The Nature and Variety of Living Organisms

Worked examples (6)

• 1Name and describe characteristics of life (Getting started)
• 2Respiration is not breathing (Getting started)
• 3Excretion versus egestion (Building confidence)
• 4Match the event to the characteristic (Building confidence)
• 5Is it living? Justify with the characteristics (Stretch)
• 6Do plants share the same characteristics as animals? (Stretch)

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Worked examples (6)

• 1One difference between a eukaryote and a bacterium (Getting started)
• 2Features and use of a bacterium (Getting started)
• 3Plant cell versus animal cell features (Building confidence)
• 4Distinguish a plant from a fungus (Building confidence)
• 5Classify a single-celled organism (Stretch)
• 6Complete a five-group feature table (Stretch)

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• ✓Model answer — 4WSD0/1B style — extended open response

Worked examples (6)

• 1Define a pathogen (Getting started)
• 2Structure of a virus (Getting started)
• 3Why a virus is not living (Building confidence)
• 4Name a pathogen from each group (Building confidence)
• 5Effect of a plant pathogen (Stretch)
• 6Compare a virus with a bacterium (Stretch)

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• ✓Model answer — 4WSD0/1B style
• ✓Model answer — 4WSD0/1B style
• ✓Model answer — 4WSD0/1B style
• ✓Model answer — 4WSD0/1B style
• ✓Model answer — 4WSD0/1B style — extended open response
• ✓Model answer — 4WSD0/1B style — extended open response