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Workbook 2007

Grade 7-9 (GET)

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

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

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

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!

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10. TSSA QUESTIONS

a) Which of the following insects have a close relationship

with figs? (LO2 AS2)

Grasshoppers Moths Bees Wasps

b) Is the relationship beneficial to host plant and insect?

(LO2 AS3) yes

c) Which of the following insects have a close relationship

with the Wild Peach, Kiggelaria Africana (LO2 AS2)

Bees Flies Grasshoppers Butterfly larvae

d) Is the relationship beneficial to

host plant and insect? (LO2 AS3)

no

11. SPIDER CLUB

a) Which spiders in South Africa are

cytotoxic (their venom destroys

cells)? (LO3 AS2)

The Sac and Violin spiders

3. MaAfrica Tikkun

a) What does a caregiver do? (LO2 AS2)

They look after the sick people and help the orphans and

vulnerable children to be healthy and have support

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

protective layer

UBUNTU (philosophy): a concept of

community from Sub-Saharan Africa,

often summarized as humanity towards

others

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4. PPRI – The Compost Heap Match the words on the left with their corresponding terms on

the right by filling in the correct letter on the left. (LO2 AS3)

B White grub A Grows on organic substrates

E Rove beetle B Beetle larva

D Mushroom C Chewing mouth part

C Mandible D Acidiomycete

F Proboscis E Predator

A Heterotrophic organism

F Sucking mouth part

b) For each of the following questions, write the letters 3

most correct answers in the boxes provided. You

should use all the letters only once! (LO2 AS3)

a) Poaching is … A D I

b) Conservancies stop poaching by …

B F G

c) We shouldn’t use poisons in our garden as …

C E H

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

c) What does a hedgehog do when it feels threatened?

(LO2 AS2) They curl up into a tight ball

d) Where do bullfrogs hibernate through the winter?

(LO2 AS2) Under the ground

e) Which mammal can fly?

(LO2 AS2) A bat

9. Gauteng Conservancy Agency

“Take a good look at the pictures and think about our planet”

a) What animal was snared, killed and the fetus removed?

(LO2 AS1) Giraffe

5 . APES

Plants

a) QUESTION

b) Name the two phyla that make up a lichen. Give and

example of each. (LO2 AS2)

Fungi e.g. mushrooms

Protista e.g. algae, Amoeba

Locusts

c) What are the differences between grasshopper and

locusts? (LO2 AS2)

Grasshoppers are solitary and do not swarm, locusts are

social and swarm when population numbers are high.

They actually change appearance during these stages

6. SANBI – Walter Sisulu National Botanical

Gardens

a) What do we benefit from plants? (LO2 AS2)

Oxygen, Food, Shade, Flowers…

b) Which plant help in healing

wounds? (LO3 AS1)

Bulbines

c) Which of these plants can be

used to make perfume fragrances?

(LO3 AS1)

Pelargoniums

d) What is the importance of bees in

the garden? (LO3 AS2)

They pollinate flowers which leads

to seed formation

7. Beekeepers Association

a) Name the four things bees

gather and bring back to the

hive. (LO2 AS2)

Nectar, pollen, water, propolis

b) What is propolis? (LO2 AS2)

Sticky resinous substances collected by bees from

leaves and flower buds of a variety of plants

8. Free Me

a) 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