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1.
Plants are also called living beings. Mention any two characteristics that support this classification.
2.
Differentiate between excretion and secretion in plants and animals.
3.
List some characters which make birds the flying.
4.
List the types of movements seen in plants.
5.
Why do desert snakes burrow deep into the sand during the day?
6.
Like many animals although a car also moves it is not considered as a living organism. Give two or three reasons.
7.
A and B are two animals one is adapted in water and one is adapted to live on land.
Animal A is small having no tail. It has moist, smooth skin and a very long hind legs for leaping.
Animal B is large animal having short legs long jaws and a long tail, leather is made from its skin.
(a) What could be animal A?
(b) Write one water adaptation of animal A.
(c) What could be animal B?
8.
Growth is an important characteristic of living beings. Support this statement.
9.
Leaves of mountain trees prevent damage by snow or rain. How?
10.
Why is reproduction important for organisms?
11.
Give two examples of scavengers.
12.
Name the place where an organism lives and gets its food.
13.
Habitat includes both ____________ things and ____________ things.
14.
The place where an organism live is called____________ .
15.
Soil, water and air are__________ components of habitat.
16.
Some objects are characterised as living while others as _________________ .
17.
The habitats of plants and animals that live in water are called____________ habitat.
18.
Which of the following is not an example of response to stimulus?
Watering in mouth when we see delicious food items
Closing of leaves of Mimosa pudica plant when touched
Shutting our eyes when an object is suddenly thrown in our direction
A chick hatching out of an egg
19.
Animals and plants have certain features which make them capable to survive in a particular habitat. This is called
adaptation
speciation
specialisation
evolution
20.
Boojho comes across an animal having a streamlined and slippery body. What is the habitat of the animal?
Water
Desert
Grassland
Mountain
21.
Choose the incorrect pair.
Cactus - desert
Germs - air
Water lily - sea
Frog - pond
22.
Which of the following cannot be called a habitat?
A desert with camels
A pond with fishes
A jungle with wild animals
Cultivated land with gratr'ng cattle
23.
All animals can live in isolation and are independent.
24.
Cactus plant has broad, thin leaves.
25.
Fin is for aquatic life in fishes.
26.
Almost all types of plants are found in sea.
27.
Non-living objects carry out respiration.
28.
Aeroplane
29.
Bacteria
30.
Hydrilla
31.
Cactus
32.
Camel
1.
Plants are called living beings because
(i) they carry out respiratory process
(ii) they respond to stimulus
2.
Differentiate between excretion and secretion in plants and animals
| Excretion | Secretion |
| The removal of waste substances from the body of a living being is called excretion. | The process of removal of wastes in plants is referred to as secretion. |
| e.g. formation of urine excrete urea from the animals, body. | e.g. latex, resin and gum are waste for the ptant but useful for us. |
3.
Some characters are given below
(i) The birds have hollow bones (light weighted), their forelimbs are modified into wings.
(ii) They have sharp eye sight.
(iii) Their joints are completely fused.
4.
We see the following movements in plants
(i) Opening and closing of flower.
(ii) Growth of stem and leaves.
(iii) Growth of stem and twigs towards light and roots towards soil and water.
5.
Snakes in the desert burrow deep into the sand during the day time because the deeper layers of sand are cooler which allow them to stay away from heat of the desert that persists through the day time.
6.
A moving car though moves is not considered as a living organism because of the following reasons:
(i) Living organisms have the ability to move on their own, whereas a car moves by the burning of fuels like diesel and petrol.
(ii) Like all living organisms, a car does not show any other living characteristics like respiration, digestion, reproduction or growth.
7.
(a) Animal A is frog.
(b) It has moist skin and webbed feet which help it to live in water.
(c) Animal B is lion .
8.
Growth represents changes in all features of living beings as time passes. Non-living things do not grow and change like shape, size, etc.
9.
The needle-like leaves of these trees have a thick waxy layer called cuticle which protects the leaves from any kind of damage.
10.
Reproduction is important for organism as it leads to the production of more individuals of an organism of its own kind. This helps in continuity of life on the earth.
11.
Scavengers eat dead bodies of animals, e.g. vultures, fox, etc.
12.
Habitat is a place where animal lives and gets its food.
13.
( )
living, non-living
14.
( )
habitat
15.
( )
abiotic
16.
( )
non-living
17.
( )
aquatic
18.
(d)
A chick hatching out of an egg
19.
(a)
adaptation
20.
(a)
Water
21.
(c)
Water lily - sea
22.
(d)
Cultivated land with gratr'ng cattle
23.
(b)
24.
(b)
25.
(a)
26.
(b)
27.
(b)
28.
( )
Non-living thing
29.
( )
Living thing
30.
( )
Aquatic plant
31.
( )
Desert plant
32.
( )
Desert adaptation
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