7c Environment Test 2004

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For questions 1-10 chose the correct word from the brackets to make each sentence correct. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

A (food chain / habitat / producer) describes where an organism lives Birds are able to (migrate / hibernate) in the winter An example of an animal that hibernates over winter is a (hedgehog / sparrow) Animals and plants are (adapted / connected) to suit their habitat A complex way of describing all the feeding relationships in a habitat is called a (food plan / food map / food web) Organisms that eat other organisms are called (producers / consumers / herbivores) A herbivore was left in a dish for 2 days with a leaf and a centipede. After 2 days the (leaf / centipede) had been eaten by the herbivore. Carnivores eat (plants / animals / plants and animals) Woodlice prefer (dark and dry / dark and damp / light and dry / light and damp) conditions We can use choice (dishes / chambers / beakers) in order to test what conditions woodlice prefer A curlew is a bird. Link the facts about the curlew with the way that it helps the curlew to survive (Choose an answer from the box for each of the questions 11-14)

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Its eggs are spotted Its beak is long and pointed Its legs are long Its feet are wide

A: This helps the curlew to walk in shallow water B: This stops the seagulls finding them C: This stops the curlew sinking into the mud D: This helps the curlew to get animals out of the mud

Use the information in the box below to answer questions 15-18. In a garden there are lots of frogs and slugs. The slugs feed on lettuces and the frogs are eaten by crows. 15.

What do the frogs in this garden eat? 16 & 17. Write a food chain to describe the feeding relationship in this garden. 18. Name one predator and its prey from this food chain 19 & 20. Describe two ways that a polar bear is adapted to live in the arctic.

Use the following diagrams of birds’ feet to answer questions 21 and 22

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21. Which one is adapted for swimming on water? 22. Which one is adapted for for catching other birds? Look at this drawing of a snowy owl. It lives in the Arctic. It makes its nest on the ground. Unlike many owls, it hunts smaller animals during the day 23 & 24. Name two adaptations it has for hunting.

Use the food web shown to answer questions 28-30. 25. Give the name of one consumer from this food web 26. Give the name of one predator from this food web 27. Give the name of the producer in this food web 28. Which two organisms are in competition for their prey? 29. Where does all the energy in the food web come from originally? 30. What do you think would happen to the number of ladybirds if all the thrushes caught a disease and died? Explain your answer.

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