SMART INDIAN SCHOOL - CAMBRIDGE

CHAPTER - 1 WEEKLY TEST

NAME:…………………………….. GRADE: 9 ……………

1. F ig. 1.1 shows seven different species of amphibian.

(a) Use the key to identify each species. Write the letter of each species (A to G) in the correct
box beside the key. One has been done for you.
(b) Many amphibian species throughout the world are endangered.
Suggest three reasons why many amphibian species are endangered.
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3 ..............................................................................................................[3]
2. Fig. 1.1 shows seven lizards that are at risk of becoming extinct
(a) (i) Name the vertebrate group that contains lizards.
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(a)(ii) Use the key to identify each species. Write the letter of each species (A to G) in the
correct box beside the key. One has been done for you.
3. Myriapods are a group of arthropods that are commonly found in soil habitats in many
parts of the world. Many myriapods are very small and not easy to identify.
Fig. 6.1 shows four species of myriapod, not drawn to the same scale.
(a) State three features of all myriapods that are visible in Fig. 6.1.
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2 ...................................................................................................................
3 ..............................................................................................................[3]

(b) Describe three features of myriapods that could be used to make a dichotomous key to
distinguish between the four species in Fig. 6.1.
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2 .......................................................................................................................................
3 ..................................................................................................................................[3]

(c) A student found the following information about the feeding relationships between some
organisms in a soil habitat.
Dead organic matter, such as leaves, provides food for bacteria and soil fungi.
Earthworms eat dead leaves.
Many millipedes feed on dead plant matter and also on soil fungi.
Nematodes feed on bacteria and are eaten by springtails.
Centipedes are predators that feed on earthworms, millipedes and springtails.

(i) Draw a food web to show the feeding relationships described above.[6]
4. (a )Table 1.1 shows some features of the five groups of vertebrates.
Complete Table 1.1 to compare the five groups of vertebrates using a tick ( ) to indicate if the
group shows the feature, or a cross ( ) if not.
The first row has been completed for you.

Mammary
Glands

5. Fig. 1.1 shows a southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius, which is a large bird that cannot
fly. It lives in rainforest in northern Australia and southern New Guinea. The cassowary feeds
on fruits and helps to disperse seeds for many tree species, such as the cassowary plum.
(a) Suggest why the cassowary can digest the fruit but not the seeds of rainforest trees.
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6. Crabs are classified, along with prawns, shrimps and lobsters, as crustaceans. Most crabs
live in the sea, although some live in freshwater and there are a few land-dwelling crabs. Fig.
1.1 shows the structure of a typical crab.

(a) State the group of animals that includes crustaceans, insects, arachnids and myriapods.
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Fig. 1.2 shows four different species of crab.
(b) Biologists use dichotomous keys to identify different species.
Use Fig. 1.1 and Fig. 1.2 to state one visible feature of each species of crab A, B, C and D, that
could be used in a dichotomous key to identify crabs.
A ………………………………………………………………………………………
B ………………………………………………………………………………………
C ………………………………………………………………………………………
D ……………………………………………………………………………………[4]

7. Arachnids, crustaceans, insects and myriapods are all classified as arthropods.

Scorpions, such as Heterometrus swammerdami shown in Fig. 1.1, are arachnids.
(a) State three features, shown by H. swammerdami and visible in Fig. 1.1, that arachnids share
with other arthropods.
1 ………………………………………………………………………………………
2 ………………………………………………………………………………………
3 ……………………………………………………………………………………[3]
(b) Fig. 1.2 shows seven species of arachnid.
Use the key to identify each species. Write the letter of each species (A to G) in the correct box
beside the key. One has been done for you.

8. Fig. 6.1 shows three different insects

(a) Insects 1 and 2 are more closely related to each other than to insect 3.
(i) Explain how the binomial names indicate that insects 1 and 2 are more closely related.
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(ii) Explain how the appearance of the three insects suggests that insects 1 and 2 are more
closely related.
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Vespula flavopilosa gives a painful sting. The insect shown in Fig. 6.2 is very similar in
appearance to Vespula flavopilosa but does not give a sting.
(b) Chrysotoxum cautum is very similar in appearance to Vespula flavopilosa. Explain how this
is an advantage.
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(c) It is thought that Chrysotoxum cautum evolved from an insect that did not have any stripes.
Suggest how these insects became striped.
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9. Toads are amphibians. Only two species are native to Britain, the Common toad (Bufo
bufo) and the Natterjack toad (Bufo calamita).
Natterjack toads like warm sandy soil in open and sunny habitats, with shallow pools for
breeding. Examples of these habitats are heathland and sand dunes.
Common toads like cooler, more shady habitats, such as woodland. Many areas of sand
dunes are being developed for camp sites. Heathland can easily change to woodland as trees
grow on it. In the summer, woodland is colder than heathland due to the shade the trees
create.
These conditions suit the Common toad, but not the Natterjack. As a result of the changing
habitats the Natterjack toad is becoming an endangered species.
(a) (i) Name one external feature that identifies an animal as an amphibian.
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(ii) Amphibians are a class of vertebrate.Name two other vertebrate classes.
1. ………………………………………………
2. ………………………………………………[2]
(b) State one piece of information from the passage to show that the Common toad and
Natterjack toad are closely related species.
1. ……………………………………………………………………………………[1]

10. (a) Fig. 1.1 shows seven species of fish that live on reefs in the Caribbean.
(a) Use the key to identify each species. Write the letter of each species (A to G) in the correct
box beside the key. One has been done for you.

The wavelengths of light that penetrate water influence the features of fish. Blue light does
not penetrate far into water; red light penetrates much further. Many different species of
cichlid fish live in Lake Victoria in Africa. Some species live in shallow water, and others live in
deeper water.
Table 1.2 summarizes some of the features of males and females of these species.
Body colour and colour vision are both inherited features. Females select the males that they
mate with and prefer bright coloured males. Male and female eyes of the same species of
cichlid fish are similar.
(b) (i) The ancestors of red and blue cichlid fish were brown.
State how the different body colours of the males first happened.
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(ii) Suggest the advantages of different cichlid fish being able to detect blue and red light.
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(c)Table 1.1 shows some of the external features of the five classes of vertebrates.
Complete the table by using a tick ( ) to indicate if each class has the feature or a cross (×) if it
does not. The first row has been completed for you.[4]

FISH
11. Fig. 1.1 shows a bacterium, a virus and a fungus.

(a) Complete the table to compare the three organisms shown in Fig. 1.1 by using a tick ( ) to
indicate if the organism shows the feature, or a cross (x) if it does not. The first row has been
completed for you.[3]

BACTERIA

12. The freshwater mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera, is a mollusc which lives in rivers and
streams.
When the mussel reproduces, gametes are released into the water and fertilisation takes
place.
 The embryos, in the form of larvae, attach themselves to the gills of fish and develop there
for a few months.
The larvae then release themselves and grow in sand in the river, feeding by filtering food
from the water.
The number of mussels is falling due to human predation and the species is threatened
with extinction.
(a) The mussel belongs to the group known as the molluscs. State two features you would
expect the mussel to have.
1. …………………………………………………………………………………….
2. ……………………………………………………………………………………[2]
(b) Explain how the species name of the freshwater mussel can be distinguished from its
genus.
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(c) State the type of reproduction shown by the mussel.
Explain your answer. Type of reproduction : ………………………………………………………………………
Explanation: ………………………………………………………………………[2]
(d) (i) Fish gills have the same function as lungs. Suggest one advantage to a mussel larva of
attaching itself to fish gills.
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(ii) The mussel develops on the fish gills. Define the term development.
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13. Fig. 3.1 shows a female lion in a game reserve
(a) State one feature, visible in Fig. 3.1, which identifies the lion as a mammal.
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(b) State one other feature, not visible in Fig. 3.1, which distinguishes mammals from all other
vertebrate groups.
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14. The Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis, is a native of America. A flock of 20 birds was
introduced into Britain from America before 1950. The original flock settled quickly in their
new habitat and started breeding. Numbers now exceed 6000. The White-headed duck,
Oxyura leucocephala, (a native of Spain) is a closely related species to the Ruddy duck. Female
White-headed ducks are more attracted to male Ruddy ducks than to males of their own
species. Cross-breeding between the two species produces a new variety of fertile duck.
The White-headed duck is now threatened with extinction. Some conservationists are
considering a plan to kill the British population of Ruddy ducks to prevent the White-headed
duck becoming extinct.
Fig. 6.1 shows a male Ruddy duck.
(a) State two features, visible in Fig. 6.
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2 ……………………………………………………………………………………[2]
(b)With reference to an example from the passage, describe what is meant by the term
binomial system.
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(c) State two reasons, based on information in the passage, why the Ruddy duck and
White-headed duck are considered to be closely related.
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2 ……………………………………………………………………………………[2]
15. Fig. 1.1 shows seven marsupial mammals.
(a) State one visible feature that could be used to identify the marsupials in Fig. 1.1 as
mammals.
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(b) Use the key to identify each species. Write the letter of each species (A to G) in the correct
box beside the key. One has been done for you.
16. Molluscs are important animals in many aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Fig. 1.1 shows four species of mollusc that live in the sea
(a) State two features shown by all mollusc species.
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2 ……………………………………………………………………………………[2]
(b) State two features, visible in Fig. 1.1, in which the octopus differs from the other three
molluscs.
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2 ……………………………………………………………………………………[2]
17. Fig. 1.1 shows a flowering shoot of tiger lily, Lilium tigrinum
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(a) State the name of the genus of the tiger lily.

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(b) Name the parts labelled A to D.
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B ………………………………………………………………………..
C ……………………………………………………………………….
D ……………………………………………………………………….[4]

18. Reed warblers are small birds that migrate over long distances between western Africa
and northern Europe. Fig. 5.1 shows a reed warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus
(a) State three characteristic features of birds that are visible in Fig. 5.1.
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3 ……………………………………………………………………………………[3]