What is the function of a stem in a plant?
Functions of stem are as follows:
Draw (a) a leaf, (b) a taproot and (c) a flower, you have studied for Table 7.3.
Name the part of the plant which produces its food. Name this process.
Which of the following leaves have reticulate venation?
Wheat, tulsi, maize, grass, coriander (dhania), China rose
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.
Name two flowers, each with joined and separated sepals.
If a plant has fibrous root, what type of venation do its leaves likely to have?
Can you find a plant in your house or in your neighborhood, which has a long but a weak stem? Write its name. In which category would you classify it?
In which part of a flower, you are likely to find the ovary?
Write the names of the parts of a flower.
Which of the following plants have you seen? of those that you have seen, which one have flowers?
Grass, maize, wheat, chilli, tomato, tulsi, pipal, shisham, banyan, mango, jamun, guava, pomegranate, papaya, banana, lemon, sugarcane, potato, groundnut
(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?
Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?
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.
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?
Can you think of creating a shape that would give a circular shadow if held in one way and a rectangular shadow if held in another way?
What is winnowing? Where is it used?
Fill up the blanks
(a) The method of separating seeds of paddy from its stalks is called ___________.
(b) When milk, cooled after boiling, is poured onto a piece of cloth the cream (malai) is left behind on it. This process of separating cream from milk is an example of ___________.
(c) Salt is obtained from seawater by the process of ___________.
(d) Impurities settled at the bottom when muddy water was kept overnight in a bucket. The clear water was then poured off from the top. The process of separation used in this example is called ___________.
Answer the following:
(a) What is a ball and socket joint?
(b) Which of the skull bones are movable?
(c) Why can our elbow not move backwards?
What is the purpose of using an electric switch? Name some electrical gadgets that have switches built into them.
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. ( )
Column I shows different positions in which one pole of a magnet is placed near that of the other. Column II indicates the resulting action between them for each situation. Fill in the blanks.
Column I Column II
N - N _________
N - _________ Attraction
S - N _________
_________ - S Repulstion
How are clouds formed?
List all items known to you that float on water. Check and see if they will float on an oil or kerosene.
(a) What do you do with the left over food at home?
(b) If you and your friends are given the choice of eating in a plastic plate or a banana leaf platter at a party, which one would you prefer and why?