Level
General characteristics of language of
level
4
demonstrate knowledge/understanding; use science
names; identify in diagrams; use keys; recognise and
describe relationships; describe differences; describe
methods; make simple predictions; make generalisations;
explain simple phenomena
7C Environment and feeding relationships
Target to achieve level
identify some differences between habitats
describe simple feeding relationships using a food chain
construct a food chain from pictures of organisms
5
demonstrate an increasing K/U; describe the main
functions; understand the importance of; explain the
differences; distinguish between; use knowledge to
suggest; use some abstract ideas in familiar phenomena;
use simple models to explain effects
identify and explain some adaptations an organism has and how these give it an
advantage in its preferred habitat
describe a number of feeding relationships using a food web
use written information about organisms to construct a food chain
6
use K/U to describe/explain- more than one factor; use
appropriate terminology; distinguish between processes;
identify differences/similarities; describe some causes;
use word equations; use abstract ideas in unfamiliar
contexts; give applications of
7
make links; explain processes; explain adaptation; identify
features; construct models; explain differences; apply
knowledge; use patterns to make predictions;
calculations; apply abstract ideas to explain
identify and explain some adaptations an organism has and how these give it an
advantage in its preferred habitat
predict the consequences of altering the number of organisms in one part of a food web
use secondary data on food chains to construct a food web