THEME 1: INVESTIGATING LIVING THINGS

1. Match the animals to how the live in the wild.

(a)

2. Tick ( ✓) the true statements and cross ( ✕) the false ones.

( a ) Some animals live in solitary to avoid competition with other animals. ( )

( b ) Ants and termites live in the same nest to protect each other although they are ( )
different species.

(c) Buffaloes live in herds for protection against enemies. ( )

( d ) Some plants climb up other trees to gain sunlight. ( )

Animals compete with each other for space, food and water. ( )
(e)
(f) ( )
Some plants disperse their seeds to increase competition among the plants.
3. Look at the pictures and answer the questions that follow.

(a) Which animal lives in a solitary and which lives in a group?

i. M:
ii. N:

(b) State a reason for why an animal

i. lives in a group.

ii. lives in solitary.

(c) What are the four factors that animals compete over?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv
.

(d) Each animal below shares the same living habit with either ‘M’ or ‘N’. Write ‘M’ or ‘N’ to show
which animal it shares the common habit with.

i. ii.

iii. iv.
4. Complete the crossword puzzle below.
(c
)
(d
)

(a
)

(b
)

Across
Down
(a) Trees in the jungle grow tall to
compete (c) Two animals will fight to ______________
for ______________. their territories.

(b) Leopards live in solitary to

(d) Competition will happen when there is
_____________
______________ resources.
competition.

5. Write the destruction of environment shown in each picture.

(a) (b)

(c) (d)
6. Find the words in the word maze below.
a l k i j h y f g b n m
m s o l i t a r y h i t
a u h b n c r e h i f h
n y n u t r i e n t s t
m n i u e g t r f v c d
j v g b r e e d i n g k
l o u j a g n e c d u y
l n b v c l d f r d r t
l m n b t g a e g i d h
p j k h i v n n g l f c
u j g t o d g d c l b n
p l c o n s e r v e f c
m n b v g f r r r g f p
p k h s a f e t y a d f
p j h g t r d d r l h g
i h j n g v f t f d c h

(a) Competition and cooperation are forms of _________among living things.

(b) Some animals live in ________ and some live in groups.
(c) Animals live in groups to look for food together and for _________
(d) Animals compete to get mates for _________.
(e) Some animals __________ their territories fiercely from competitors.
(f) Plants compete for water, space, sunlight and_________.
(g) Orang-utans and turtles are examples of _________ animals.
(h) Excessive and _________ logging destroys habitats of living things.
(i) It is important to protect and ________ living things so they do not become extinct.
(j) The destruction of the environment disturbs the _________ of nature.