens to variations in a population over time.
3 State what evolution is.
4 Recall who explained evolution in terms of natural selection.

Quick Quiz: At the start:

/20 0–5 = I didn’t know much; 6–10 = I knew something;
11–15 = I knew a fair bit; 16–20 = I already knew a lot

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