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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS | MethodistHigh Schoo

C!"#$idge Chec%&oi't SCIENCE (Bio og)* | +!ge 1 o, 9

CHAPTER 5 :Living things in their EnvironmentCHAPTER 6 :People and the Planet

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Q.1 The drawing shows a plant called Tillandsia.(a)(i) The leaves of this plant absorb light. Why do plants need light

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(ii) Tillandsia plants grow on the high branches of trees in rainforests. These plants cannot grow well on thelowest branches. #$plain why.!ns""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

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(b) Tillandsia plants do not have root hairs on their roots. What two s%bstances do most plants absorb thro%ghtheir root hairs!ns""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

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Q.& 'indweed is a plant that grows tightly aro%ndother plants. The drawing below shows bindweedgrowing aro%nd a rose b%sh.

(a) omplete the sentences below. hoose from thewords in the list.

air light s%pport water minerals*(i) 'indweed grows as high as possible on the rose

b%sh so that the bindweed can get as m%ch

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(ii) 'indweed grows aro%nd the rose b%sh beca%sethe rose b%sh provides """"""""""""""""""" and """""""""""""""""""""for the

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(b) ! gardener c%t thro%gh the stem of the bindweed at +. Two days later the bindweedabove + was dead. Why did the bindweeddie Tic, the correct bo$.

(c) The gardener adds fertiliser to the soil to helpher rose b%shes to grow well. What do plants get

from the fertiliser Tic, the correct bo$.

Q.- The drawings below show fo%r living things fo%nd in a wood.

aterpillars eat oa, leaves. /wls eat blac,birds. 'lac,birds eat caterpillars.(a)(i) omplete the food chain for these fo%r living things.


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oa, tree 0 """"""""""""""""""""" 0 """""""""""""""""""" 0 """"""""""""""""""" (ii) Why is an oa, tree called a prod%cer Tic, the correct bo$.

(b) /n one oa, tree there were two types of caterpillar. !ll the caterpillars were eatingthe leaves. The n%mber of gypsy mothcaterpillars increased. What happened to then%mber of orange2striped caterpillars#$plain yo%r answer.

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(c) There are no caterpillars on the oa, tree in winter. 3%ggest a reason for this.

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Q.4 The drawing below shows part of a farmland food web.

(a)(i) Which living thing in the food web is an insect """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" (ii) 5armers spray their plants with insecticide to ,ill insects. 3%ggest how insecticide on the

plants gets into the insects.!ns """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

(b) 5rom the food web above give the names of one predator and its prey.

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(c) Why are the plants in the food web called prod%cers Tic, the correct bo$.

(d) The drawing below shows how partridges sit close together and all face o%twards. 7ive one reason why sitting closetogether li,e this helps the partridges to s%rvive.

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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" (e) 6artridges lay their eggs in nests on the gro%nd.(i) The eggs are the same colo%r as the gro%nd. Why can this help partridges to s%rvive

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(ii) Why co%ld laying eggs on the gro%nd res%lt in fewer partridge chic,s

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Q.8 The drawing below shows a barn owl. 'arn owls h%nt for smallanimals s%ch as mice.

(a)(i) 9oo, at the drawing of the barn owl. 7ive two ways the barn owl iss%ited for catching small animals.

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(ii) raw a line from each animal below to the word that describes it. raw only two lines.

(b) The photograph below shows two yo%ng barn owls.They are covered with soft feathers. Why do the yo%ng barn owlsneed feathers

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(c) 'arn owls b%ild nests in farm b%ildings. ;ice eat wheat seeds.(i) ;any old farm b%ildings have been ,noc,ed down so that ho%ses can be b%ilt on the

farmland. 7ive one reason why this has ca%sed the n%mber of barn owls to decrease.!ns """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

(ii) 3%ggest one reason why farmers li,e to have barn owls on their farms.

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Q.< The drawings show part of a farmland food chain.

(a) ! pyramid of n%mbers represents the n%mber of organisms at each stage in a food chain. /neach line by the pyramid of n%mbers below write the name of the correct organism from thefood chain above.


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(b) 6artridges feed mainly on insects and wild plants (weeds). 3ome farmers spray their cropswith chemicals to ,ill insects and weeds. =ow wo%ld this affect the n%mber of fo$es #$plainyo%r answer.

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(c) 6artridges b%ild their nests on the gro%nd among plants. They lay %p to 1> eggs in the nest.3%ggest why partridges need to lay so many eggs.

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(d) 3ome farmers leave a strip of land aro%nd the edge of each field which they do not spray withchemicals. 3%ggest two reasons why this will lead to an increase in the n%mber of partridgeson these farms.

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Q.? 3ome p%pils visited a deer par,. ! poster showed different types of deer.

(a) #mily said @A saw a male deerB. 9oo, at the drawings in the poster. =ow wo%ld #mily ,nowthat the deer was male

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(b) Cimmy made some notes abo%t a yo%ng deer. 7ive one reasonwhy he cannot identify the type of yo%ng deer from his notes.

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(c) an drew one of the deer. =e said it was an ad%lt male red deer.7ive two pieces of evidence from his drawing which s%ggest thathe got the name wrong.

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(d) ;ichael saw a deer li,e this.What two pieces of evidence show it was not one of thedeer on the poster!ns """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

Q.> !n ecosphere is a model habitat that can last for many years.

The ecosphere below is a sealed glass ball containing sea water green algae bacteria a snailand shrimps.

(a) The ecosphere m%st receive plenty of light. #$plain why light is necessary for the s%rvival of the green algae and the animals in the ecosphere.

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(b) When organisms in the ecosphere die they are bro,en down by bacteria. N%trients s%ch asnitrates are released bac, into the ecosphere. Why is this necessary for the s%rvival of theother organisms in the ecosphere

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(c) The table shows how the mass of o$ygendissolved in water changes with temperat%re.This ecosphere was ,ept at a temperat%re

between 1?D and &-D .An this ecosphere respiration in the organismsis affected less if the temperat%re falls to 18Dth!' i, it rises to &?D . Ese information inthe table to e$plain this.

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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Q.F The table below shows the n%mber of boats

%sed for catching herring fish in the Norwegian 3ea between 1F


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Ese the information above to help yo% answer parts (a) (i) (ii) and (iii).(a)(i) Why did the mass of herring ca%ght increase between 1F


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(i) 6lot these three points on the graph.(ii) o these points fit the relationship yo%

described in part (b) (ii)Ies No

Ese the graph to give a reason for yo%r answer.!ns

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Q.11 #very a%t%mn the '' as,s people all over the EJ torecord when and where they see the first ripe con,ers. Theres%lts are shown on a website. on,ers only ripen in thea%t%mn.

(a) 3ome p%pils disc%ssed these res%lts and made some concl%sions. Tic, a bo$ in each row to saywhether the concl%sion is tr%e or false or whether yo% cannot tell based on the res%lts.

(b) The map shows where members of the p%blic saw ripe con,ers in the EJ.(i) 3%ggest one reason why it is a good idea to collect data by as,ing the p%blic to

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(ii) 3%ggest one reason why it is not a good idea to collect data by as,ing the p%blic to observewhen con,ers ripen.

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(c) The data was collected in one year. What data wo%ld the '' need to collect to find o%t if thetime of year in which con,ers ripen is changing

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(d) on,ers ripen earlier in the so%th of theco%ntry than in the north. 3%ggest whycon,ers ripen earlier in the so%th.

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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Q.1& This diagram shows a water lily plant.(a) Water lilies do not grow well in moving

water. 3%ggest a reason.

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(b) %ring the winter many water lily plantsdo not grow new leaves. 3%ggest one reason why the plants do not grow new leaves in thewinter.

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(c)(i) 7ive one way water lily plants are adapted to live in water.(ii) #$plain how this adaptation helps the water lily to grow in water.

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(d) An the s%mmer water lilies prod%ce large yellow flowers. Theflowers float on the s%rface of the pond. 3%ggest one way these

colo%rf%l floating flowers help the water lily to reprod%ce.

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(e) When water lilies cover the pond s%rface with leaves the pond does not get as hot d%ring theday. #$plain why the pond does not get as hot.

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Q1- The drawing below shows a mole. ;oles dig t%nnels thro%gh soil.(a) 7ive one way a mole is s%ited for digging thro%gh soil.!ns

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(b) ;oles are part of the food chain shown below.

(i) Which living thing in this food chain do moles eat

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(c) 3ome people %se mole2scarers to get rid of moles fromtheir gardens. Two different mole2scarers are shown

below. They both prod%ce so%nds that scare moles away.(i) Where does the energy come from for the solar2powered

mole2scarer

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(ii) 3%ggest one reason for %sing a solar2powered mole2scarer instead of a battery2powered one.

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(iii) 3ome gardeners %se poison to ,ill moles. 3%ggest one reason for %sing a mole2scarer rather than poison to get rid of moles.

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