Year 7 Science 7D Ecosystems Expected Attainment Confident Advanced Mastery Year Emerging Group Grade 7 1 Correctly use the term: habitat. Tell the difference between and identify Correctly use the term: examples of continuous and discontinuous hybrid. Identify variation between organisms of the variation. same type and of different types. Describe how hybrids Correctly use the term: species. can be distinguished Identify the physical environmental factors that from species. make up the environment in a habitat. Explain how particular adaptations increase the chances of survival. Identify the parents of a Describe the adaptations of a range of hybrid. organisms to their habitats. Explain how inherited variation is caused (does not include genes). Explain how particular Compare similar adaptations in plants and adaptations limit an animals that live in similar places. Correctly use the terms: community, organism's distribution ecosystem. Identify and give examples of inherited Recall the differences variation. Explain how changes in a physical between innate and environmental factor in a habitat affect Describe how physical environmental factors learned behaviours. populations and communities. vary in a habitat, both on a daily basis and Describe how certain seasonally. Explain how environmental variation is learned and innate caused. Identify and give examples of environmental behaviours can be variation. Explain how particular adaptations beneficial to organisms. increase the chances of survival. Describe physical and behavioural adaptations Evaluate food chains and of organisms to daily and seasonal changes, Explain why organisms are in competition food webs as models of including deciduous and evergreen trees, in a given habitat. feeding relationships. nocturnal organisms, hibernation and Describe how the distribution of organisms Use data to create food migration. is controlled by the availability of webs. Use food chains to create food webs and resources. Compare models of identify food chains within food webs. Explain how changes in a population or energy transfer in food Use a food web to identify food sources for community in an ecosystem affect other chains (pyramids of different animals and give reasons for populations. number, biomass). identifying organisms as: carnivores, Use food webs to predict the effects of consumers, herbivores, omnivores, predators, changes in populations. prey, producers. Explain the gains and losses of energy State the resources that organisms need from from living organisms. their habitats and ecosystems. Sketch pyramids of numbers. Define feeding relationships in terms of energy Explain the effects of some persistent flow. pesticides on ecosystems. Describe the sources and effects of some Interpret models of energy transfer pesticides. (pyramids of numbers).
Year 7 Science 7D Ecosystems Expected Attainment Year Group Grade Emerging Confident Advanced Mastery 7 1 Correctly use the term: habitat. Identify variation between organisms of the same type and of different types. Identify the physical environmental factors that make up the environment in a habitat. Describe the adaptations of a range of organisms to their habitats. Compare similar adaptations in plants and animals that live in similar places. Identify and give examples of inherited variation. Describe how physical environmental factors vary in a habitat, both on a daily basis and seasonally. Identify and give examples of environmental variation. Describe physical and behavioural adaptations of organisms to daily and seasonal changes, including deciduous and evergreen trees, nocturnal organisms, hibernation and migration. Use food chains to create food webs and identify food chains within food webs. Use a food web to identify food sources for different animals and give reasons for identifying organisms as: carnivores, consumers, herbivores, omnivores, predators, prey, producers. State the resources that organisms need from their habitats and ecosystems. Define feeding relationships in terms of energy flow. Describe the sources and effects of some pesticides. Tell the difference between and identify examples of continuous and discontinuous variation. Correctly use the term: species. Explain how particular adaptations increase the chances of survival. Explain how inherited variation is caused (does not include genes). Correctly use the terms: community, ecosystem. Explain how changes in a physical environmental factor in a habitat affect populations and communities. Explain how environmental variation is caused. Explain how particular adaptations increase the chances of survival. Explain why organisms are in competition in a given habitat. Describe how the distribution of organisms is controlled by the availability of resources. Explain how changes in a population or community in an ecosystem affect other populations. Use food webs to predict the effects of changes in populations. Explain the gains and losses of energy from living organisms. Sketch pyramids of numbers. Explain the effects of some persistent pesticides on ecosystems. Interpret models of energy transfer (pyramids of numbers). Correctly use the term: hybrid. Describe how hybrids can be distinguished from species. Identify the parents of a hybrid. Explain how particular adaptations limit an organism's distribution Recall the differences between innate and learned behaviours. Describe how certain learned and innate behaviours can be beneficial to organisms. Evaluate food chains and food webs as models of feeding relationships. Use data to create food webs. Compare models of energy transfer in food chains (pyramids of number, biomass).