10   Year 9 Science Learning Workbook

7. Organism Animal? Plant? Reason

Cabbage A cabbage is a producer – it feeds by photosynthesis. All plants
are producers.
Mouse A mouse is a consumer – it feeds by eating plant or animal
food. All animals are consumers. Also, like other animals, a
mouse has a nervous system, muscles, etc.
Worm Consumer – feeds by obtaining food from dirt/soil/organic
matter. Also has nervous system, muscles, etc.
Fly Consumer – feeds by eating organic matter (meat, etc). Also has
nervous system, muscles, etc.
Moss Feeds by photosynthesis.
Venus flytrap They are plants that get their energy from the Sun by
photosynthesis. They rely on flies only for a few minerals!
Sea anemone They are carnivores that eat smaller animals. Also have a
nervous system, muscles, etc. They only look like plants.
Homo sapiens Consumer – feeds by eating organic matter. Also has nervous
system, muscles, etc.

8. Their food.
9. The Sun; solar/light energy.
10. Nutrition/feeding.
11. a. Consumers – because producers need light for photosynthesis.
b. Plants (weeds).

New Zealand animals puzzle (page 43)

Across Down
1. Bats 1. Blackbacked (gull)
2. Monarch 5. Weta
3. Moa 6. Snapper
4. Kiwi 8. Tui
7. Gannet
9. Pukeko

New Zealand plants puzzle (page 43)

Across Down
3. Flax 1. Manuka / kanuka
4. Pohutukawa 2. Totara
6. Kauri 4. Ponga
7. Ti 5. Kowhai

Is there life on Mars? (page 44)

1. a. Yes.
b. No – it’s possible that the glucose could have been broken down by chemicals in the soil.