Year 8 Science · Unit 1 · Lesson 18

Living Systems Capstone

Foundation Worksheet

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Date
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Learning Goals

Warm Up

Fill the gap

Choose the correct word from the word bank to complete each sentence. Each word is used once. Two words are distractors, they will not be used.

xylem interdependence organ system phloem food web digestion excretion tissue stomata diffusion

Cells group together to form a , and tissues group together to form organs. Water moves from the roots to the leaves of a plant through vessels called . Sugars made in leaves are transported down to the roots through tubes. Gas exchange in plant leaves happens through tiny pores called . The process of breaking down food into small molecules that can enter the bloodstream is called . The removal of metabolic waste products from the body is called . A diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms is called a . The way living things in an ecosystem depend on each other is called .

Your Turn

Sort it!

Write each concept from the pool into the correct theme box. Each concept belongs in exactly one box.

Cell membrane Tissue Organ Nucleus Xylem Phloem Circulatory system Gas exchange Digestion Disruption Excretion System failure Predator-prey Interdependence Food web Habitat

Cells & Organisation

Transport & Exchange

Inputs, Waste & Disruption

Ecosystems & Interactions

Show What You Know

1. Name the levels of organisation in a living thing, from smallest to largest. List at least four levels.

Recall 2 marks

2. Explain what interdependence means in an ecosystem and give one example.

Recall 2 marks

Wrap Up

In one sentence, what is the main idea that connects all the topics in this unit?

HSCScience · Year 8 Science · Unit 1 · Lesson 18 · Foundation Worksheet