5. How does a Starling differ from other Birds?
6. Draw a common Snail and a Slug. Give a short account of their life-histories.
7. Give instances of protective colouring amongst (1) Insects, (2) Birds, (3) Mammals, in this country.
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TEACHERS’ CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION.
General Elementary Science.
Part II.
11. Give an example in each case of a plant with—(a) Plumed fruits or seeds. (b) Winged fruits or seeds. (c) Climbing stem covered with hooks. (d) Flowers which come out before the leaves. (e) Flowers in which the stamens are united to form a tube.
12. Show in the case of any two British wild plants the special means they possess for survival in the struggle for existence.
13. Name five of the earliest flowering wild plants in your neighbourhood, in the order in which they flower, and mention the chief characteristics of the flower in each case.
14. Describe the life-history of a fern so far as it can be observed by the naked eye and with the aid of a pocket lens.