DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL VADODARA

Academic Session 2020 -2021

Class I/EVS/Assignment -12
TOPIC: L-6 Plants –Our Friends

Types of plants -
1. Trees
• Very big, tall and strong plants are called trees.
• Thick, brown and woody stem is called trunk.
• Trees live for many years.

banyan mango coconut

2. Shrubs –
• Shrubs are smaller than trees.
• They have bushy look.
• They have thin, brown and woody stem.
• Shrubs live for few years.

rose jasmine hibiscus

3. herbs –
• Herbs are smaller than shrubs.
• They have soft and green stem.
• They live for few months ( one season).

grass coriander mint

Plants that cannot stand straight-
• They have soft and weak stem
4. Climber-
• Climb on a support such as stick, wall.

grapevine pea plant money plant

5. Creeper –
• Creepers grow along the ground.

Watermelon pumpkin

1. Look at the pictures and write ‘H’ for herbs, ‘S’ for shrubs and ‘T’ for trees.

mint rose banyan

jasmine grass banyan

2. Encircle the odd one out.

2.1 grass

Grass rose mint

2.2

tulsi coconut banyan

2.3

grapevine watermelon money plant

3. Fill in the blanks with the help of the words given in the box.

creepers climbers shrubs herbs trunk

3.1 ______________ climb on a support.

3.2 The thick, brown stem of a tree is called ________________.

3.3 ________________ have a bushy look.

3.4 _______________ grow along the ground.

3.5 _______________ live for one season only.

4. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false.

4.1 We should not pluck flowers.

4.2 Shrubs have soft, green stem.

4.3 Trees live for many years.

4.4 Jasmine has a thick trunk.

4.5 Mango tree grows along the ground.

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