CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY SCIENCE 9 UNIT 1: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

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Worksheet 1.1
Completing sentences about the
carbon cycle
Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.

1 Plants use carbon dioxide when they photosynthesis / photosynthesis / photosynthesising.

2 Cells that can photosynthesise contain / containing / contains chloroplasts.

3 Carbon dioxide moves into a leaf by diffuse / diffuses / diffusion.

4 Photosynthesis is the only process that remove / removes / removing carbon dioxide
from the atmosphere.

5 Decomposers release carbon dioxide into the air when they respiring / respire / respiration.

6 The collision / collide / collides of an asteroid with Earth caused a mass extinction.

7 Combustion of fossil fuels release / releases / releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

8 The increase in the mean global temperature is causing sea level to rise / rising / rises.

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Worksheet 1.2
Making predictions
Each of these sentences is a prediction of what will happen if something else happens.
Complete each sentence. There is more than one possible way of completing each one,
so do not worry if your sentences are not the same as someone else’s.
1 If a plant does not have enough sunlight, it will

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2 If a plant respires faster than it photosynthesises,

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3 If a plant is growing in soil that does not have enough magnesium,

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4 If we burn fossil fuels,

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5 If the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases,

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6 If a lot of Earth’s glaciers melt,

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