Environmental Variation KS3 with practice questions

An engaging handout which introduces students to the key concepts of environmental variation, species, extinction, and biotic vs abiotic factors. It’s ideal for KS3 or early KS4 Biology lessons focusing on variation and the environment.

What’s Included:

• Concise definitions of key terms (species, extinction, variation, biotic and abiotic factors)
• Clear explanations and examples of continuous and discontinuous variation
• Visual aids (tables and graphs) to support data interpretation
• Practice exercises in the form of multiple-choice questions, open answer questions and recording data for plotting a graph.

Learning Objectives:

• By the end of this handout, students will be able to:
• Define and explain environmental variation and its causes
• Differentiate between continuous and discontinuous variation
• Identify examples of biotic and abiotic factors
• Interpret and construct simple data graphs

Format: PDF handout (printable)
Length: 6 pages
Suggested age: 11–14