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DIVERSITY

Animals

For questions 1 – 2, write down your answers in the spaces provided.

1. Look at the picture of the polar bear.

(a) Name the outer covering of the polar bear. [1m]

(b) Identify the two parts of the polar bear which help to keep it warm in the cold climate. [2m]

(c) How do the two parts of the polar bear indicated in (b) help keep it warm? [2m]

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2. Studythepicturesofthebutterflyandthehoneyeaterbird.

butterfly honeyeater bird

(a) In what way are the butterfly and the honeyeater bird similar in physical appearance? [1m]

(b) How do the two animals move about? [1m]

(c) How do the two animals feed? [3m]

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For questions 3 – 4, write down your answers in the spaces provided.

3. Study the pictures of the eight animals below.

hamster whale piranha seal

snake worm gorilla angelfish

(a) Complete the classification table below.Write the correct names of the eightanimals in the boxes to show the different ways that they move. [4m]

Move with their flippers

Move with their bodies

Move with their legs

Move with their fins

(b) Theeightanimalscanalsobeclassifiedaccordingtothewaytheyreproduce.Drawaclassificationdiagramtoshowhowtheanimalsreproduce. [2m]

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(c) Draw a line to match each animal to its correct type of outer covering. [1m]

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4. Study the pictures below.

in the Antarctic in a desert

ostrich reindeer

(a) Whatdoyouthinkwillhappenifanimalsareplacedinhabitatsthatarenottheirown? [1m]

(b) Whyaretheostrichandreindeernotsuitedtotherespectiveenvironmentstheyare in as shown above? [2m]

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DIVERSITY

Animals

1. (a) It is fur / hair. (b) Its thick fur and layer of fat help to keep it warm in the cold climate. (c) The fur helps to trap air while the layer of fat acts as an insulator to retain the bear’s body heat.2. (a) They both have wings. (b) Theyflyusingtheirwings. (c) Thebutterflyusesatubelikeastraw(calledaproboscis)throughwhichitdrinksthenectarinthe

flowers.Thehoneyeaterbirdhasalongbeaktoreachthenectarintheflowers.

3. (a) Move with their flippers

Move with their bodies

Move with their legs

Move with their fins

whaleseal

snakeworm

hamstergorilla

angelfishpiranha

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How do animals reproduce?

Lay eggspiranhasnakeworm

angelfish

Give birth to younghamsterwhaleseal

gorilla

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4. (a) If they do not learn to adapt, they will eventually die. (b) The ostrich has feathers. It does not have a thick coat of fur to protect itself from the cold. The

reindeer’s coat is too thick for the hot climate. Its coat traps the heat around its body, making it feel even hotter.

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