Cambridge Natural Science 5

3 THE BIOSPHERE
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1 Label the pictures with words from the box.

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decomposer primary consumer producer secondary consumer sun

a c e

b d
sun

2 Read and match the words to their definitions.

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a) parasite An animal which is eaten by a predator.
An organism which relies on another
b) predator living thing called a host.
An animal that eats dead plants and
c) prey
animals that other living things kill.

d) scavenger An organism which breaks down other

organisms to get its energy.
e) decomposer An animal that captures, kills and eats
an animal of another species.

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3 Read and look at the words in bold. Write cooperation or competition.

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a) Male deer fight to mate with a female
deer. competition
b) Bees living in a hive have different
roles so that every insect has enough
food.
c) Fish swim in a group, called a school, for protection.
d) The anteater and the red-eyed tree frog both eat leafcutter ants in the
tropical rainforest.
e) Bees carry pollen from one flower to another, helping with
pollination.
f) Trees in the rainforest grow faster and taller to get more sunlight.

4 Read and write true or false.

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a) Several food chains that are connected make a food web.
b) The biosphere is the sum of all the ecosystems on Earth.
c) Biodiversity is the contamination of water or air, making it
too dirty to drink or live in.
d) Extinction is the variety of life.

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5 Read and number the food chain in order.

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a b c d e f
krill bacteria phytoplankton seal orca sun
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6 Read the text and the sentences. Write words from the text.
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The forest
There is a lot of rain here and many trees grow very tall. Birds, like woodpeckers,
eat fruit and nuts from the trees and build their nests in them. Woodpeckers are
prey for grey owls, who are the top predators in the forest. Mushrooms grow at the
bottom of the trees, and break down dead organisms. When trees are cut down,
many organisms’ homes are affected.

a) They are producers.

b) Birds build them in trees.
c) They are prey for grey owls.
d) They are predators.
e) They are decomposers.

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