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Consolidation Worksheet 1
How Do Organisms Get Their Energy?
Look at the following statements and tick in the columns below if they are
true or false.
Statements True False

1 We get energy from the air we breathe.

2 Plants get energy indirectly from the Sun.

Chlorophyll helps plants to trap light energy to
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photosynthesise.
4 Plants can photosynthesise in the absence of water.

5 Plants get energy from the sugar they make.

6 Plants are food producers.

7 Not all animals are food consumers.

8 Some food consumers feed on plants only.

9 Monkeys are an example of omnivores.

Carnivores are organisms that feed on both plants
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and meat.

Fill in the blanks below with the correct words.

Plants store excess s as starch.

In potato plants, starch is stored in the s .
In carrot plants, starch is stored in the r .
In banana trees, starch is stored in the f .
In cabbage plants, starch is stored in the l .
In rice plants, starch is stored in the s .

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Consolidation Worksheet 2
How Is Energy Transferred Between
Organisms?
For each food chain, arrange the organisms shown in the correct order.

Chicken Rice grains Eagle Snake

Millipede Centipede Rotting wood Mole

Frog Dragonfly nymph Tadpole Algae

Seal Algae Fish Polar bear

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Consolidation Worksheet 3
What Happens When Living Things Die?
Group these organisms according to whether they are decomposers or
scavengers in the flowchart below.

Bacteria Bread mould Earthworm

Hyena Mushroom Vulture

Organisms

Decomposers Scavengers

Fill in the blanks below with the correct words.

Decomposers break down dead plants and animals into s

s which are returned to the soil as n for plants.

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Consolidation Worksheet 4
What Are Food Webs?
The diagram below shows a food web. Using the clues given about Organisms A, B,
C, D and E in the box below, fill in the food web with the correct organisms.

Clues:

1. Organism A is a carnivore.
2. Organism B is a food producer.
3. Organism C is a herbivore. It has only one predator.
4. Organism D is a herbivore. It has two predators.
5. Organism E is an omnivore. It is both a prey and a predator.

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Fun and Feeding Time!

Games
It’s feeding time at the zoo, but Mr Goony the zookeeper has given the wrong
foods to some of the zoo animals!

Help Mr Goony by circling the foods that are wrong.

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Exam Practice
Process skills: Observing, Analysing, Inferring

A farmer grows Plant A in his field. Animals B and C are also found in his field.
They form the food chain below.

Plant A Animal B Animal C

The following graph shows what happened to the populations of A, B and C when
the farmer used a pesticide to get rid of Animal C.
Number of
organisms

0 Time

a. Identify which line represents which Hint:

organism. [3 marks] If the whole population of
Animal C died, how would Plant
A and Animal B be affected?
Would there be an increase or
decrease in their number?

b. What would happen to the population of Animal B after the farmer harvests
his crop? [1 mark]

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How Do Organisms Get Their Energy? How Is Energy Transferred Between
Look at the following statements and tick in the columns below if they are Organisms?
true or false.
For each food chain, arrange the organisms shown in the correct order.
Statements True False

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Chicken Rice grains Eagle Snake
1 We get energy from the air we breathe. ✓
2 Plants get energy indirectly from the Sun. ✓
Chlorophyll helps plants to trap light energy to
3 ✓
photosynthesise. Rice grains Chicken Snake Eagle
4 Plants can photosynthesise in the absence of water. ✓
Millipede Centipede Rotting wood Mole
5 Plants get energy from the sugar they make. ✓
6 Plants are food producers. ✓
7 Not all animals are food consumers. ✓ Rotting wood Millipede Centipede Mole
8 Some food consumers feed on plants only. ✓
Frog Dragonfly nymph Tadpole Algae
9 Monkeys are an example of omnivores. ✓
Carnivores are organisms that feed on both plants
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and meat.
Dragonfly
Fill in the blanks below with the correct words. Algae Tadpole nymph Frog

Plants store excess s ugar as starch.

Seal Algae Fish Polar bear
In potato plants, starch is stored in the s tems .
In carrot plants, starch is stored in the r oots .
In banana trees, starch is stored in the f ruits .
In cabbage plants, starch is stored in the l eaves .
In rice plants, starch is stored in the s eeds . Algae Fish Seal Polar bear

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Consolidation Worksheet 3 Consolidation Worksheet 4

What Happens When Living Things Die? What Are Food Webs?
Group these organisms according to whether they are decomposers or The diagram below shows a food web. Using the clues given about Organisms A, B,
scavengers in the flowchart below. C, D and E in the box below, fill in the food web with the correct organisms.

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Clues:

1. Organism A is a carnivore.
2. Organism B is a food producer.
3. Organism C is a herbivore. It has only one predator.
Bacteria Bread mould Earthworm 4. Organism D is a herbivore. It has two predators.
5. Organism E is an omnivore. It is both a prey and a predator.

Organism D

Hyena Mushroom Vulture

Organisms

Decomposers Scavengers
Organism B Organism E Organism A
Bacteria Earthworm
Bread mould Hyena
Mushroom Vulture

Fill in the blanks below with the correct words.

Decomposers break down dead plants and animals into s impler

Organism C
s ubstances which are returned to the soil as n utrients for plants.

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Fun and Feeding Time! Exam Practice

Games
Process skills: Observing, Analysing, Inferring
It’s feeding time at the zoo, but Mr Goony the zookeeper has given the wrong
foods to some of the zoo animals! A farmer grows Plant A in his field. Animals B and C are also found in his field.
They form the food chain below.
Help Mr Goony by circling the foods that are wrong.
Plant A Animal B Animal C

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The following graph shows what happened to the populations of A, B and C when
the farmer used a pesticide to get rid of Animal C.
Number of
organisms

0 Time

a. Identify which line represents which Hint:

organism. [3 marks] If the whole population of
Animal C died, how would Plant
Animal C A and Animal B be affected?
Would there be an increase or
Plant A decrease in their number?
Animal B

b. What would happen to the population of Animal B after the farmer harvests
his crop? [1 mark]
The population of Animal B would decrease.

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Carnivore An animal that eats other animals only

Chlorophyll A green pigment in plants that helps plants to make food through
photosynthesis

Decomposer An organism that breaks down dead animals and plants into
simpler substances

Food chain A linear diagram used to represent feeding relationships between

organisms

Food consumer An organism that depends on other living things for food

Food producer An organism that can make its own food

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Food web A network of two or more food chains

Herbivore An animal that eats plants only

Omnivore An animal that eats both plants and other animals

Predator An animal that hunts and feeds on another animal

Prey An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal

Primary consumer The first food consumer in a food chain

Scavenger An animal that feeds on dead matter or waste products of other
organisms

Secondary consumer The second food consumer in a food chain

Tertiary consumer The third food consumer in a food chain

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