Changing environments
Grade 4: classification keys, how environments change with seasons, human impact (pollution, building), nature reserves and protecting habitats.
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Questions
What is a classification key used for?
- To count seeds
- To identify living things
- To lock a cage
- To measure rainfall
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To identify living thingsA key asks: 'Does it have wings?' What kind of question is this?
- A question about its age
- A question about its name
- A question with many answers
- A yes or no question
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A yes or no questionWhich feature could you use to sort animals into two groups in a key?
- Has a backbone or not
- Is my favourite
- Lives near my house
- Was seen on Monday
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Has a backbone or notWhich question would best split a group of garden minibeasts into two groups?
- Did I see it today?
- Does it have six legs?
- Is it nice?
- Is it small?
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Does it have six legs?What often happens to many trees in autumn in cool places?
- Their leaves change colour and fall
- Their leaves turn into flowers
- They grow fruit overnight
- They shrink into the ground
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Their leaves change colour and fallWhy do some birds fly to warmer places for the winter?
- The nests are too big
- There is more food there
- They dislike snow games
- They want to sleep longer
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There is more food thereWhat is it called when an animal sleeps through the cold winter?
- Evaporation
- Hibernation
- Migration
- Pollination
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HibernationWhich is an example of pollution harming a river?
- A bridge's shadow on it
- Fish swimming in it
- Rain falling into it
- Rubbish thrown into the water
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Rubbish thrown into the waterHow can building a new road harm wildlife?
- It can destroy animal habitats
- It gives animals more food
- It makes the air cleaner
- It plants new forests
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It can destroy animal habitatsWhat is a nature reserve?
- A kind of factory
- A place for building houses
- A protected place for wildlife
- A shop selling pets
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A protected place for wildlifeIn a classification key, each question helps us narrow down the choices. (True or false?)
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TrueLitter can never harm animals. (True or false?)
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FalseCutting down forests can leave animals without homes. (True or false?)
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TrueName one thing people can do to help protect habitats. (Answer out loud)
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Plant trees, recycle, not drop litter, or create nature reservesWhat word means animals travelling to another place for the season? (Answer out loud)
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MigrationGive one way day length changes in winter compared with summer. (Answer out loud)
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Days are shorter in winter
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