Natural Science Learning Lab Worksheets 5º General Term 2 – Answer key

Learning Lab NATURAL SCIENCE worksheets 5 General

Answer Key
Unit 3 Ecosystems
REINFORCEMENT
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1. a. True
b. False
c. True
d. True
e. False
2.
biotic-abiotic interaction biotic-biotic interaction
A plant absorbs sunlight. A bird builds a nest in a tree.
A rabbit digs a burrow in the soil. An owl catches a mouse.
A fox drinks from a river. A horse eats grass.

3. a. All the populations in an ecosystem. – community

b. A group of animals of the same kind, for example, elephants. – species
c. All the organisms of the same species in an ecosystem. – population
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4. Model answer (M.A.)
a. primary consumer: rabbit, cow
b. producer: grass, wheat
c. decomposer: mould, fungi
d. secondary consumer: mouse, crow
5. a. 2 — primary consumer
b. 4 — tertiary consumer
c. 3 — secondary consumer
d. 1 —producer
6. Ss draw an arrow from: grass to rabbit, rabbit to fox, clover to mouse, clover to
grasshopper, mouse to owl, mouse to fox
Ss circle: fox, lizard and owl
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Unit 4 Relationships in ecosystems

REINFORCEMENT
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1. terrestrial ecosystems: desert, tundra, grassland
aquatic ecosystems: river, ocean, lake
2.
rainforests deserts
iguanas and monkeys few grasses and shrubs
abundant rain hardly any rain
hot and humid snakes and camels
wide variety of plants hot and dry

3. A. symbiotic relationship
B. competitive relationship
C. symbiotic relationship
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4. a. A relationship that benefits both organisms.
b. A relationship where two or more organisms need the same resources.
c. A relationship that benefits one organism and harms the other.
d. A relationship that benefits one organism while the other is unaffected.
e. A relationship where one animal hunts and eats another animal.
5. A. predation
B. mutualism
C. parasitism
a. the bear
b. the fish
6. a. air, soil and water pollution
b. habitat destruction
c. endangered ocean species
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Unit 3 Ecosystems
EXTENSION
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1. M.A.
a. They are carnivores.
b. They are considered to be predators because they prey on other animals.
c. They catch their prey by rapidly extending their sticky tongues to grab their prey.
d. Humans can be considered to be predators because we hunt and kill other
animals to eat them.
2. Open answer (O.A.)
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1. a. hot and humid
b. Amazon, South America
c. 40%
d. provide shelter
e. illegal logging
2. O.A.
Unit 4 Relationships in ecosystems
EXTENSION
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1. a. Ocean garbage patches are huge accumulations of waste in our oceans.
b. Microplastics are tiny fragments of plastic that come from larger pieces. They
are a problem because they are hard to clean and often eaten by marine animals.
c. It is three times the size of France.
d. System 001 is a floating barrier which collects plastic using ocean currents.
2. M.A.
a. There are approximately six ocean garbage patches.
b. Scientists believe that most of the plastic in the oceans comes from plastic from
the land that is washed into the oceans by rivers.
c. Sunlight and seawater break plastic down into microplastics.
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1. a. Arctic
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b. low
c. permafrost
d. longer
e. rise
2. O.A.
Unit 3 Ecosystems
ASSESSMENT A
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1. M.A.
a. soil, rocks, water
b. plants, animals, algae
2. M.A.
a. It is an example of a terrestrial ecosystem.
b. mouse
c. coal tits, wild boars
d. Ss circle the whole picture. There are nine species in the community.
3. a. Decomposers
b. Producers
c. Consumers
d. Scavengers
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4. a. organisms
b. food chains
c. Food webs
d. ecosystem
5. M.A.
Ss draw a food web with the following aspects: leaves > snail > lizard > eagle; wheat
> mouse > eagle; leaves > snail > mouse > eagle
6.
producers primary secondary tertiary consumers
consumers consumers
leaves snails lizards eagle
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wheat mice eagles

mice

Unit 3 Ecosystems
ASSESSMENT B
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1.
abiotic components biotic components

air mushroom
soil oak tree
sunlight owl
water snake

2. M.A.
a. Ss circle in red: a sparrowhawk, a coal tit and an oak tree.
b. Ss circle in blue: mice and jays.
c. Ss circle in green: the whole picture.
3. a. producers
b. consumers
c. plants
d. Scavengers
e. break down
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4. From left to right: grass, rabbit, snake, fox
5. producer – grass, primary consumer – rabbit, secondary consumer – snake, tertiary
consumer – fox
6. Ss tick c. and d.
Unit 4 Relationships in ecosystems
ASSESSMENT A
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1. a. tundra
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b. ocean
c. deciduous forest
d. lake
e. grassland
f. river
2. a. False; Most of the trees in Mediterranean forests are evergreen.
b. False; Rainforests have a hot, humid climate.
c. True.
d. False; Grasslands are home to grazing animals, such as buffaloes.
e. True.
f. False; Rainforests are the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth.
3. M.A.
a. arctic foxes, polar bears
b. trees, iguanas
c. snakes, scorpions
d. algae, otters
e. ducks, small fish
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4. a. C
b. S
c. S
d. C
5. M.A.
a. flowers and bees
b. fleas and cats
c. foxes and rabbits
6. a. pollution
b. overfishing
c. deforestation
7. M.A.
An endangered species is a species that is in danger of becoming extinct. The
gorilla, the sea turtle and the Sumatran elephant are all endangered species. An
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extinct species is a species that has already become extinct, that is, cannot be
found anywhere on Earth. The dodo, the woolly mammoth and the sabre-tooth
tiger are all examples of extinct species.
Unit 4 Relationships in ecosystems
ASSESSMENT B
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1. deciduous forest – T, desert – T, grassland – T, lake – A, Mediterranean forest – T,
rainforest – T, ocean – A, pond – A, river – A, tundra – T
Ss circle lake, pond and river.
2. a. evergreen
b. coldest
c. ponds
d. rainforests
3. A. rainforests
B. deserts
C. rivers
4. a. competitive relationships
b. symbiotic relationships
c. symbiotic relationships
d. competitive relationships
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5. a. is the relationship that – benefits one organism but harms the other.
b. occurs when – two or more organisms need the same resources.
c. is the relationship that – benefits one organism while the other is unaffected.
d. is the relationship that – benefits both organisms.
e. occurs when – one animal hunts and eats another animal.
6. a. commensalism
b. parasitism
c. mutualism
d. predation
e. competition
7. A. pollution
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B. deforestation
C. overexploitation
from top to bottom: C, A, B
Term assessment
TERM 2
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1. a. abiotic components
b. flora, fauna
c. community
d. producers
e. consumers
f. scavengers
g. decomposers
2. M.A.
a. wheat, clover
b. grasshopper, rabbit
c. mouse, lizard
d. fox, kestrel
3. M.A.
a. wheat, rabbit, secondary
b. clover, grasshopper, lizard, tertiary
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4. A. rainforest
B. lake
C. desert
D. grassland
E. river
F. tundra
5. a. rainforest
b. desert
c. river
d. tundra
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e. grassland
f. lake
6. M.A.
a. Competition is different because it is an example of a competitive relationship.
The others are symbiotic relationships.
b. Symbiotic relationship is different because the others are involved in predation.
c. Biosphere is different because the others are examples of how human activity
damages ecosystems.