Cambridge Checkpoint Science 9: Living Things In Their Environment

A food chain is a diagram that shows:

• the realistic feeding relationships between all organisms in a community

• how a particular food type is produced

• the transfer of energy from one organism to another

• how all the fast food restaurants in a food court belong to one owner

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A food web is a diagram that shows:

• the realistic feeding relationships between all organisms in a community

• how a particular food type is produced

• the transfer of energy from one organism to another

• how all the fast food restaurants in a food court belong to one owner

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The place where a plant or animal lives is known as a:

• habitat

• community

• ecosystem

• niche

The plants and animals that co-exist together in a particular area, collectively are known as a:

• habitat

• community

• ecosystem

• niche

The plants and animals together with the particular area they exist in, collectively is known as:

• a habitat

• a community

• an ecosystem

• a niche

The particular place or role that an organism has in an ecosystem is known as :

• a habitat

• a community

• a niche

• the environment

Organisms that are adapted to live in water are known as:

• waterproof

• aquatic

• waterlogged

• amphibious

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The plant shown has adapted to it's environment using which two of the following possibilities?

• growing spines which deter thirsty animals from eating it

• growing thin, strong needles that prevent water loss

• having a swollen stem, which stores water

• having a tall, narrow shape with sloping branches so that precipitation falls off it.

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The plant shown has adapted to it's environment using which two of the following possibilities?

• growing spines which deter thirsty animals from eating it

• growing thin, strong needles that prevent water loss

• having swollen branches, which stores water

• having a tall, narrow shape with sloping branches so that precipitation falls off it.

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Plants which have developed deep/spreading roots, which can draw water from a wide area, are adapted to survive in:

• the desert

• the Arctic

• a rainforest

• an urban environment

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