Stage 8 - Worksheets - Chapter 3

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3.1b Habitats
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1. Draw lines to connect each word to its meaning.
Word Meaning
ecosystem A non-living part of an environment
environment All the organisms and the physical factors in an area
habitat Anything that is needed or used by an organism
physical factor The other organisms and physical factors around a

certain organism
resource The place where an organism lives
2. Suggest the name of a habitat for each of these organisms.
a. Whale:
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b. Camel:
c. Polar bear:
d. Elephant:
e. Crocodile:
3. Read the following text and then answer the questions about it.
Jerboas live in deserts. They have to cope with very hot days and cold nights. To cope
with the dry areas in which they live, they do not need to drink water. They get all their
water from the desert plants and insects that they eat. Jerboas are hunted by foxes,
snakes and owls.
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a. In the text, circle the jerboa’s habitat.
b. In the text, underline the descriptions of the jerboa’s environment.
4. For each habitat, tick two boxes to show its physical factors.
a. Arctic:
 cold  snowy  hot at night  always dark
b. Seashore:
 dry  wet  salty  always cold
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3.1c(1) Investigating your local habitats
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Safety
Tell your teacher if you are allergic to any plants in your local area. Cover any cuts or
abrasions with waterproof dressings before you investigate your habitat.
You are going to find out about a habitat and the organisms that live there.
1. Write a list of the apparatus that you are going to use.
2. What things will you do to make sure that you and others stay safe?
3. Make a prediction about what organisms you will find in your habitat.
4. Describe how you will study your habitat.
5. Use a separate sheet of paper to record your results and make a conclusion.
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3.1c(2) Habitats and their organisms
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Scientists investigated the number of different types of ant found on the ground in a habitat.
They took samples from ten different points around the habitat. The table shows the results.
Number of ants in each of ten samples

Type of ant
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
cornfield ant 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0
formica ant 5 6 11 1 10 15 5 1 6 0
myrmicine ant 2 4 4 0 1 2 2 2 2 1
winnow ant 10 11 2 23 12 8 8 10 9 7
1. a. How many cornfield ants were in sample number 9?

b. How many winnow ants were in sample number 5?
c. What was the total number of ants (of all types) in sample
number 2?
2. Suggest what equipment the scientists used to take their samples.

3. a. Complete the table below to show the total number of each type of ant.
Type of ant Total number of each type of ant found in the habitat
cornfield ant
formica ant
myrmicine ant
winnow ant
b. Which was the most common ant?
c. Which was the least common ant?

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4. Draw a suitable graph or chart to show the data in question 3. Use the graph paper
below.

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Worksheet
3.2b(1) Making food chains
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Cut out the cards and use the information in the box to make four food chains.
Foxes are predators of mice and rabbits. Rabbits eat grass seeds. Mice also eat grass
seeds. Dead leaves are eaten by worms. Owls hunt shrews and mice. Worms are prey of
shrews.
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Worksheet
3.2b(2) More food chains
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1. Draw lines to connect each word to its meaning.
Word Meaning
carnivore organism that makes its own food
primary consumer animal that eats other animals
omnivore the first consumer in a food chain
top predator the last predator in a food chain
producer animal that eats both plants and animals
2. Look at this food chain.

mangrove (trees and shrubs)  crab  oyster catcher bird
a. Which organism is the producer?
b. Which organism is the secondary consumer?
c. Which organism is the herbivore?
d. Which organism is the carnivore?
e. From where does all the energy in this food chain
originally come?
3. Each sentence (a–d) describes organisms in one food chain. Write out each food chain.
a. Owls eat mice. Mice eat maize plants.
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b. Zebras are primary consumers in African savanna habitats. They eat grass. Zebras
are prey for lions.
c. Phytoplankton are producers in the Southern Ocean. Orca whales hunt humpback
whales, which are herbivores.
d. Eagles are top predators in some grassland habitats. They are predators of pythons.
The grass is eaten by grasshoppers. The pythons eat frogs, which eat the
grasshoppers.
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3.3b Humans and habitats
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Date: ......................................................................................................
1. The line graph shows how the world’s population has changed in the last 2000 years.
The vertical axis shows the number of people in millions. So, 4000 on the scale means
4000 million people. This is 4 000 000 000 people.
a. State the variables that have been plotted on this graph.
b. Describe the pattern in human population over the last 20 years on the graph. Cambridge Lower Secondary Biology
c. How many people were living on Earth in the year 2000?
d. In the year 1CE (Common Era) there were about 200 000 000 people on Earth. By the
year 1000 the population had doubled. Add these two points to the graph, and use
lines to link them to the line already drawn.
2. a. What is meant by ‘bioaccumulation’?
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b. What is meant by ‘ecosystem’?
c. Look at the following food chain:

crops  insects  worm  songbird  hawk
DDT is a toxic pesticide which is used to kill the insects that destroy crops.
DDT is not easily broken down and can build up in the environment.
Describe how DDT bioaccumulates in the above food chain and the impact this will
have on the number of hawks in the ecosystem.
3. Look at this food chain.

mangrove  crab  oyster catcher bird
a. Explain what would happen if all the crabs died.

b. Explain what would happen if there was an increase in the population of oyster
catchers.
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1. Draw lines to connect each word to its meaning.

ecosystem A non-living part of an environment

environment All the organisms and the physical factors in an area

habitat Anything that is needed or used by an organism

physical factor The other organisms and physical factors around a

resource The place where an organism lives

2. Suggest the name of a habitat for each of these organisms.

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4. Describe how you will study your habitat.

Number of ants in each of ten samples

1. a. How many cornfield ants were in sample number 9?

2. Suggest what equipment the scientists used to take their samples.

c. Which was the least common ant?

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1. Draw lines to connect each word to its meaning.

carnivore organism that makes its own food

primary consumer animal that eats other animals

omnivore the first consumer in a food chain

top predator the last predator in a food chain

producer animal that eats both plants and animals

2. Look at this food chain.

a. State the variables that have been plotted on this graph.

c. How many people were living on Earth in the year 2000?

c. Look at the following food chain:

3. Look at this food chain.

a. Explain what would happen if all the crabs died.

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