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NST term 1 - life & living structures Flashcards

1
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What is bread mould?

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A fungus that grow on bread and other food.

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What are germs?

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Very small living things that can cause diseases.

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What is reproducing?

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Producing babies or young animals or plants.

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What is excreting?

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Getting rid of body waste such a urine.

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What is the environment?

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Everything around us.

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What is sensing?

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Being able to see, hear, touch taste or smell things.

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What is germinating?

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When a seed starts to grow.

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What is an organism?

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A living thing.

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What does it mean to hatch?

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A chick breaks out of an egg in which it was growing.

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What are life processes?

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Things that all living things do that show us that they are alive.

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11
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What are the life processes?

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Growing
Reproducing
Feeding
Moving
Breathing
Excreting
Sensing

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12
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What are non-living things?

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Things that cannot carry out the seven life processes.

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13
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What are the 6 basic parts of a plant’s structure?

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Leaves
Flower
Stem
Fruit
Seed
Roots

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What is the function of a plant’s stem?

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The stem supports the leaves and carries water, minerals and food throughout the plants.

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What does a flower do?

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Flowers make seeds to continue the life cycle.

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Why do plants have roots?

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The roots anchor the plant and absorb water and minerals from the soil.

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What do leaves do?

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The leaves absorb sunlight and carbon dioxide to make food for the plant.

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18
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What are limbs?

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Body parts such as legs, arms, fins and wings that are used for movement.

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19
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What are sense organs?

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Parts of the body that are used to sense the environment. The sense organs allow people to see, feel, hear and smell things.

20
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What are observations?

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Using your senses to look at something closely to find information about it.

21
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What does it mean to communicate?

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To share information or ideas.

22
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What is a label?

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Writing about something to give information about it.

23
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Name 3 examples of types of animal body covering.

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Hair
Feathers
Scales

24
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Do all animals have limbs?

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No e.g. snakes that slither

25
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What sense organs do all animals have?

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Eyes
Nose
Mouth

26
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What is a cutting?

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A part of a plant that we cut off and use to grow a new plant.

Plants with soft stems and leaves grow better from cutings.

27
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What is a seedling and what does it need to grow?

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The new plant that grows when a seed germinates.

Seeds use food stored inside the seed + water + warmth + air to growh.

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What is a plumule?

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The first shoot a seedling grows.

29
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What is a radicle?

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The first root a seedling grows.

30
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What do plants need to grow?

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Water
Food
Sunlight
Air

31
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What is a habitat?

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The place where a plant or animal lives.

Animals get all the things they need to live from their habitat.

32
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What are predators?

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Animals that catch and eat other animals

33
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What is a Venn diagram?

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Drawing made up of overlapping circles, useful to show comparisons between things.

34
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Name 4 types of habitat.

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Grassland
Forest
Rivers
The sea

35
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What is a shelter?

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A place where you are safe from bad weather or danger.

36
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What does indigenous mean?

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Living and growing in the area that someone or something is originally from.

37
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Why do animals need a habitat?

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They get all the things they need to live from their habitat such as
- food and water
- shelter from bad weather
- escape from danger
- safe places to have their young and care for them

38
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Describe Grassland habitats.

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They have LOTS of types of grasses and very few trees.
Rains in SUMMER.
Only get enough rainfall for grasses to grow (not trees).
Gets hot in summer and cold in winter.

39
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Describe Forest habitats.

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Forest habitats have lots of TREES and small plants.
They get rain all year round.
It doesn’t get very hot or very cold.
There are MANY birds.
Smaller animals also live in forests.
Forests are good places to hide from predators.

40
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Describe River habitats and the animals that live there.

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River habitats have FRESH water.
The TEMPERATURE of the water does not change much.
Plants grow in the water and on riverbanks.

Some animals live IN the water = fish, water snails and tadpoles.

Some animals live in the area SURROUNDING the rive = frogs and many types of birds.

Some animals live ABOVE the water = ducks and insects.

41
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Describe Sea/Ocean habitats.

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The sea has SALTY WATER.
TEMPERATURE of the sea water does not change much.
Many different animals live in the sea and eat other living things in their habitat.

42
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Name examples of animals that live in Grasslands.

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Impala, buffalo and zebra that eat grass. And predators such as lion that catch and eat grass-eating animals.

43
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Name examples of animals that live in Forests and what do they eat?

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Monkeys & bush pigs eat insects, worms and lizzards

Bush buck and duikers.
Eat leaves, fruit and seed that fall from the trees.

44
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What do different types of river animals eat?

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Birds like kingfisher CATCH the fish that live in the water.

Fish and hippos eat the plants that grow in the water and on the riverbanks.

Animals eat other animals that come to drink the water.

45
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List examples of animals that live in the sea and what they eat.

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Fish & Turtles - eat plants
Seals & Dolphins - eat fish
Sharks - eat seals and fish
Whales - eat fish
Octopus - hides under rocks and waits for the fist to fish to swim past to CATCH THEM.

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