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Question 1
The characteristics of living things are
Nutrition, respiration, excretion, growth, reproduction, movement, response.
The photo below shows a dog with her puppies.
List three characteristics of living things that you can identify in the picture.
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Question 2
The microscope has a lens. What does the lens do?
The lens has 10x written beside it. What does this mean?
The diagrams below show human cheek cells and onion cells as seen with a microscope.
A
B
Which picture A or B shows the onion cells?
A
B
Give two reasons for your choice
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2.
What was put on the onion cells slide to help see the cells under the microscope?
What was put on the cheek cells slide to help see the cells under the microscope?
Fill in the spaces in the table below to make a comparison between animal cells
and plant cells.
PART OF CELL
Cytoplasm
Nucleus
Cell membrane
Cell wall
Vacuole
DO ANIMAL CELLS HAVE IT?
DO PLANT CELLS HAVE IT?
yes
yes
Question 3
a) Living things all have many characteristics in common. Match a characteristic to each of
the statements in the table below. One answer is filled in for you.
Nutrition, respiration, excretion, growth, reproduction, movement, response
The ability to react to the surrounding
environment
The increase in size of offspring until it
becomes an adult
The ability to change position
Movement
The release of waste products produced
in the cells
The production of offspring
The release of energy from food
The use of energy from sunlight by
plants to make food
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b) Living things all have many characteristics in common.
Nutrition, respiration, excretion, growth, reproduction, movement, response
Pick one of the characteristics from this list each time to answer the questions below
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Which of the processes involves the release of energy from food?
2. When plants turn towards the light, which process is the cause?
3. Which process is involved when a bird eats a worm?
4. Which process is easier to see in animals than in plants?
5. Which takes place between birth and puberty in humans?
6.
Which ensures that living organisms do not become extinct?
7. Tadpoles changing to frogs is an example of 8. A cat giving birth to kittens is the last stage of 9. An athlete sweating after a race is an example of 10. Athletes eat lots of carbohydrates before a marathon.
During the race they get energy from this food. This is an example of 11. Blinking when a bright light is switched on is an example of 12. Squirrels collect and store nuts before winter to help with their c) All life processes are interconnected. Think of a connection between each of the
following pairs, and write down your example. The answer to a. is given.
a. Movement and nutrition: A fox can run to catch a rabbit to eat for his dinner
b. Response and nutrition
c. Reproduction and growth
d. Respiration and excretion
e. Nutrition and growth
Question 4
Animals are either vertebrate or invertebrate.
Humans are vertebrates.
What is meant by the word vertebrate?
What is meant by the word invertebrate?
Would these words vertebrate or invertebrate be used when talking about plants?
YES
NO
Give a reason for your answer:
The picture shows some living things. Each has a number.
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Fill in the table. Guess the name. Is it a plant or animal? Is it vertebrate or invertebrate?
Picture
Name
Plant or animal?
Vertebrate or Invertebrate?
Shrimp
Animal
Invertebrate
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