Year 5 Living Things and Their Habitats

Fill in the words to complete the sentences: Tick the correct answer:
An ……………… is a creature whose body is split into three This is the life cycle of:
sections called the head, the thorax and the abdomen.
a bird
It has an exoskeleton. There are around one million species
including ants, bees and butterflies. an insect
A …………….. is a vertebrate. It has a beak, feathers and
wings. Examples
although include owls,
they can’t allswans and sparrows.
fly. Examples includeNot all
owls, an amphibian
species can sparrows.
swans and fly.
a mammal
A ……………… is a warm-blooded creature that gives birth to
live babies. It has fur or hair. The largest in the world is the
1. An embryo grows
blue whale and the smallest is the bumblebee bat.
inside the mother,
An …………………. is a cold-blooded creature. It can breathe who it is completely
in and out of water. Frogs and toads are examples of these reliant upon.
creatures.

What is a life cycle? 3. The independent adult 2. Main period of

usually seeks company from growth and developing
the opposite sex and mates. independence from
the parents.
The adult female nurses
her young.

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 Year 5 Living Things and Their Habitats
Number these stages in the life cycle of an amphibian from 1-6 to show the correct order:

The tail disappears and it starts

It swims and eats plants. It The female lays a mass of eggs
to eat insects instead of plants.
It takes 2-4 years to become an breathes through gills. which are fertilised by the male.
adult and lay eggs.

The tadpole grows front legs

The tadpole grows fins and a and its tail shortens. It uses
After 2-25 days, the tadpole
stronger tail. Then it develops nutrients in its tail as food.
hatches from the egg.
lungs and hind legs. It jumps out of the water
on to land.

True or false? Explain and correct any facts that are false. Explain the 3 stages of the life cycle
of a bird.
true false 1. Metamorphosis means ‘to warm up’.
1.
2. Complete metamorphosis describes what
true false happens to insects, such as butterflies, flies and
beetles.
3. Butterflies have three life cycle stages: egg, 2.
true false
larva and adult.
4. Insects, such as grasshoppers, crickets and
true false cockroaches have three stages during their life 3.
cycle, known as incomplete metamorphosis.

true false 5. The three stages of incomplete metamorphosis

include egg, nymph and adult.

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 Year 5 Living Things and Their Habitats
Complete the table: Fill in the missing letters to
Mammal Amphibian Insect - Insect - Bird complete the facts:
Complete Incomplete
Metamorphosis Metamorphosis Mammals use s_ _ u _ _
Does this start r _ _ r _ d _ _ _ _ _ n to
No produce their offspring.
as an egg?

How many stages are

3 3
in the life cycle? The male sex cell, called the
Do the young look s _ _ _ _, f _ _ t _ l _ _ _ _
No No Yes the f _ m _ _ _ sex cells.
like the adult?

Complete the sentences: The fertilised cell divides and will form a _ _ _ _ with a
Asexual reproduction is where ……… parent is needed to create beating heart.
an ………………………, which is an exact ………….. of the parent. The baby grows inside the m _ _ _ _ _ until the end of the
Sexual reproduction requires ……… parents to make one g _ s t _ _ _ o _ period when the baby is born.
offspring. The offspring is similar but not ……………….. to Not all m _ _ _ _ _ _ give birth to young. Some lay e _ _ _
its parent. instead, such as the platypus.
Living things that use sexual reproduction have sex cells Marsupials, such as kangaroos, are also mammals but their young
called ……………………… . are born incompletely developed. They are then carried and fed in
Keywords: gametes, two, copy, one, identical, offspring a p _ _ _ _ on the female’s stomach until they are fully developed.

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 Year 5 Living Things and Their Habitats
Fill in the missing words: Label the parts of the flower below:
Most plants contain both the male sex cell and …………… sex
cell (ovules) but most plants can’t ……………….. themselves.
Insects and wind help to ……………… pollen to a different plant.
Keywords: transfer, female, fertilise
Number the stages of insect pollination. The first and last stages are in the
correct positions:
1. The flower petal’s bright colours and fragrant scent attracts insects. style carpel
stamen
The tiny piece of pollen joins onto an ovule in the ovary. The ovary
filament
plant has now been fertilised.

After the insect has finished feeding on the flower’s nectar, it

gets hungry and is attracted by another flower`s bright colours. sepal

Part of this pollen travels down the style and then into the ovary.

As the insect is gathering the nectar, it rubs against the anthers,

which rub pollen on the insect. Keywords: anther, stem, ovule, pollen, petal, stigma
The insect arrives on the flower to collect nectar. This nectar is Now finish the sentences:
a sweet liquid which makes perfect insect food.

As the insect feeds on the nectar in this new flower, the The petal’s job is to .
pollen stuck to the insect from the first flower rubs off on to the
female parts of the second flower (the stigma).
The stigma’s job is to .
The role of the anther is to .
8. The ovary of the flower turns into seeds, which will then be
dispersed so that new plants will be able to grow somewhere else. It is the ovary's job to .

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 Year 5 Living Things and Their Habitats
What is self-pollination? Fill in the gaps to explain how wind pollination works:

While some plants use insects to help them transport their …………….., some

plants rely on wind. These plants are usually less ………………….. as they do

not need to ………………. insects. The ……….. carries pollen from one plant

to another. Rice is an example of a wind-pollinating plant. This is a less

coordinated way of pollinating as it relies on …………… amounts of pollen

being blown in any direction, depending on the wind.

What is cross-pollination? Flowers pollinated by the wind have feathery stigmas to ………… pollen.

The pollen grains are very ………. so they blow around easily. The stigma

hangs …………… the flower so it can catch pollen grains and they have long,

dangling anthers that get blown around easily.

Keywords: huge, colourful, attract, outside, wind, pollen, catch, small

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 Year 5 Living Things and Their Habitats Answers
Fill in the words to complete the sentences: Tick the correct answer:
An insect is a creature whose body is split into three sections This is the life cycle of:
called the head, the thorax and the abdomen.
a bird
It has an exoskeleton. There are around one million species
including ants, bees and butterflies. an insect
A bird is a vertebrate. It has aa beak,
beak, feathers
feathers and
and wings,
wings.
although
Examples they can’towls,
include all fly.swans
Examples
and include owls,Not
sparrows. swans
all an amphibian
and sparrows.
species can fly.
a mammal
A mammal is a warm-blooded creature that gives birth to
live babies. It has fur or hair. The largest in the world is the
1. An embryo grows
blue whale and the smallest is the bumblebee bat.
inside the mother,
An amphibian is a cold-blooded creature. It can breathe who it is completely
in and out of water. Frogs and toads are examples of these reliant upon.
creatures.

What is a life cycle? 3. The independent adult 2. Main period of

usually seeks company from growth and developing
A life cycle is a journey of changes that take place the opposite sex and mates. independence from
the parents.
throughout the life of a living thing, including birth, The adult female nurses
her young.
growing up and reproduction.

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 Year 5 Living Things and Their Habitats Answers
Number the stages from 1-6 in the correct order:

The tail disappears and it starts

It swims and eats plants. It The female lays a mass of eggs
to eat insects instead of plants.
6 It takes 2-4 years to become an 3 breathes through gills. 1 which are fertilised by the male.
adult and lay eggs.

The tadpole grows front legs

The tadpole grows fins and a and its tail shortens. It uses
After 2-25 days, the tadpole
4 stronger tail. Then it develops 2 hatches from the egg. 5 nutrients in its tail as food.
lungs and hind legs. It jumps out of the water
on to land.

True or false? Explain and correct any facts that are false. Explain the 3 stages of the life cycle
of a bird.
1. Metamorphosis means ‘to warm up’. 1. It means ‘to change’.
true false
1. Eggs are laid by the mother. The mother
2. Complete metamorphosis describes what
and father care for the egg until it hatches.
true false happens to insects, such as butterflies, flies and
beetles.
2. Mother and father feed the young bird until
true false 3. Butterflies have three life cycle stages: egg, 3. There are four life it is old enough to fly and find its own food.
larva and adult.
cycle stages: egg,
4. Insects, such as grasshoppers, crickets and 3. The independent adult usually seeks
larva, pupa and adult.
true false cockroaches have three stages during their life company from the opposite sex and mates.
cycle, known as incomplete metamorphosis.

true false 5. The three stages of incomplete metamorphosis

include egg, nymph and adult.

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 Year 5 Living Things and Their Habitats Answers
Complete the table: Fill in the missing letters to
Mammal Amphibian Insect – Insect – Bird complete the facts:
Complete Incomplete
Metamorphosis Metamorphosis Mammals use sexual
reproduction to produce
Does this start
as an egg?
No Yes Yes Yes Yes their offspring.

How many stages are

in the life cycle?
3 6 4 3 3
The male sex cell, called the
Do the young look
sperm, fertilises the female
like the adult?
Yes No No Yes Yes sex cells.

Complete the sentences: The fertilised cell divides and will form a baby with a
Asexual reproduction is where one parent is needed to create beating heart.
an offspring, which is an exact copy of the parent.
The baby grows inside the mother until the end of the gestation
Sexual reproduction requires two parents to make one period when the baby is born.
offspring. The offspring is similar but not identical to
its parent. Not all mammals give birth to young. Some lay eggs instead, such
Living things that use sexual reproduction have sex cells as the platypus.
called gametes. Marsupials, such as kangaroos, are also mammals but their young
are born incompletely developed. They are then carried and fed in
a pouch on the female’s stomach until they are fully developed.

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 Year 5 Living Things and Their Habitats Answers
Fill in the missing words: Label the parts of the flower below:
Most plants contain both the male sex cell and female sex
cell (ovules) but most plants can’t fertilise themselves. petal
pollen
Insects and wind help to transfer pollen to a different plant.
Keywords: transfer, female, fertilise
Number the stages of insect pollination. The first and last stages are in the
anther stigma
correct positions:
1. The flower petal’s bright colours and fragrant scent attracts insects. style carpel
stamen

7 The tiny piece of pollen joins onto an ovule in the ovary. The ovary
filament
plant has now been fertilised.

After the insect has finished feeding on the flower’s nectar, it ovule
4
gets hungry and is attracted by another flower`s bright colours. sepal
6 Part of this pollen travels down the style and then into the ovary. stem

3 As the insect is gathering the nectar, it rubs against the anthers, Keywords: anther, stem, filament, ovule, pollen, petal,
which rub pollen on the insect. stigma, carpel, ovary

The insect arrives on the flower to collect nectar. This nectar is Now finish the sentences:
2
a sweet liquid which makes perfect insect food. The petal’s job is to attract the insects towards
the flower.
As the insect feeds on the nectar in this new flower, the
The stigma’s job is to collect the pollen from other
5 pollen stuck to the insect from the first flower rubs off on to the plants when insects brush by it.
female parts of the second flower (the stigma).
The role of the anther is to produce the pollen.
8. The ovary of the flower turns into seeds, which will then be It is the ovary’s job to hold the ovules and to keep them
dispersed so that new plants will be able to grow somewhere else. safe until the flower is pollinated.

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 Year 5 Living Things and Their Habitats Answers
What is self-pollination? Fill in the gaps to explain how wind pollination works:

While some plants use insects to help them transport their pollen, some
Self-pollination happens when pollen grains
are transferred from the anther to the stigma plants rely on wind. These plants are usually less colourful as they do not

on the same flower. These plants do not need a need to attract insects. The wind carries pollen from one plant to another.
pollinator, such as an insect, to reproduce. Only Rice is an example of a wind-pollinating plant. This is a less coordinated
a few plants self-pollinate. Examples include way of pollinating, as it relies on huge amounts of pollen being blown in
peanuts, orchids, peas and sunflowers.
any direction, depending on the wind.

What is cross-pollination? Flowers pollinated by the wind have feathery stigmas to catch pollen.

Cross-pollination is when pollen travels from The pollen grains are very small so they blow around easily. The stigma

one plant to another plant of the same species hangs outside the flower so it can catch pollen grains and they have long,
(e.g. from a rose to a rose or from a daffodil to dangling anthers that get blown around easily.
a daffodil).

Keywords: huge, colourful, attract, outside, wind, pollen, catch, small

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