7Ca Home sweet habitat
Name Class
The place where an organism lives is called a habitat.
1 Place these organisms in woodland pond
their habitat
spider lily
fish bracken
2 Look at the picture below. Circle the words which are members of the community.
boat
limpet
sea weed
salty water
mussel
sand crab
3 Complete the sentences using the words from the box.
Ducks have
Ducks have __ __ __ __ __ to
__ __ __ __ __ __
help them __ __ __.
feet to help them
__ __ __ __ . wings webbed swim fly
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7Ca Home sweet habitat 2
Name Class
1 Match the picture to the name of the habitat.
pond habitat
woodland habitat
desert habitat
underground habitat
2 Tick the correct box(es).
The environment in the desert is r wet r hot r sunny
r dry r cold r dark
All the places where a type of organism can be found is called
r distribution r microhabitat r adaptation
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7Cb Adept adaptations
Name Class
1 Label the diagram.
spines
stem stores water
roots cover a large area
2
Tick the correct answer. Duckweed is
adapted to living in
Duckweed gets a lot of sunlight to r deserts
photosynthesise because it floats
on water. r ponds
Find the words in the wordsearch.
a s p a p a f l e
d u r b r d e i n adaptations
a r e c e a a v v
adapted
p v d h y p t e i
t i a a f t u s r environment
a v t b h e r g o features
t a o i j d e I n habitat
i l r t n o s p m
lives
o r g a n i s m e
n a n t m a l s n organism
s p e c i e s r t
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7Cb Adept adaptations 2
Name Class
1 Complete the sentences using the words in the box. features
habitats
Different __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ have different
live
__ __ __ __ u __ __ __ to help them to
organisms
__ i __ __ in different __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ .
Complete the sentences:
● A fish has fins to help it ● A fish is streamlined to help it
2 Choose the answer:
Why do arctic hares have thick Why do jack rabbits have large
fur? hind legs?
r It looks nice. r To run away quickly from
animals that might eat it.
r To help it keep warm. r To keep them warm.
Moles have excellent senses of smell that help them to detect animals to
eat.
________________________
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7Cc All change
Name Class
1 2
s s a Across
1 Changes that occur throughout
the year are called …
c 3 When birds fly to warmer
3
places for the winter they …
i r t 4 Animals that sleep through the
winter …
5 Changes that occur from day to
r day are called …
4
h b a e
Down
a
2 Animals that come out at night
5 are called …
d y
2
A tree that loses its leaves in winter Owls have excellent hearing to help them
is called hear where mice are in the dark. This is an
A tree that keeps its leaves in winter
is called
3 Day or Night?
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7Cc All change (answers)
1 2
s e a s o n a l
c
3
m i g r a t e
r
4
h i b e r n a t e
a
5
d a i l y
Across Down
1 Changes that occur 2 Animals that come out at night are
throughout the year are called …
called …
3 When birds fly to warmer
places for the winter they …
4 Animals that sleep through
the winter …
5 Changes that occur from day
to day are called …
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7Cd Finding food
Name Class
1 Animals that hunt other animals
are called __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __. r o
p a t s
e d r
Animals that are hunted by predators are
called their __ __ __ __. p
e r
y
Cut out the boxes below and stick them into the correct boxes on the diagram.
Powerful legs to help Sharp claws to grab Large, sharp teeth to
it run fast. prey. rip flesh.
Forward-facing eyes Sandy-coloured fur
to spot prey. helps to camouflage it.
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Name
7Cd Class
1 Animals that eat other animals
c n r
are called __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ . e a r i
v o s
Animals that eat plants are
called __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ . h e s r
b i v
e o r
Cut out the boxes below and stick them into the correct boxes on the sheet.
Eyes on the side of its Powerful hind legs help
head so that it can see it to run fast.
behind.
Sandy coloured fur for Large ears to hear
camouflage. danger.
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7Ce Links and chains
Name Class
1 Complete the sentences. Use the mixed up words to help you.
r o
p u d c
a) Plants are o u r e r s
because they make their own food.
b) Animals are n m s c o
n s
because they have to eat. u m e
r s
c) Animals that eat plants are called
h e b
i r
e b v e
v o e
r s c a n
r i v
d) Animals that eat other animals are called
o e
c r i o e
p r d
e t a
They are r d t s
r o s
e) Animals that eat both plants and other animals are called
o m s
n i v
m v s
o r e
2 Here is a food chain:
bush locust shrike caracal
1. The producer is the __ u __ __ .
2. The herbivore is the __ o __ __ s __ .
3. There are two carnivores; they are the __ h __ i __ __ and the
__ __ r __ c __ __ .
4. The top predator is the __ __ r __ c __ __ .
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7Ce Links and chains
Name Class
Look at the food web below.
caracal cheetah
Lanner falcon lion
shrike
baboon
savanna monitor
lizard oryx
savanna hare
locust
bushes grass
1 Complete the sentences about the food web.
s r a
a) Savanna hare and oryx eat __ __ __ __ __ . s g
b) Locust are eaten by savanna monitor lizard
h r k
i s e
and __ __ __ __ __ __.
c) Baboons eat savanna hare and __ __ __ __ __. s r a
s g
d) Shrike are eaten by Lanner falcon and
__ __ __ __ __ __ __. c a l r
a c a
2 Put the animals in the box into a food chain.
caracal oryx grass
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7Ce Feeding evidence
Name Class
pooter
sweep net
tree beating
2 Cross out the wrong answer to complete the sentences.
Animals compete for (food / ligh ) and for (space / air).
Plants compete for (light / food) and for (water / air).
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