THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL, DUBAI

Reinforcement Worksheet
1.This diagram shows the life cycle of a red admiral butterfly.

pupa
c a t e r p illa r
o n n e ttle le a f

b u tte r fly
r e d a d m ir a l
eggs
b u tte r fly
John wants to get rid of all the nettles in the school wildlife area.
This will affect the red admiral butterfly.

a.Give TWO different reasons why nettle plants are important in the life cycle of
the red admiral butterfly.

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2.Peter finds lots of fungi under a tree.

Write true or false next to each sentence about fungi below.

One has been done for you.

true
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Fungi are living things.

Fungi can grow. ..............................

Fungi can reproduce. ..............................

3.Abdi sorts four more of the pond animals into groups.

Write A, B, C and D to show which group each animal belongs to in the diagram below.

Some different animals have already been sorted.

4. Ducks can be sorted into different groups. (Tick the right option)

A. to help rescue ducks from polluted rivers

B. to help identify different ducks.

 C. to work out what a baby duck will look like when it grows.

D. because there are a lot of plants ducks like to eat.

5.The children use the key below to identify some other birds they see.

A.Use the key to name TWO birds that have black feathers on their bodies.

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A. Use the key to answer the question below.

What colour are the wings and beak of a heron?
The wings are -----------------------
The beak is ---------------------------
Q.6 Use the information below to put the animals in groups.

Write the name of each animal in the correct box .

Two have been done for you.

Some boxes have more than one animal.

7. In the summer, Katherine and James see these animals in their garden in England.
 They sort the animals by their characteristics.

From the animals that Katherine and James can see in the garden:

(i) Give ONE animal that would be in groups A, C and F.

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(ii) Give ONE animal that would be in groups B and F.

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(iii) Give TWO animals that would be in groups A and D.

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