Adaptation, food chains and pyramids Inheritance, keys and variation

1. Have a look at the adaptations of a bear, camel and cactus. Write down 2 important ones for each. 8. What is a gene and a chromosome?

9. What is selective breeding , how does it work and why is it useful?

10. Have a look at the dog cards. Which 2 would you selectively breed to develop a small dog
that is good around children.
2. Think of your favourite animal. Can you think of some adaptations for it?
11. Look at the animal toys. Can you put them into groups?
3. What do the arrows in a food chain represent?
12. What is variation?
4. Why can pyramids of numbers look weird?
13. Look at the person you are working with. What similarities and differences do you have?
5. Look at the food web and write 2 food chains from it
14. Why could it be a disadvantage to tomato plants if they all had the same genes?
6. What could happen if all the perch ran out?

7. Where can the poisons in a food chain come from?

Plant growth and nutrition

15. How is a root hair specially adapted to do its job?

16. Draw 3 leaves. One with nitrate, phosphate and potassium deficiency

17. Look at the leaves. How are they specially adapted to do their job

18. What is the equation for photosynthesis?

19. Where and how do oxygen and carbon dioxide get into the leaf

20.What are the perfect conditions for a plant?

21.
Breathing and respiration
27. Why are the lungs perfect for absorbing gases?
28. Breathe onto a cold mirror. What have you produced? What else do you breathe out and how could you test
this?

29. What is a diaphragm?

30.What happens to the diaphragm and ribs when you breathe in?

31. Respiration is NOT breathing. So what is it?

32. What is energy used for?

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33. What factors could affect how efficient your lungs are?

Human organ systems Digestion and absorption

41. For each body system write down its main job and organs involved:- 42. What is an enzyme?
Digestive
Respiratory 43. Where are they made?
Excretory
Circulatory 44. Write down how carbohydrase, protease and lipase work?
Reproductive
Nervous 45. Why are the intestines so good at absorbing food molecules?
Endocrine
Skeletal
Muscle

Solids, liquids, gases Separating mixtures

8. Using all the information explain how you could separate out the following mixtures.
1. Write down one really important property of a solid , liquid and gas. Use the words solute, solvent, solution, evaporate, condense to help you:-
 2. Look at the mustard, talc and blue tac. Are they S,L or G and why?
THE INK IN FELT TIP PENS

3. Draw the arrangement of a solid, liquid and a gas ROCKSALT

4. Draw a graph to show an ice cube melting. Plot temp against time and label. INK AND WATER

5. Look at the salty solution. Where has the salt gone? Explain but dont use the word dissolve.
IRON AND SULPHUR
6. What happens when something expands? Name 2 useful examples

7. Why could expanding be dangerous too?

Acids and alkalis

Metals and non metals
9. Read the facts about acids and alkalis. Choose 2 important ones for an acid and an alkali.
ACID- 12. Write down some important properties of each
- Metals Non metals

ALKALI-
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10. Draw the pH scale. Colour it in and give examples of household objects that are different pHs.

13. Draw a rough sketch of diamond and graphite. Why are they unusual? Test out some
of the materials with the electric circuit. Do they conduct electricity?

11. Use the universal indicator to try out some different household objects. Record a few results.

Atoms, elements and chemical change Naming compounds

14. What is an element?
19. Use the plasticine to make a model of an element that is a solid. Now make a
 compound that is a liquid and make a gas that is a compound.
15. Look at the periodic table and write down 5 elements you have heard of and 5 you have never heard of.

16. Draw an atom and label it 20. When 2 elements combine together what is the ending? Give an example

21. When 3 or elements combine and one of them is oxygen, what is the ending?Give an
17. Read the basic facts about a chemical reaction. Choose 1 that you think is really important. example.

18. What do the words oxidation, reduction and decomposition mean?

22. What happens when 2 identical elements combine?
 Series circuits and electric current in circuits

1. Draw the main circuit symbols

2. Why is the bulb dimmer in a series circuit when there are 2 bulbs?

3. What is current and resistance?

4. Have a look at the electrical equipment in front of you. Can you make a series and parallel circuit?

5. Why could the current be different?

Forces, rotation and moments Air resistance and speed
11.What is a force
12. What can forces make objects do? 17. Explain in terms of air resistance what is happening to the sheep in the parachute

13. Why are levers great?

18. Why can friction be good and bad?

14. Apart from the 6 examples given can you think of any more examples of levers?
19. How do you calculate speed? Calculate the speed of the car on the ramp

15. Using different weight on each side can you make the seesaw balance?
20. Make up your own speed question and get your partner to calculate it. If you want
to make it harder get them to work out distance or time and rearrange equation.
16. Look at how to calculate a moment. Now work out if 1-6 are balanced
1 2
 3 4
5 6
Sound and hearing Light, reflection and refraction
28. Light always travels in straight lines but what is shadow?
21. How can we hear?
29. When a pistol is fired why can you see the smoke first and hear the bang
afterwards?
22. What can cause poor hearing?

30. Draw a person, a book and a lamp and show ( using a ruler and pencil) how light
23. What unit is sound measured in? travels in straight lines and enables us to see. Remember to draw arrows on the
lines too!

24. How do we know that sound cant travel through a vacuum?

31. Draw a ray being reflected. Label the rays and the angles. What is the rule?
25. Draw a wave and label the amplitude and frequency. What do these 2 words mean?

32. If we put our finger in water it looks bent because of refraction? What is this? You
26. What is an oscilloscope? can use a diagram to help you explain this.

27. Stretch the cup and rope phone and have a secret conversation. Why can you hear each others whispers
better than if you did them without the phone

Solar system ENERGY

33. On the laptop type in Solar and lunar eclipse animation on youtube and explain them in your own words. 38. Name all 8 types of energy with an example.

34. What is an elliptical orbit?

35. What are the biggest, smallest nearest and farthest planets? 39. What energy transfer takes place in a torch and you?

36. How are seasons caused? You can use a diagram to help you. 40. Look at the toy. What energy transfer is taking place as it moves

41. Energy can be transferred in 3 main ways. Explain conduction, convection and
37. What factors effect gravity? radiation