Class 6 Science - Chapter Getting to Know Plants NCERT Solutions | Name the part of the plant which produce

Draw (a) a leaf, (b) a taproot and (c) a flower, you have studied for Table 7.3.

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.

If a plant has fibrous root, what type of venation do its leaves likely to have?

Name two flowers, each with joined and separated sepals.

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?

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

Write the names of the parts of a flower.

If a plant has leaves with reticulate venation, what kind of roots will it have?

(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?

Do you think it is better to use compost instead of chemical fertilisers? Why?

How will you separate husk or dirt particles from a given sample of pulses before cooking.

How will you prove that air supports burning?

How will you separate sand and water from their mixture?

Given below are the names of some objects and materials:
Water, basket ball, orange, sugar, globe, apple and earthen pitcher Group them as:
(a) Round shaped and other shapes
(b) Eatables and non eatables

A bar magnet has no markings to indicate its poles. How would you find out near which end is its north pole located?

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

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 ___________.

Match the items in Column I with one or more items of Column II.

Column I                           Column II
Upper jaw                          have fins on the body
Fish                                    has an outer skeleton
Ribs                                   can fly in the air
Snail                                  is an immovable joint
Cockroach                         protect the heart
                                          shows very slow movement
                                          have a streamlined body

(a)Collect different kinds of packaging material. What was the purpose for which each one was used? Discuss in groups.
(b) Give an example in which packaging could have been reduced?
(c) Write a story on how packaging increases the amount of garbage.