Topic 40 Life cycles and family likeness — what needs James (0)

Topic 40 · Life cycles and family likeness · Type 1 · bank item PP-1 · tests LIF3-030

EasyMCQType 1 — a living thing at a named stage: which stage of its life cycle comes next · PP-1

An apple seed has just sprouted in the soil. Which stage of its life cycle comes next?

1. a) begins
2. b) grows ← key
3. c) makes more of its own kind
4. d) dies

Why it is this type: Every life begins, grows, makes more of its own kind, and dies. / Sprouting is the beginning, and that has just happened. / So next the young apple plant grows.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 40 · Life cycles and family likeness · Type 4 · bank item PP-2 · tests LIF3-031

EasyMCQType 4 — four stages listed out of order: which comes first, last, or right after the egg — the ask varies across the bank

A beetle's life has four stages, out of order: a young beetle, an egg, a grown beetle, a resting stage in a case. Which stage comes right after the egg?

1. a) the egg
2. b) the grown beetle
3. c) the young beetle ← key
4. d) the resting stage in a case

Why it is this type: Find the beginning: the egg. / Put the young before the grown-up. / The young beetle hatches from the egg. / So the young beetle comes right after the egg.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 40 · Life cycles and family likeness · Type 6 · bank item PP-3 · tests LIF3-040

EasyMCQType 6 — two parents with a named feature have young: which FORM of that feature do the young most likely have

Two long-eared rabbits have babies. What ears do the babies most likely have?

1. a) long ears ← key
2. b) short ears
3. c) one long ear and one short ear
4. d) curled ears

Why it is this type: Offspring take after their parents: they share many features with them. / The parent rabbits have long ears. / So their babies most likely have long ears too.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 40 · Life cycles and family likeness · Type 7 · bank item PP-4 · tests LIF3-041

EasyMCQType 7 — two offspring of one kind, drawn: which feature differs

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Here are two guinea pigs from one litter. Which feature differs between them?

1. a) their fur pattern ← key
2. b) their whiskers
3. c) their number of legs
4. d) their ears

Why it is this type: Offspring of one kind are alike, but not the same. / Both guinea pigs have whiskers, four legs and small ears: shared. / One is plain brown and one has a white patch. / So fur pattern differs.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 40 · Life cycles and family likeness · Type 9 · bank item PP-5 · tests LIF3-042

EasyMCQType 9 — two offspring of one kind with different surroundings and one differing feature, the evidence in the stem: where did it come from

Two cress plants grew from the seeds of one cress plant, on one tray: one corner was kept wet, one was left dry. The dry-corner plant is small and floppy; where did that come from?

1. a) from its own flowers
2. b) from its surroundings ← key
3. c) from the shape of its seed
4. d) from its parents

Why it is this type: Both plants came from one cress plant: the same parents. / Only the one in the dry corner is small and floppy. / The water it got is part of its surroundings. / So the small, floppy shape came from its surroundings.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 40 · Life cycles and family likeness · Type 2 · bank item PP-6 · tests LIF3-030

MediumMCQType 2 — a grown living thing dies: which of these keeps its kind going

An old plum tree in an orchard dies. Which of these keeps the plum-tree kind going?

1. a) the rain that falls on the orchard
2. b) the tree's dead branches
3. c) the soil under the tree
4. d) the seeds inside its plums ← key

Why it is this type: Every living thing dies. / But the grown tree has already made more of its own kind: plums with seeds inside. / The seeds begin new plum trees. / So the seeds keep the kind going.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 40 · Life cycles and family likeness · Type 3 · bank item PP-7 · tests LIF3-031

MediumorderingType 3 — four stage cards out of order, the stage only on each: put them in order from the beginning

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Here are four stages of a bee's life on cards, out of order. Put them in order, from the beginning.

Correct order: an egg in a wax cell → a young bee (white and soft) → a resting stage in the cell → a grown bee (the page shows them scrambled; the student taps them in order).

Why it is this type: Find the beginning: the egg. / The young bee comes before the grown-up. / The resting stage in the cell comes in between. / The grown bee makes the next eggs: last.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 40 · Life cycles and family likeness · Type 8 · bank item PP-8 · tests LIF3-040 LIF3-041

MediumMCQType 8 — a clutch with most young like the parents and one that differs: what does this show about offspring

A speckled hen and a speckled rooster have six chicks: five speckled and one plain white. What does this show about offspring?

1. a) they are exact copies, so every one looks the same
2. b) they never take after their parents, so any color can appear
3. c) they take after their parents, but some features differ ← key
4. d) they pick their own color, so one chose white

Why it is this type: Five chicks are speckled, like both parents: offspring take after their parents. / One chick is white: some features differ, even in one clutch. / So offspring take after their parents, but some features differ.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 40 · Life cycles and family likeness · Type 1 · bank item PP-9 · tests LIF3-030

MediumtypedType 1, typed form — a living thing at a named stage: which stage of its life cycle comes next · PP-9

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A lamb was born last night. Type the stage of its life cycle that comes next.

Accepted answers (typed): grows · it grows · grow · growing · grows up · it grows up · growth (the grader folds case)

Why it is this type: Medium because: the stage word is produced, not recognised.

The why line (what a student reads after answering): Every life begins, grows, makes more of its own kind, and dies. / Being born is the beginning, and that has just happened. / So next the lamb grows.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 40 · Life cycles and family likeness · Type 5 · bank item PP-10 · tests LIF3-031 LIF3-030

HardtypedType 5 — two cycles listed; type the name of the stage only one of them has

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A lizard's life goes egg, young lizard, grown lizard. A butterfly's goes egg, caterpillar, then a resting stage in a hard case, then butterfly. Type the name of that resting stage.

Accepted answers (typed): chrysalis · a chrysalis · the chrysalis · chrysalis stage · a chrysalis stage · the chrysalis stage

Why it is this type: Hard because: two cycles compared stage by stage, and the unmatched stage named from memory.

The why line (what a student reads after answering): Both cycles begin with an egg and end with a grown-up that lays eggs. / Only the butterfly has a resting stage inside a hard case. / That stage is called a chrysalis.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar

Topic 40 · Life cycles and family likeness · Type 10 · bank item PP-11 · tests LIF3-042 LIF3-040

HardtypedType 10 — a litter shares the parents' feature; one puppy got little food and differs; type the word for where the difference came from — no sort performed, no definition printed

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Two spaniel puppies from one litter both have floppy ears, like their parents. One was fed well and grew strong; one got little food and stayed thin. Type the word for where the thin shape came from.

Accepted answers (typed): surroundings · a surroundings · the surroundings · its surroundings · from its surroundings · surrounding · food · its food · the food · little food · not enough food · from its food

Why it is this type: Hard because: the stem neither sorts the feature nor prints the definition — the student decides from the evidence (one litter, the food differed) that the thin shape is not from the parents, then produces the word.

The why line (what a student reads after answering): The floppy ears came from the parents: both puppies and both parents have them. / The thin shape is in only one puppy, and the two had the same parents. / The difference was the food. / Food is part of a living thing's surroundings.

Recommendation: Approve as the exemplar