CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: END-OF-UNIT 4 TEST
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End-of-unit 4 test
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Cambridge Assessment International Education.
20 marks
Questions 1a–f are based on the food web below.
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a Name two producers in the food web.
grass, jack fruit
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b Name two herbivores in the food web.
locust, snail
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c Name two carnivores in the food web.
frog, leopard
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d Name two omnivores in the food web.
peacock, loris
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e Draw one food chain in the food web that has exactly three links.
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f Draw one food chain in the food web that has exactly four links.
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CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: END-OF-UNIT 4 TEST
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Which of these statements about energy transfers in food chains and food webs
are true and which are false? Tick the correct box for each statement.
Statement
True
False
a Producers get their energy from the Sun.
b Living things transfer some of their energy to the
surroundings as heat.
c As energy moves through a food chain, each link in the
food chain gets the same amount of energy.
d When a carnivore eats the herbivore, it only gets the
energy that is stored in the herbivore’s body.
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This is a food chain on a farm where the farmer sprays pesticides on his crops.
cabbage → bug → lizard → bird
a Explain what a pesticide is.
pesticides is a chemical which farmers spray on their crops to kill the bugs
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b Which link in the food chain will be affected first by the pesticide?
bug
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c How does the pesticide move through the food chain?
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d If the pesticide does not break down naturally, after some time which link in the food
will have the most pesticide in its body?
cabbage
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e Which word describes the build-up of a harmful substance in the body of a living thing?
pesticdes
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