6A Interdependence and variationWhat do you know?

1. What do plants make new materials out of?

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25% 25%25%25%1. Air and water2. Air only3. Water only4. Soil

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2. Plants can only make new materials when...

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25% 25%25%25%1. It is cold and dark2. It is cold and light3. It is warm and dark4. It is warm and light

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3. Gardeners often put fertilisers on their gardens because fertilisers...

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25% 25%25%25%1. Help the soil to stick together

2. Contain water3. Contain nutrients4. Contain seeds

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4. Here are some animals. The best way of telling all these animals apart is by looking at...

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25% 25%25%25%1. What their bodes are covered with

2. The number of legs they have3. The number of eyes they have4. The number of wings they have

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5. Jack went to look at some plants in a wood. He drew some of the plants that he found.

Which two plants are the same.

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25% 25%25%25%1. W and X2. W and Y3. W and Z4. X and Y

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6. Here is a key for different types of bird. Use the key to work out the name of this bird.

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25% 25%25%25%1. White stork2. Great white egret3. Kittiwake4. Elenora’s falcon

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7. Look at this food chain. What do greenfly eat?

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25% 25%25%25%1. Greenfly2. Ladybirds3. Rose bushes4. You cannot tell from

this food chain

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8. What is a consumer in science?

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25% 25%25%25%1. Someone who goes shopping

2. A plant that makes its own food

3. Something that is dead4. An animal that eats other

animals or plants

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9. Which of these is a way in which animals can help plants?

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25% 25%25%25%1. Animals can eat plants2. Animals can walk on plants3. Animals can disperse the

seeds of plants4. Plants can provide homes

for animals

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10. Cyclamens are plants that do not needs much light. Rose bushes needs lots of light. Hostas are plants that

grow well in half-shaded areas. Mike wants to put these plants under a tree. Which list shows the order of how

well they will grow from best to worst?

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1. Rose bush, hosta, cyclamen2. Cyclamen, hosta, rose bush3. Hosta, rose bush, cyclamen4. Hosta, cyclamen, rose bush

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11. What do plants not use their roots for?

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25% 25%25%25%1. Getting water2. Getting nutrients3. Holding them in the

ground4. Making food

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12. Which of these do earthworms not need from the soil?

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25% 25%25%25%1. Light2. Water3. Dead plant pieces for food4. Air

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13. Look at the food chain below. Which living is a predator of great diving beetles?

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1. A2. B3. C4. D

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14. A fish is suited to where it lives because it has gills which allow it...

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25% 25%25%25%1. To swim2. To breathe under water3. To catch sea birds4. To stay slippery

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15. A herbivore is...

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25% 25%25%25%1. A type of plant2. An animal that eats other

animals3. An animal that eats plants4. A type of rock

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