- How are cactus plants
adapted to live in dry habitats? (lesson 10a)
- Name 4 ways to collect
small animals. (4a)
- What should you do with
small animals after they have been collected and observed? (10a)
- In which season do trees
grow new leaves? (10b)
- Explain how hedgehogs and
squirrels survive the winter. (10b)
- How do birds such as
swallows and martins survive the winter? (10b)
- What is a) a herbivore,
b) a carnivore, c) a producer? (10c)
- Complete this food chain:
Grass --> grasshopper --> ? (10c)
- What do we call several
food chains linked together? (10c)
- Name 3 types of microbe.
(10d)
- In experiments looking at
microbes, how and why is broth sterilised? (10d)
- Why do freezers stop food
from going bad? (10d)
- Microbes that rot away
dead things are called -----------. (10e)
- What conditions do the
microbes in a compost heap like best? (10e)
- What do we call rubbish
that rots away naturally? (10e)
ANSWERS
- Their leaves are sharp
spines. They store water inside their thick stems.
- Pooters, sweep nets, tree
beating and pitfall traps.
- Return them unharmed to
where they were found.
- Spring.
- They eat a lot before
winter and build up a layer of fat. They then find a quiet spot and sleep
through the winter (hibernate).
- They fly to warmer
climates (migrate).
- a) An animal that eats
plant, b) an animal that eats other animals, c) A green plant that gets its
energy from the Sun.
- --> field mouse -->
owl.
- A food web.
- Bacteria, fungi, and
viruses.
- It is heated to high
temperature in a pressure cooker. This kills any microbes there at the
start.
- Microbes do not grow at
low temperatures.
- Decomposers.
- Damp, warm with oxygen
available.
- Biodegradable.
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