Example of continuous variation
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Explanation:
Human height is an example of continuous variation. It ranges from that of the shortest person in the world to that of the tallest person. Any height is possible between these values. So it is continuous variation.
For any species a characteristic that changes gradually over a range of values shows continuous variation. Examples of such characteristics are:
height
weight
If you record the heights of a group of people and draw a graph of your results, it usually looks something like this:
Chart is roughly symmetrical, with fewer people in the smaller height categories (such as up to 129cm) and fewer people in the taller height categories such as over 175cm. The category with the greatest number of people is 150-154cm
A bar chart to represent variation in height
The more people you measure, and the smaller the categories you use, the closer the results will be to the curved line. This shape of graph is typical of a feature with continuous variation. Weight would give a graph similar in shape to this.
Answer:
Examples include height, mass, finger length etc.
Explanation:
where there can be many ‘inbetween’ groups