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Workbook 2007
Grade 7-9
(GET)
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1. Melville koppies – Harmony in Nature
a)
Give 2 ways in which Iron Age man dis
turbed Melville Koppies? ( LO2 AS3)
A hut would’ve taken 500 saplings to build
The furnaces needed at least 2 trees to fire
up the iron
Cattle might have destroyed the grass
Indigenous vegetation cleared for farming
b)
How do you take a spider outside without killing it?
Place an empty container over the spider without
damaging its legs. Slip a piece of paper or cardboard
between the surface the spider is on and the opening of
the bottle. Now, with the spider in the
bottle and holding the paper over the
opening, take it outside and set the
spider free!
Wild animals were hunted for food
b)
What natural materials from Melville Koppies did Iron Age
people use to build their houses and villages? (LO2 AS2)
Young trees, mud and clay, grass and rocks
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2. Earthworms
a)
If earthworms are animals does it have
an immune system? (LO2 AS2)
No
b)
Without an immune system, how does it protect itself
against infection and disease? (LO2 AS3)
By using it as food for maintenance and having a
protective layer
10. TSSA QUESTIONS
a)
Which of the following insects have a close relationship
3. MaAfrica Tikkun
with figs? (LO2 AS2)
Grasshoppers
b)
Bees
Wasps
Is the relationship beneficial to host plant and insect?
a)
What does a caregiver do? (LO2 AS2)
They look after the sick people and help the orphans and
yes
(LO2 AS3)
c)
Moths
vulnerable children to be healthy and have support
Which of the following insects have a close relationship
with the Wild Peach, Kiggelaria Africana (LO2 AS2)
Bees
d)
Flies
Grasshoppers
Butterfly larvae
Is the relationship beneficial to
host plant and insect? (LO2 AS3)
no
b)
How is the merry-go-round used in Diepsloot? (LO2 AS2)
It pumps the water from underground into the tanks
when the children spin it
11. SPIDER CLUB
a)
Which spiders in South Africa are
UBUNTU (philosophy): a concept of
cytotoxic (their venom destroys
community from Sub-Saharan Africa,
cells)? (LO3 AS2)
The Sac and Violin spiders
often summarized as humanity towards
others
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/
4. PPRI – The Compost Heap
b)
For each of the following questions, write the letters 3
Match the words on the left with their corresponding terms on
most correct answers in the boxes provided. You
the right by filling in the correct letter on the left. (LO2 AS3)
should use all the letters only once! (LO2 AS3)
B
White grub
A
Grows on organic substrates
a)
Poaching is …
A
D
I
Conservancies stop poaching
by …
B
F
G
C
E
H
E
Rove beetle
B
Beetle larva
b)
D
Mushroom
C
Chewing mouth part
c)
We shouldn’t use poisons in
our garden as …
C
Mandible
D Acidiomycete
A
… placing of snares to entrap animals
B
… education of the local population
C
… they affect the environment we live in
D
… illegal removal of indigenous plants
E
… there is always secondary poisoning
F
… regular patrols of known poaching areas
G
… removal of snares
H
… if it has been designed to kill something it is
dangerous
I
… hunting indigenous fauna with dogs
F
Proboscis
E
Predator
A
Heterotrophic
organism
F
Sucking mouth part
c)
What does a hedgehog do when it feels threatened?
5 . APES
Plants
(LO2 AS2) They curl up into a tight ball
d)
a)
QUESTION
b)
Name the two phyla that make up a lichen. Give and
Where do bullfrogs hibernate through the winter?
(LO2 AS2) Under the ground
e)
Which mammal can fly?
(LO2 AS2) A bat
example of each. (LO2 AS2)
Fungi e.g. mushrooms
Protista e.g. algae, Amoeba
9. Gauteng Conservancy Agency
“Take a good look at the pictures and think about our planet”
Locusts
c)
What are the differences between grasshopper and
locusts? (LO2 AS2)
a)
What animal was snared, killed and the fetus removed?
Grasshoppers are solitary and do not swarm, locusts are
(LO2 AS1) Giraffe
social and swarm when population numbers are high.
They actually change appearance during these stages
6. SANBI – Walter Sisulu National Botanical
7. Beekeepers Association
Gardens
a)
a)
What do we benefit from plants? (LO2 AS2)
Name the four things bees
gather and bring back to the
hive. (LO2 AS2)
Oxygen, Food, Shade, Flowers…
Nectar, pollen, water, propolis
b)
Which plant help in healing
wounds? (LO3 AS1)
b)
Sticky resinous substances collected by bees from
Bulbines
c)
What is propolis? (LO2 AS2)
leaves and flower buds of a variety of plants
Which of these plants can be
used to make perfume fragrances?
(LO3 AS1)
Pelargoniums
d)
What is the importance of bees in
8. Free Me
a)
the garden? (LO3 AS2)
They pollinate flowers which leads
to seed formation
Where do plovers lay their eggs? (LO2 AS2)
On the ground/in the grass
b)
Why do lizards' tail sometimes fall off? (LO2 AS2)
They drop their tails to confuse their predators and so
give themselves a chance to escape