CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY-SCIENCE-GRADE 4-DIFFERENT HABITATS-2
1. A flounder is a flatfish that lives on the bottom of the sea.
a. Name one feature that you can see in the drawing which makes the fish suited to living on the sea-bed.
Explain how this feature is useful.
flat body shape.
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Feature
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Explanation
to hide / camuflage on the sea-bed from the predator
b. These fish can be caught by fishermen with a rod and line or by dragging large nets across the sea-bed.
Which of these methods is most likely to conserve this variety of fish?
Explain your answer.
 Method a rod and line
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Explanation
2. Look at Picture
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by a rod and line, the fisherman can catch only some fish.
a. Describe the habitat
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b. Identify the animal
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c. Describe one way that this animal is suited to its habitat.
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d. Describe the habitat
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e. Identify the animal
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f.
Describe one way that this animal is suited to its habitat.
3. Look at these pictures of the feet of different birds.
a. Which bird do you think grips branches of trees?
b. Which bird do you think walks?
c. Which bird do you think swims?
d. an example of a type of bird that swims.
e. Which bird do you think eats smaller birds and small animals?
f.
Give an example of a type of bird that eats smaller birds and animals
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4. Read the text about giraffes, then answer the questions below.
a. Describe the habitat the giraffe lives in
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b. How can the giraffe reach the leaves at the tops of the trees?
c. Describe two ways in which the giraffe can eat leaves on thorny trees.
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5. The bar chart shows the number of snail found in different habitats.
Use the chart to answer these questions.
a. Which habitat had the fewest snails in it?
sunny
b. How many snails were found in a dry, shady habitat?
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c. Which is the best habitat for snails?
damp / shady
6. Look at the picture of a woodland habitat and answer the questions
a. Identify two animals that eat only plants. Write the two
animals below. rabbit
and ant
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b. Identify two animals that eat other animals. Write the two
animals below. fox
and eagle
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c. Choose one animal and describe the ways in which it is
adapted to its habitat and to finding food.
eagle has curved and sharp beak to eat meat.
d. Which of the animals in the picture are invertebrates? Write
the name of animal below. ant
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7. Class 4 look at periwinkles (small sea snails) on a tidal seashore. The water level rises and falls.
They find different sorts of periwinkles in certain places on the seashore.
This picture shows what they find.
a. Which periwinkle is most suited to being
out of water? Circle one answer.
rough periwinkle
common periwinkle
smooth periwinkle
b. Which periwinkle is least suited to being
dry? Circle one answer.
rough periwinkle
common periwinkle
smooth periwinkle
c. Class 4 collect some periwinkles. They think about where to put them back. They want to give the
periwinkles the best chance of surviving. To which part of the seashore should they put them back?
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8. Humans can change the environment.
a. Tick (√) one good thing humans do to help the environment.
cut down trees
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drive cars
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recycle waste
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use more energy
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drop litter
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9. Animals are adapted to the environments in which they live.
Match each animal to the correct adaption.
Ocean
Very cold places where snow is on the
ground most of the year.
Grassland
Huge bodies of salt
water.
Forest
Very hot and dry with
little vegetation.
Desert
Most of the plants here
are grasses.
Arctic
Lots of trees and plants,
and plenty of water.
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10. Jim investigates a river habitat.
In the river he finds clear water and a number of plants and animals.
After two months Jim goes back to the same river. The river is now polluted.
This makes more algae grow.
a. Tick (√) the table to show if there are more or less living things in the polluted river.
One has been done for you.
b. What can be done to change the polluted river back to how it was? Circle one answer.
kill all the fish
control the pollution
put more algae in the river
11. The baby penguin is suited to the environment in which it found.
Complete the sentences.
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The baby penguin keeps warm by
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The baby penguin breaks out of its egg shell using
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12. Blessy and Chen investigate where woodlice live.
They look in two places to see how many woodlice they can find.
a. Chen says
‘We must look for woodlice under the leaves for 3 minutes.
We must look for woodlice under the log for 3 minutes.’
Why do they use the same amount of time?
b. Blessy collects woodlice from under the log for 3 minutes.
Blessy measures the masses of the woodlice she collects. She uses a balance.
Complete the sentences to show one other thing she can measure of the
woodlice.
Blessy also measures the
She uses a
c. Chen finds 2 woodlice under the leaves.
Blessy finds 7 woodlice under the log.
Circle two correct sentences about the results.
Woodlice only live under the log.
Woodlice like the dark places under the log.
More woodlice are found under the log.
More woodlice are found under the leaves.
Woodlice like the bright places under the leaves.
13. Here is a forest habitat.
a. Humans can have a positive effect on this habitat.
Circle the best way that humans can have a positive effect.
removing the fruits from the forest
littering the forest
making paths through the forest
protecting the species in the forest
b. Human action can have other positive effects on the forest.
Draw a line to connect the action to its positive effect.
14. Look at the picture of a polar bear.
The polar bear is suited to its environment.
It has sharp claws.
Write down two other ways it is suited to its environment.
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15. Snails are suited to the place they live.
Explain how each of these features help the snail to stay alive.
Shell =
protect from its predator
find food
Slime = help walk
Antennae =
16. Penguins live in the Antarctic. It is very cold and icy in the Antarctic.
Penguins are suited to live in the Antarctic.
They have a short tail to help them stand on the ice.
Describe two other ways they are suited to live in the Antarctic.
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it has thick fur
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it has long and curved claws
17. Animals are suited to their environment. Here is a picture of giraffes.
The baby giraffe is born with the same shape as the mother giraffe.
Explain how the shape of the baby giraffe helps it survive.
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it has long neck
it has long legs
18. A cactus plant lives in the desert.
The cactus plant has features which make it suited to live in the desert.
They do not have leaves so they lose less water.
List two other features the cactus plant has.
Explain how each feature makes the cactus plant suited to live in the desert.
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large / big stem to store food
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long root to search / collect water.
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