7D End of Unit Test

Name Class Date

1 Look at these drawings of animals.

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a Circle the drawings of invertebrates. [1 mark]
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b Complete the sentences to give two matching differences between a chicken and a fish.

i Chickens have wings, fish have _______________________________________ [1 mark]

ii Chickens have feathers, fish have _______________________________________ [1 mark]

c Describe one difference between the two fish shown in the drawings.

______________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

2 Look at this graph. What relationship does the graph show?

The heights of sunflowers grown

with different amounts of fertiliser
Height of sunflower (cm)

Amount of fertiliser added (g)

_____________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________ [2 marks]

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3 Sandra took cuttings from an African violet plant and planted them in pots containing compost.
She had so many cuttings that she ran out of compost, and had to use soil from different parts
of her garden. Sandra then put the pots on different windowsills around the house, and left the
cuttings to grow. She expected all the plants to be identical but some were taller and some had
more leaves than others.

Give four environmental factors that might have affected the growth of her plants.

i ___________________________________________________________________________

ii ___________________________________________________________________________

iii ___________________________________________________________________________

iv ___________________________________________________________________________
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D 4 The drawing shows an animal called a tick.

What group of invertebrates does it belong to?

________________________

[1 mark]

5 In the following lists of words, circle all the words that:

a describe the larger groups that insects belong to.

animal vertebrate plant invertebrate mollusc arachnid arthropod

b are features of all insects.

backbone jointed legs two body sections six legs exoskeleton warm blooded

[3 marks]
6 When scientists examine organisms in nature they must not disturb their habitats.
a Which of these are rules that scientists use? Tick two.
Never take any organism out of its natural habitat.
Replace any organism taken from its natural habitat back where it was found.
Never touch or handle any organism.
Handle organisms carefully, so that they are not harmed in any way.
Don’t use the flash on your camera to take photos.
[2 marks]

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b Suggest another rule to help safeguard organisms and/or their habitats.

___________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

c Suggest a rule that would keep a scientist safe.

___________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

7 Here is a list of human variations.

being sunburnt natural eye colour weight natural hair colour speaking French your accent
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Fill in the table to show which variations are caused by inherited factors, which are caused by
environmental factors, and which are caused by both.

Caused only by Caused only by Caused by both inherited

inherited factors environmental factors and environmental factors

8 Read the following extracts from field guides. Which of the five groups of vertebrates is being
described in each extract? Give a reason for your answer.
a
The male adults are about 1.7m tall and have a collar of longer red hair around
their necks. Mating is between September and October and usually takes

Group of vertebrates _____________________________________________________

Give a reason for your answer. _____________________________________________ [1 mark]

b
Its sandy coloured, dry scaly skin provides it with camouflage against the
desert scenery. This allows it to lie in wait for small animals to pass and then
suddenly pounce. Once caught, it’s prey has little chance of escape due to its

Group of vertebrates _____________________________________________________

Give a reason for your answer. _____________________________________________ [1 mark]

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c
It is well adapted to life in the trees and has four legs, each of which ends in a foot
with toes ending in pads that act like suckers on the trees. However, the animal’s
jelly coated eggs must be laid in water.

Group of vertebrates ______________________________________________________

Give a reason for your answer. _____________________________________________ [1 mark]

9 Look at these drawings of tracks left by

animals. Design a way of classifying them,
by completing the branching diagram coyote grey wolf wolverine red fox
below. There are two large groups, each
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cow red deer sheep goat
not to scale

animal tracks

tracks with only two parts

tracks with each part of

equal size

[4 marks]

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10 Look at this graph. What sort of variation does this graph show?

ger lengths in Class 8A Blood groups in Class 7A

Numbers of students in 7A

middle fingers (cm) A AB B O 7

Blood groups D

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