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Introduction
In the unit 'Interdependence and adaptation' # extended ~ knowledge of the way in which plants and animals in different habitats depended upon each other and were suited to their environment. ^ has related feeding relationships to ~ knowledge of plant nutrition. ~ experimental and investigative work focused on * making careful observations and measurements. ^ then used ~ results to ~   own draw conclusions. ^ was able to suggest ~ own explanations for these using ~ scientific knowledge and understanding. The work in this unit also offered * several opportunities to explain the feeding relationships in a habitat in terms of ~ scientific knowledge and understanding. ^ has been also encouraged to consider the ways in which living things and the environment need ~ protection.
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Light
Section 2: Plants and light

^ was able to show that ^ recognised that plants in the dark will grow healthily once they are returned to the light by making the correct prediction that their leaves would turn green and they will begin to grow stronger after a few days.
^ was able to make the relevant observations which provided * with information about how the ~ plant were growing.
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Fertiliser
Section 3: Fertiliser

^ was able to state that plants and animals obtain food for growth in different ways.
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Habitats
Section 4: Animals and plants in the local habitat & Section 9: Animals and plants in a different habitat

^ has used a suitable key to identify a number of plants and animals found in a local habitat.
^ was able to name some animals and plants found a named habitat.
^ has identified the features of animals and plants which make them suited to their habitat.


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Food Chains
Section 5: Interdependence of plants and animals & Section 6: Food chains & 
Section 10: Tracing food chains


^ was able to identify ways in which the animals depend on plants and the ways in which the plants need animals.
^ has constructed a food chain and correctly explained it.
^ is able to explain why plants are essential to food chains.
# was able to sequence food chains within a habitat, including a plant as a producer. ^ also used the arrow convention correctly.
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Soil
Section 7: Plants adapting to soil conditions & Section 8: Testing soil

^ was able to recognise that different plants grow well in different conditions.
^ has produced a drawing that shows the nutrients and water being taken in by the root and the root anchoring the plant in the soil. 
^ is able to describe ~ observed differences between different types of soil.
^ is able to identify the characteristics that would suit a soil-living animal eg air spaces, dampness, plant material and explain why these are important to the organism.
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