Year 6 Science Revision
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Living Things and
Their Habitats
1. Think of four animals for each classification in the table below:
Wings No Wings
Accept any animals that Accept any animals that do
have wings not have wings
2. Give two other ways in which animals can be classified:
Accept any two groups, e.g.
• lays eggs/gives birth
• insect/not insect
• classes based on number of legs
• classes based on taxonomy categories
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3. Sort these animals into the two groups in the table below.
Vertebrates Invertebrates
starfish
frog
lobster
dolphin
spider
lizard
jellyfish
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4. Draw lines from each plant to the group that it belongs:
Plum tree
Sunflower
Flowering Plants
Fern
Rose
Non-Flowering Plants
Moss
Conifer
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5. Name two ways in which microorganisms can be helpful.
Accept any two of the following:
• making cheese
• making wine
• making bread
• decomposing matter
• making yogurt
• antibiotics
6. Name two ways in which microorganisms are not helpful.
Accept any two of the following:
• food poisoning
• athlete’s foot
• plaque
• flu
• mould
• chicken pox
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Animals,
Including Humans
1. What is the main function of the heart?
To pump blood around the body.
2. Circle the parts of the body that make up the
circulatory system.
lungs veins heart kidneys
arteries trachea blood
3. Look at this diagram and complete the sentences below by
choosing the correct word in brackets:
capillaries
veins
arteries
Veins carry de-oxygenated blood toward the heart.
Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart.
Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels in the body and it is
here that the exchange of water, nutrients, oxygen and carbon
dioxide takes place.
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4. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of exercise? Put a
circle around your answer.
Exercise
strengthens muscles.
Exercise
strengthens bones.
Exercise increases the
amount of oxygen
around the body.
Exercise releases brain
chemicals which
help you feel calm
Exercise makes you and relaxed.
grow taller.
5. Name two things that have a negative effect on the body.
Accept two of the following:
• drugs
• alcohol
• smoking
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6. Draw lines to match the words with their definitions.
Structures in the
nutrients small intestine which
help absorb nutrients.
Substances that
water animals need to stay
alive and healthy
Absorbed in the small
villi intestine as well as
nutrients.
An organ which
processes waste
kidneys
from the blood and
produces bile.
Organs which filter
blood and make
liver
urine from waste and
excess water.
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1. Label the camel with ways in which it has adapted to live
in the desert.
Humps – they can store
Eyes – they have long
fat and water to give them
eyelashes to keep the
energy during long journeys
sand out of their eyes
Nostrils – they can
close their nostrils
to protect them from
blowing sand
Feet – they have wide feet for walking in the sand
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Year 6 Science Revision Booklet Answers
