Fill up the blanks with the words given:
herbivore, plant, milk, sugarcane, carnivore
(a) Tiger is a ____________________ because it eats only meat.
(b) Deer eats only plant products and so, is called ______________.
(c) Parrot eats only _________________ products.
(d) The ________________ that we drink, which comes from cows, buffaloes and goats is an animal product.
(e) We get sugar from ___________________.
(a) Carnivore The animals which feeds on the meat of other animals are known as carnivores.
(b) Herbivores The animals which feeds only green plants are known as herbivores.
(c) Plant Bird which feeds on plants are known as herbivores (birds can also be the part of carnivores trophic level). They feeds on seeds and helps in dispersal, feeds on nectar of the flower which helps in the pollination.
(d)Milk We get milk from the animals and they are called animal products and they are the main source of food.
(e) Sugarcane Sugarcane is a plant. After cultivation, at the industrial land, we get sugar crystals and jaggery from the sugarcane.
Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?
Match the items given in Column A with that in Column B
Column A Column B
Milk, curd, paneer, ghee eat other animals
Spinach, cauliflower, carrot eat plants and plant products
Lions and tigers are vegetables
Herbivores are all animal products
Name five plants and their parts that we eat.
(a) Which kind of garbage is not converted into compost by the redworms?
(b) Have you seen any other organism besides redworms, in your pit? If yes, try to find out their names. Draw pictures of these.
Rearrange the boxes given below to make a sentence that helps us understand opaque objects.
To walk through a waterlogged area, you usually shorten the length of your dress by folding it. Can this change be reversed?
Name the major nutrients in our food.
Classify the following fibres as natural or synthetic:
nylon, wool, cotton, silk, polyester, jute
Name five objects which can be made from wood.
Why do we need to separate different components of a mixture? Give two examples.
Correct the following statements and rewrite them in your notebook.
(a) Stem absorbs water and minerals from the soil.
(b) Leaves hold the plant upright.
(c) Roots conduct water to the leaves.
(d) The number of petals and sepals in a flower is always equal.
(e) If the sepals of a flower are joined together, its petals are also joined together.
(f) If the petals of a flower are joined together, then the pistil is joined to the petal.
Fill in the blanks:
(a) Joints of the bones help in the ——————— of the body.
(b) A combination of bones and cartilages forms the _______ of the body.
(c) The bones at the elbow are joined by a ______________________ joint.
(d) The contraction of the _____________ pulls the bones during movement.
What is a habitat?
Which of the following leaves have reticulate venation?
Wheat, tulsi, maize, grass, coriander (dhania), China rose
Name the part of the plant which produces its food. Name this process.
The component of air used by green plants to make their food, is ___________.
Which of the following statements are “true” ?
(a) Water vapour is present in air only during the monsoon. ( )
(b) Water evaporates into air from oceans, rivers and lakes but not from the soil.( )
(c) The process of water changing into its vapour, is called evaporation.( )
(d) The evaporation of water takes place only in sunlight.( )
(e) Water vapour condenses to form tiny droplets of water in the upper layers of air where it is cooler.( )
How are clouds formed?
In which part of a flower, you are likely to find the ovary?
Name two flowers, each with joined and separated sepals.
Indicate true (T) and false (F) among the following sentences.
(a) The movement and locomotion of all animals is exactly the same. ( )
(b) The cartilages are harder than bones. ( )
(c) The finger bones do not have joints. ( )
(d) The fore arm has two bones. ( )
(e) Cockroaches have an outer skeleton. ( )
You accidentally dropped your favourite toy and broke it. This is a change you did not want. Can this change be reversed?
A magnet was brought from different directions towards a toy boat that has been floating in water in a tub. Affect observed in each case is stated in Column I. Possible reasons for the observed affects are mentioned in Column II. Match the statements given in Column I with those in Column II.
Column I Column II
Boat gets attracted towards the magnet Boat is fitted with a magnet with north pole towards its head
Boat is not affected by the magnet Boat is fitted with a magnet with south pole towards its head
Boat moves towards the magnet if north Boat has a small magnet fixed along its length
pole of the magnet is brought near its
head
Boat moves away from the magnet Boat is made of magnetic material when north pole is brought near its head
Boat floats without changing its direction Boat is made up non-magnetic material