RIC-0399 Minibeasts

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Page 2 - Fill in the missing spaces
1. individual 2. antennae 3. sleep
4. Australia 5. nocturnal 6. mouths
7. hive 8. wings 9. diseases
10. grow 11. horned 12. sand
Page 3 - Identify the mystery minibeasts
1. ladybird 2. centipede 3. praying mantis
4. spider 5. flea 6. queen bee
Page 4 - Underline the verbs
Most insects live on or near plants. Plants give them food and
shelter. Some insects even look similar to parts of a plant.
Others can change their appearance to match their surroundings.
They use camouflage to protect themselves from predators.
Page 5 - Compound words in alphabetical order
1. bedbug 2. earwig 3. firefly
4. grasshopper 5. lacewing 6. ladybird
7. silverfish 8. woodlice
- Correct homonyms
1. hole 2. hair 3. flower
4. male 5. meat 6. prey
Page 6 - Use the clues
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- Unjumble the minibeasts
eye; earthworm; beetle; leg; snail; silverfish; antenna; cricket; bee;
aphid; cicada; scorpion; fly; wing; fangs; head; jaw; bug; mouth;
abdomen; hornet; antlion; dragonfly; millipede
Page 8 - Creature crosspatch
4 letters - wasp, tick, lice, flea, slug, moth, mite
6 letters - slater, locust, spider, earwig, beetle
8 letters - mosquito, silkworm, glowworm
9 letters - cockroach, centipede
11 letters - caterpillar, grasshopper
Page 10 - People with phobias
1. high places 2. open spaces 3. enclosed spaces
4. dogs 5. germs 6. blood
Page 11 - Ant colony cloze
groups; thousand; nest; build; Inside; rooms; ant; bigger; lays; work;
die; food; eggs
Page 12 - Arachnid cloze
eight; grow; new; divided; types; little; glands; trap; backbone;
victim; people; million; sting; pincers; live; back; larger; living; host;
carry
Page 14 - Life cycles comprehension
1. fiction; fact; fiction 2. true 3. false
4. moult - shed; top - surface; named - called; steps - stages
5. - 11. teacher check
Page 15 - Label the diagram
teacher check
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Page 16 - Biology international comprehension
1. A beetle raises its front wings when it wants to fly.
Palps are feelers used to handle and taste food.
All insects have three distinct body parts.
2. true 3. true
4. to protect itself against enemies
5. thorax 6. foul smelling or tasting chemicals
7. some are helpful to man
8. - 9. teacher check
Page 23 - Measure the length of the minibeasts
1. 6 cm 2. 5 cm 3. 5 cm
4. 3.5 cm 5. 4.5 cm 6. 6.5 cm
- Average of minibeasts
1. 6 cm + 5 cm + 5 cm + 3.5 cm + 4.5 cm + 6 cm = 30 cm
30 cm ÷ 6 = 5 cm
- Convert these measurements
mm
cm
m
540
54
0.54
1 320 132
1.32
896
89.
6 0.896
2 573 257.
3 2.573
cm
m km
1 854 18.54
0.01854
7 360 73.
6 0.0736
92
000 920.
0 0.92
4 150 41.
5 0.0415
- Decimal addition sums
1. 15.06 2. 17.31 3. 13.40
4. 14.04 5. 12.39 6. 781.71
7. 340.44 8. 699.02 Average - 236.67
Page 24 - Finish these patterns
teacher check
- Count by…
1. 4's: 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56
2. 6's: 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60, 66
3. 7's: 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63
- Decimal addition sums
1. 1.11, 2.12, 3.13, 4.14, 5.15, 6.16
2. 99.9, 89.9, 79.9, 69.9, 59.9, 49.9
3. 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1.0, 10, 100
- Pattern clue
1. 1, 8, 22, 50, 106 2. 7, 9, 15, 33, 87 3. 128, 64, 32, 16, 8
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Page 25 - Maths puzzlers
1. 88; 176; 35
2. egg - 21 days, nymph - 42 days, adult - 365 days; 61 weeks
3. 4.00 mm, 4.05 mm, 4.15 mm, 4.50 mm, 4.55 mm, 5.10 mm,
5.25 mm, 5.40 mm, 5.45 mm, 5.55 mm; Difference = 1.55 mm
4. A=522 cm, B=556 cm, C=571 cm, D=599 cm, E=615 cm,
F=662 cm; Difference = 140 cm
Page 26 - Symmetrical minibeasts
teacher check
- Write or colour the correct fraction
1. 4
/ 6
2. teacher check 3. 7
/ 8
4. teacher check 5. 2
/ 3
6. teacher check
- What is half of…
1. 46 - 23 2. 190 - 95 3. 134 - 67
- What is double
1. 16 - 32 2. 55 - 110 3. 69 - 138
4. 28 - 56 5. 113 - 226 6. 252 - 504
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