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Name Class Date

1 a Name the habitat of polar bears.

[1 mark]
b Why does a polar bear have thick fur? Tick one box.

A to help it look big

B to help it keep cool

C to help it keep warm

D to help it hide

[1 mark]

c Why does a polar bear have white fur? Tick one box.

A to help it look big

B to help frighten predators

C to help it attract other polar bears

D to give it camouflage

[1 mark]

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2 Look at the drawings of the fish and the doves.

a The doves are adapted to fly in air by having .

The fish are adapted to move through water by having .

[1 mark]

b Give the letters of two fish and the letters of two doves that are the same type.

Fish and are the same type of fish.

Doves and are the same type of dove.

[1 mark]

c Describe one way in which the fish in the picture differ.

[1 mark]

3 Look at the graph.

Complete the sentence to state the relationship
between the amount of fertiliser and the heights of
sunflower plants.

The more fertiliser added,

[1 mark]

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4 Look at this food web from a warm, shady pond.

a Write down one food chain from the food web.

   ,
[1 mark]

b From your food chain, write down the name of one predator and its prey.

predator

prey
[1 mark]

c Name two physical environmental factors affecting this pond.

[2 marks]

d Choose one of your physical environmental factors from part c and describe how the factor
changes during a day.

[1 mark]

e Choose one of your physical environmental factors from part c and describe how the factor
changes during a year.

[1 mark]

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5 Some birds fly across the world at different

times of year. In October, Brent geese fly
to the UK from northern Russia. The bar
chart shows the number of Brent geese
found in an area in October from 1990 to
2000.

a What word describes the movement of many animals from one part of the world to another?
Tick one box.

A hibernation

B changing

C tourism

D migration

[1 mark]

b Suggest why Brent geese leave Russia in October.

[1 mark]

c 200 Brent geese came to the area in 1993. Add this information to the bar chart.

[1 mark]

d During one year a new housing estate was built in the area. Which year was it? Tick one
box.

A 1990

B 1992

C 1996

D 1998

[1 mark]

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e The geese and the humans are in competition for something in this area.
What are the humans and geese competing for? Tick one box.

A light

B space

C sound

D heat

[1 mark]

6
On a sea shore, seagulls hunt for crabs and starfish. Limpets and periwinkles can only eat
seaweed when the limpets, periwinkles and seaweed are covered with water. Starfish eat
limpets. Crabs eat periwinkles.

a In the space below, draw the food web described above.

[2 marks]

b Complete this table using organisms from your food web.

Type of organism Example of one organism of this type

consumer
herbivore
producer
top predator

[2 marks]

c Limpets and periwinkles have shells. Describe how the shells are adaptations for life on the
sea shore.

[1 mark]

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7 State which of the following variations are inherited and which variations are caused by
environmental factors. Write your answers under the correct headings in the table below.

sunburn eye colour natural hair colour speaking French a scar

Variation caused by inherited factors Variation caused by environmental factors

[2 marks]

8 What is the type of variation shown in the bar chart? Tick one box.

A continuous

B discontinuous

C identical

D incomplete

[1 mark]

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9 Look at this food web.

Explain what might happen to the other organisms if all the thrushes caught a disease and
died.

[2 marks]

10 Arctic foxes eat lemmings. The graph shows the populations of Arctic foxes and lemmings.

a Suggest a possible reason for the change in the population of lemmings during 1982.

[1 mark]

b Suggest a possible reason for the change in the population of Arctic foxes during 1983.

[1 mark]

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