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Name: _____________________ Tutor Group: ___________

For questions 1 to 6 choose the correct word from the brackets to

make each sentence correct

1. We (inherit / change /adapt) our skin colour from our parents.

2. Everybody's (hair colour/ finger prints/ height) will be different

from everybody else's.

3. Humans are part of a larger group called

(mammals / insects / apes / invertebrates)

4. Over millions of years the shape of an animal can change. This is

called (revolution / evolution / devolution / extinction ).

5. The dinosaurs that lived on the Earth sixty million years ago are

extinct. They died because of changes in their (evolution /

inheritance / environment)
6. The diagram below shows a key used to identify animals without
backbones called (vertebrates / invertebrates).

Pond Animal s

With Le gs Wit hout Legs

More Than
3 Pairs of Leg s With Shell Without Shell
3 Pairs of Legs

3 Forks No Forks 4 Pairs More than Suckers No sucke rs

on tail on tail of Legs 4 Pairs on Body on Body
of Legs

Mayfly Water Water Water Pond Leech Worm

Nymph Boatman Mite Louse Snail

C
E

A F
D

Use the key above to identify the different creatures shown.

7. E is a _________________

8. B is a _________________

9. D is a _________________
Answer true or false to questions 10 to 12. Circle the correct answer

10. Reptiles have a slimy skin. (TRUE/FALSE)

11. Cutting the hair on a dog regularly and breeding from this dog will
produce dogs with shorter hair. (TRUE/FALSE)

12. Identical twins will always be identical, regardless of how much

they eat. (TRUE/FALSE)

For questions 13 to 16, use the words in the box to name the sets of
animals described in the table.

What they look like Name of set

13 Animals with scales and fins Fish
Reptiles
14 Warm blooded animals with Mammals
hair Birds
15 Animals with soft skin, with Amphibians
no hairs or scales
16 Animals with scales but no
fins

For questions 17-20, complete the table to match up the descriptions

with the Life Processes using words in the box.
Description Life Process
17 The removal of waste Respiration
products from the body Movement
18 The production of a new Nutrition
generation of individuals Sensitivity
19 All living things need to Excretion
take in or produce food Reproduction
20 Responding to changes
in the environment
Give two reasons why a cod is classified as a fish.
21. _________________________________________________________
22. _________________________________________________________

Give two reasons why a bat is not classified as a bird although it can fly.

23. _________________________________________________________
24. _________________________________________________________

For questions 25 to 27, choose an answer from the box below.

You may use an answer more than once.
hair length hair colour birth marks Height freckles
25. Give one example of continuous variation in humans. __________
26 Give one example of discontinuous variation in humans. ________
27 Give one example of a characteristic that is not inherited from
your parents. ________________________

A pair of identical twins was split up at birth and grew up in different

countries. They are now 21 years old.
28. Give one characteristic of the twins that would be exactly the
same. __________________________________________________

29. Give one characteristic that might be completely different

between them. _________________________________________

30.It was found that when they reached the age of 21 they were
slightly different in height. Suggest a reason for this.
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________.

Well done!
Now go back and check your work to make sure you haven’t made any silly mistakes.