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One of these is movement. The mother fox is moving towards the cubs.
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2. (a) Modern wheat plants were developed from wild wheat by selective breeding.
A The two selected wheat plants were bred with each other.
B The selection and breeding process was continued for many generations.
The offspring with the largest and most grains were selected.
C
These plants were bred with each other again.
The two wild wheat plants with the largest and most grains were originally
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selected.
Write the letters of the sentences in order so that they describe the process of selective breeding.
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They have evolved from leaf-eating animals that did not have long necks.
B Animals with a longer neck were able to reach leaves higher up in trees.
Write the letters of these sentences in order so that they describe the process of natural selection.
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3. Joe uses the enzyme amylase to brake down starch into sugar.
(a) His graph shows how pH affects the rate of the breakdown of starch.
50
40
rate of the 30
breakdown of
starch in
arbitrary units 20
10
0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14
pH
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(b) State one variable that Joe has to keep constant in order to get the results shown in the graph.
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(c) What is an enzyme?
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(c) The rib cage moves when you breathe in and out.
breathing in
breathing out
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5. The diagrams show a healthy plant and a wilting plant.
The table shows the volume of water entering and leaving four different plants in one day.
A 15 15
B 21 14
C 5 16
D 24 22
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(b) Alwin plans an investigation to find out if plants lose more water as the temperature increases.
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(ii) Suggest one variable that Alwin should keep the same in his investigation.
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6. The diagram shows a flower.
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(c) How can you tell that this flower is pollinated by an insect?
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(b) The diagram below shows part of the food web in an oak wood.
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(ii) Write down a complete food chain from the web with exactly four organisms in it.
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(iii) From what source does the oak tree obtain its energy?
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8. (a) The drawing shows six different animals.
1 2 3
Not to
scale
5 6
4
Features
True worms
(i) Group each animal by writing its number in the box next to its group name.
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(ii) Fill in the rest of the table by putting a tick or a cross in each of the empty boxes.
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Underline the three words in the list that are used to classify this living thing.
(a) What name is given to an animal which hunts and kills its food?
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Write down two ways in which the brown bear is adapted to catching its food.
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10. (a) Draw lines to match the system in the human body to its main organ.
nervous heart
circulatory lungs
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11. The diagram shows a flowering plant.
Complete the table to show the name and function of parts A, B and C.
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C
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(b) Name the process by which living things obtain energy from food.
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13. The diagram shows a simple food chain.
(a) The cabbage plants are described as the producer in the food chain. What does this mean?
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(b) How many trophic levels are there in the food chain above?
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(c) What does the arrow between the cabbages and caterpillars represent?
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(d) When the organisms in the food chain die, they will decay / decompose.
Name two types of organisms which bring about decay.
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(b) A farmer sprays his plants with insecticide to kill the aphids. How will this affect the population of
blue tits? Explain your answer.
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