Contributed by: Assessment Performance Unit (APU)

You have been given five tubes labeled P, Q, R, S and T containing animals and a hand lens.

You can pick up each tube and turn it around.

a) Look carefully at the animals in S and R. One animal is bigger than the other. Apart from this, write down four things that are different about them.

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3.     _______________________________________________________________________________________

4.     _______________________________________________________________________________________

b) Animal S is bigger than animal O. Apart from this, what is the main difference between the head of the animal in S and the head of Q?

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c) Look carefully at P and T. Write down five ways in which these animals are alike.

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2.     ______________________________________________________________________________________

3.     ______________________________________________________________________________________

4.     ______________________________________________________________________________________

5.     ______________________________________________________________________________________