Q1. There are some tadpoles in the school pond.

(a) How do tadpoles take in oxygen?

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(b) Where do tadpoles take the oxygen from?

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(c) How else are tadpoles suited to life underwater?

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(d) How do frogs take in oxygen?

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Q2. (a) Here are pictures of two fully grown foxes from different parts of the world.

A B

Fox A is adapted to a cold part of the world.

It has a thick layer of fur.

Write ONE other way some mammals are adapted to cold climates.

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(b) A female fox gave birth to a litter of cubs in three successive years.

Each litter had six live cubs born into it.

The graph shows how many fox cubs survived to become adults from each litter.

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 Write ONE possible reason for the change in the number of fox cubs that survived
from the third litter compared with the second litter.

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(c) The number of adult foxes in the area changed over three years.

Year 1994 1995 1993

Number of adult foxes 11 16 14

Write ONE possible reason for the change in numbers of adult foxes from 1994 to
1995.

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Q3. (a) Robert and Lucy carried out a survey of three sites in a wood.

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 At each site they looked at the number of different species of plant, the average
height of the nettles and the intensity of the light.

They recorded their measurements in a table.

Add three more environmental factors to the list below which could account for the
numbers of different species of plant at each site.

(i) light intensity

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(b) Some differences in the height of nettles may not be caused by

What non-environmental factor could explain why the average heights of the
nettles at sites A and C were different?

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(c) Lucy suggests that there are lots of nettles at site A because there is plenty of
light for photosynthesis.

Write a word equation for the chemical process of photosynthesis.

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Q4. Some children were learning about food webs.

They made this web about British animals.

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 (a) Use the food web to help you answer the following questions.

The tawny owl is a predator in more than one food chain.

Write down each food chain in which the tawny owl is a predator.

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(b) In autumn, swallows migrate (fly to warmer countries).

Kestrels do not migrate.

Use the food web to compare the prey of each of these two birds.

Suggest why swallows migrate, but kestrels do not.

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(c) Hobbies migrate in autumn.

If fewer hobbies returned to Britain in spring, some animals in the food web might
increase in number during the year.

On the web, draw a circle around all the animals which might increase in number if
fewer hobbies returned.
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Q5. (a) In the summer, Katherine and James see these animals in their garden in
England.

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 They sort the animals by their characteristics.

From the animals that Katherine and James can see in the garden:

(i) Give ONE animal that would be in groups A, C and F.

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(ii) Give ONE animal that would be in groups B and F.

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(iii) Give TWO animals that would be in groups A and D.

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(b) During an English winter, animals must survive cold weather.

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 Suggest TWO things that a bird could do to help it survive the cold winter.

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