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ZIMSEC O-Level Biology

8.18.1Variation

Variation in ZIMSEC O-Level Biology: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview

Form 4.

Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 8.18.1.1Identify variable characteristics of plants and animals (such as leaf size, pod size, height, coat colour, mass, tongue rolling and sex), and record and graph their distributions to distinguish continuous from discontinuous variation.

Lessons

  • Continuous and discontinuous variation

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Variation: sample question

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Which feature shows continuous variation?

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