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Name Class 1 Differences between organisms are known as

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There can be variation between different types of organisms

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Correlation means a link between two similarities.

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reproduce with one another to

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Being different

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Name Class

1 Match up the sentence to the correct word to complete the sentence.

We each get a mixture of features

from our

The word we use to describe how

we get our features is …

2 Look at the list of Gertrude and her parents, Simon and Uzma. Tick which parent you

think Gertrude inherited each feature from.

Simon Uzma

Gertrude

Simon

Uzma

hair colour

nose shape

inherit

parents

It’s your inheritance 7Db

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1 Complete the sentences using the words below.

An organism’s surroundings are called its e __ v __ r __ n m __ n __ .

In all environments there are things that can change __ r __ __ __ __ __ m s.

These things are called environmental f __ c __ o __ s.

organisms environment factors

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The environmental factor is the amount of … (2 across)

The environmental variation is the sunflower’s … (1 down)

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Cress seedlings that grow in the dark are

yellow.

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A gardener put extra fertiliser on her

sunflower and now it is 2m tall!

The environmental factor is the amount of … (2 down)

The environmental variation is the … (1 across)

7Dd A question of environment


Name ____________________________ Class _______________

1 What is classification? Match up.

making classrooms

classification means….

sorting things into groups

2 The first set of groups that living things are placed into are called kingdoms.

Use sheet 2 to complete the table.

Animal Kingdom Plant Kingdom

7Dc Describing differences

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Colour the different plants and animals.

Cut out and sort them using sheet 1.

7Dc Describing differences (continued)


Name ___________________________ Class _______________

1 What do scientists call grouping things together?

classrooms classification mixing

2 Answer the clues:

4 a Animals with a backbone are called __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

b Label the backbone.

c Give two examples of vertebrates

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ii ___________________________________________________

7Dd Classified information 1

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3 The two largest groups of living

things are called …

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1 L __ __ __ __ __ __ __ first put

organisms into two groups called

kingdoms.

2 These living things can make their

own food.

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Name _________________________ Class _______________

1 Decide which group each of these animals belongs to and write its name in the correct

column of the table. Use the keys on page 53 to help you.

The first one has been done for you.

Amphibians Birds Fish Mammals Reptiles

Dolphin

Dolphin

Parrot

Human

Lizard

Toad

Angel fish

Owl

Tortoise

2 True False

All the animals shown above are in the animal kingdom

All the animals shown above are vertebrates

All the animals shown above are invertebrates



Name ____________________________ Class _______________

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a) What ‘V’ have backbones? __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

b) What ‘K’ are organisms classified into __ i __ __ __ __ m __

c) What ‘P’ make their own food? __ __ __ __ t __

d) What ‘C’ means sorting into groups?

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5 A vertebrate that has scaly skin.

7 Sorting things into groups.

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1 This group of vertebrates has

feathers and lay hard shelled

eggs.

2 An animal that has smooth, moist

skin. They also lay jelly-coated

eggs in water

3 This group of animals produce

milk and have hair.

4 This group of animals has fins.

6 Animals with backbones are

called…

2 Use the letters in the circles once to start each of these

words, then fill in the rest using pages 52 and 53 to help

you.

V K P C


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5 A vertebrate that has scaly skin.

7 Sorting things into groups.

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1 This group of vertebrates has feathers

and lay hard shelled eggs.

2 An animal that has smooth, moist skin.

They also lay jelly-coated eggs in water

3 This group of animals produce milk and

have hair.

4 This group of animals has fins.

6 Animals with backbones are called…


Name ___________________________ Class _______________

1 Animals that do not have a backbone are called

vertebrates

invertebrates

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7De No backbone 1!

Echinoderms

Arthropods

Molluscs

Roundworms

Flatworms

Sponges

Cnidarians

Annelids

Have flat worm-like bodies.

Have bodies made of loosely

jointed cells.

Have thin sack-like bodies with

tentacles.

Have long thin round worm-like

bodies with no segments.

Have round worm –like bodies

with segments.

Have jointed legs, a hard

covering and their bodies are

divided into sections.

Have bodies divided into five

parts.

Crawl on a single fleshy pad.


Cut out, match and stick the pictures to the description.

Echinoderms

Crawl on a single fleshy pad.

Arthropods

Have bodies divided into five

parts.

Molluscs

Have jointed legs, a hard

covering and their bodies are

divided into sections.

Roundworms

Have round worm-like bodies

with no segments

Annelids

Have long thin round worm-like

bodies with no segments

Cnidarians

Have flat worm-like bodies.

Sponges

Have thin sack-like bodies with

tentacles.

Flatworms

Have bodies made of loosely

jointed cells.

7De No backbone 2!


Name __________________________ Class _______________

1 Sort the animals into the correct groups.

Snail

Crab

Starfish

Brittle star

Butterfly

Fly

Weevil

Slug

Scorpion

Arthropods have jointed

legs

Echinoderms have five

body parts and spiny

covering

Molluscs have a

single fleshy foot

2 Put a circle around the odd one out in each group.

7De No backbone 3!

snail reindeer pig

oak tree sponge

bear horse pig

hamster frog

sea urchin fly

spider ant lobster dolphin salmon

seagull lobster

crocodile

tapeworm slug wasp

eagle starfish


Name ______________________________Class _______________

There are four different types of arthropods.

Complete the sentences using words from the box. You may need some words more than once.

A crab is a c __ __ __ __ __ c __ __ n. Crustaceans have

between __ __ __ r and __ __ v __ __ pairs of legs. The

first pairs of legs are p __ __ __ __ r __. Their bodies are

covered in a h __ __ __, c h __ __ __ __ shell.

A spider is an a __ __ __ __ __ __ __. Arachnids have

__ __ __ r pairs of legs. They have no __ __ __ g s. Their

bodies have __ w __ sections.

A wasp is an i __ __ __ __ __. Insects have three pairs of

__ __ g __. Many have w __ __ __ __.

Centipedes and m __ __ l __ __ __ __ __ __ have thin bodies

with many p __ __ __ __ of legs.

7De The arthropods 1

arachnid chalky crustacean five four hard insect legs

millipedes pairs pincers seven two wings

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Name _____________________________ Class _______________

crustaceans arachnids insects centipedes and

millipedes

• hard body

• pincers

• 4 pairs of legs

• no wings

• 3 pairs of legs

• 3 body parts

• wings

• many legs

• long bodies

1 Look at the picture of the lobster and complete the sentences.

2 Look at the picture of the butterfly and complete the sentences.

3 Look at the picture of the spider and complete the sentences.

7De The arthropods 2

Arthropods

I think that the lobster belongs to the group of

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __.

This is because

I think that the butterfly belongs to the group of

__ __ __ __ __ __ __.

This is because

I think that the spider belongs to the group of

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __.

This is because

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