Food Chains & Life Cycle

Question 1

What is photosynthesis and when does it occur

Answer 1

When plants make their own food and only during the day

Question 2

How does photosynthesis work

Answer 2

Plants use sunlight & carbon dioxide from the air and water From the soil to make food

Question 3

What is it called that makes leaves green

Answer 3

Chlorophyll

Question 4

Do leaves that are brown / red still have chlorophyll in them and how

Answer 4

Yes, it’s hidden under other colors

Question 5

What does chlorophyll do other than give leaves color

Answer 5

It takes energy from the sun, changes carbon dioxide and water into sugar and this sugar gives the plant energy to grow

Question 6

Why are plants called producers

Answer 6

Because they make their own food

Question 7

What are the 7 life processors of an animal

Answer 7

Moving
Reproducing
Sensing
Feeding
Breathing
Excreting
Growing

Question 8

What the the three groups animals are divided into

Answer 8

Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores

Question 9

What are herbivores and give 4 examples

Answer 9

Animals which eat only plants

Eg. Cows,sheep,giraffe,snails

Question 10

Name the 3 of the big five which are herbivores

Answer 10

Rhino, elephant & buffalo

Question 11

Which is the most dangerous herbivore

Answer 11

Hippo

• eats up to 70 kg of grass at night

Question 12

What are the smallest herbivores

Answer 12

Insects

Question 13

What are carnivores and give 4 examples

Answer 13

Animals that only eat meat
Lions
Tigers
Wolves
Spiders

Question 14

What are omnivores and give 4 examples

Answer 14

Animals and humans that eat plants & meat
Humans
Chickens
Pigs
Baboons

Question 15

What 3 animals are scavengers and why

Answer 15

Jackals, hyenas & vultures

Because they eat leftovers and carcasses of dead animals

Question 16

Are dung beetles scavengers

Answer 16

Yes, they eat dung

Question 17

What is a food chain

Answer 17

It describes the feeding relationship between plants and animals - shows the order of who eats what

Question 18

Remember when doing a food chain,

WORD THEN ARROW

Answer 18

Word then arrow

Question 19

What is the meaning of development in plants and animals

Answer 19

It is the process of maturing into an adult

Question 20

Give an example of development in plants & animlas

Answer 20

Plants start life as a seed and develop into an adult plant

Animals start as babies and develop into adults

Question 21

What is a life cycle

Answer 21

It is when all things grow & reproduce

Question 22

What are the two life cycle processes of growth & reproduction

Answer 22

• Life cycle describes the stages &
  process that takes place as a plant / animal grows and develops
• Life cycle describes how one generation of plan or animal gives rise to the next generation through reproduction

Question 23

If a life cycle has not completed what happened

Answer 23

The plant or animal has died

Question 24

See diagrams for life cycles

Answer 24

Look in pictures for diagrams of life cycles

Question 25

Explain the life cycle of a dandelion 7 points

Answer 25

Starts as a germinating seed
Seeding grows and matures
Mature plant makes yellow flowers 
Pollinated flower makes fruit
Fruit has fluffy white seeds
Seeds float away in the wind
Seeds find new place to grow and the cycle begins

Question 26

What are the 5 stages in a life cycle

Answer 26

Seed
Seedling
Adult plant
Flowering plant
Fruiting plant

Question 27

What are 7 processes of the life cycle

Answer 27

Germinating
Growing
Maturing
Flowering
Pollination
Fruiting
Seed dispersal

Question 28

What is germinating

Answer 28

The process in which seeds sprout

Question 29

What is pollination

Answer 29

The transfer of pollen to different parts of a flower

Question 30

What is seed dispersal

Answer 30

The process of spreading seeds away from the plant

Question 31

How do we know if something is a mammal

Answer 31

It is covered in fur, it gives birth to young and suckles the young

Question 32

Name the 3 stages in the life cycle of a dog

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Answer 32

Puppy
Young animal
Mature adult

Question 33

Name the 4 processes in the life cycle of the dog

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Answer 33

Growing
Maturing
Mating
Producing babies

Question 34

What the 6 stages and processes of a frog

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Answer 34

• Female frog lays jelly like eggs
• The dark dot in the middle of each egg developers into a tadpole
• The tadpole hatches after two weeks
• As it grows its legs grow and tail gets shorter
• It become an adult frog
• the adult frog mates in spring and the life cycle begins again

Question 35

What are the 5 stages in a life cycle

Answer 35

Seed
Seedling
Adult plant
Flowering plant
Fruiting plant

Question 36

What are 7 processes of the life cycle

Answer 36

Germinating
Growing
Maturing
Flowering
Pollination
Fruiting
Seed dispersal

Question 37

What is germinating

Answer 37

The process in which seeds sprout

Question 38

What is pollination

Answer 38

The transfer of pollen to different parts of a flower

Question 39

What is seed dispersal

Answer 39

The process of spreading seeds away from the plant

Question 40

How do we know if something is a mammal

Answer 40

It is covered in fur, it gives birth to young and suckles the young

Question 41

Name the 3 stages in the life cycle of a dog

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Answer 41

Puppy
Young animal
Mature adult

Question 42

Name the 4 processes in the life cycle of the dog

See photo

Answer 42

Growing
Maturing
Mating
Producing babies

Question 43

What the 6 stages and processes of a frog

See photo

Answer 43

• Female frog lays jelly like eggs
• The dark dot in the middle of each egg developers into a tadpole
• The tadpole hatches after two weeks
• As it grows its legs grow and tail gets shorter
• It become an adult frog
• the adult frog mates in spring and the life cycle begins again

Question 44

Give 5 examples of animals that lay eggs

Answer 44

Fish, frog, snake, lizard, bird