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Aim : To observe properties of different kinds of soil

· Material Required: 1 cup garden soil, 1 cup potter's clay, 2 beakers, 2 cup water
· Procedure:
· In separate beakers, add garden soil to Beaker A, add potter's clay to
Beaker B
· Now, put water in both the beakers.
· Observation:

QI. Write some of the special features of plants growing in hilly regions.

Ans. 1. Trees that grow in hilly regions grow tall and thin to catch sunlight.

2. These trees are cone -shaped and have sloping branches.

3. Their leaves are like thick needles with very few stomata and are water proof.

4. They are evergreen and their seeds grow inside woody cones.

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of Give
mangrove trees grow
one word above
for the the soil." Why?
following:

a) The food
Ans. Mangrove treesmade
growby in plants ________________________
the marshes which have clayey soil. Clay holds a lot of
water and very little air. To hold the tree in place, as well as to be able to breathe,
mangrove b) Theroots
have finewhich
lines seen
growonabove
the leaves ---------
the soil.
c)growing
Q3. Name a tree The process of making
in Africa, food
in area by the
which plants
have ________________________
scarcity of water.

Ans.d)
TheThe solution
baobab treeused to in
grows test for starch
Africa, ___________________________
in areas which have scarcity of water. It can
storee)water in its
A gas trunk.
given out when plants make food __________________________
Q4. Name any two grasses which
f) A word thatcan be used
means as food
'putting in any
together' form by humans.
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Ans.g)RiceThe green
and color
wheat are found
grassesinwhich
the leaves ___________________________
can be eaten as cereals. Sugarcane is a kind of
grassh)from which
One foodwe
youget sugarcane
like juice,
to eat that whichstarch
contains is used to make sugar.
___________________________
Q5. Why is sunlight necessary for photosynthesis?
i) The plant food in liquid form---------

Ans.j) Sunlight
In spinach,
is necessary
food is for
stored
photosynthesis
in this part _________________________
as it provides energy to the plant to
prepare its food.
k) Food is made by the plants in the form of glucose but stored in the form of
Q6. "A green leafis bleached before carrying out a starch test" Why?

Ans. The green leaf take

1) Plants is bleached to remove chlorophy
in carbon-dioxide 11 so that change
during photosynthesis in colour
and give out to
blue - black can be clearly seen during the starch test.

Q2. Unscramble the jumbled words :

a) CTARSH
b) OPYLHCHLROL

c) ISNTYHESHOPOTS
d) GUNIF

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e) ATSOMTA

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(i) Sugar Q3. Write 'True' or 'False'tiny pores
for the following
(ii) Stomata glucose
statements: a) Photosynthesis can take place in a dark room.
(iii) Seed b) Veins help to carry prepared
energyfood to all parts of the plant.
(iv) Sunlight new plant
c) A plant makes food in its roots.

d) Sugarcane is a stem that can store food.

e) Sunlight is necessary for
photosynthesis.
Q4. Match Column A with Column B:
Q6. Name and draw a plant which stores food in the following parts:

Q5. Complete the following sentences:

a) To test for starch in potato, we add a few drops of Iodine
LEAF

b) It is unhealthy to sleep under a treeFLOWER

at night because

c) Fungi actually do the whole world a good turn by

SEED FRUIT

d) The extra food made by plants is stored in different parts like

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ROOT
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Q7. Give reasons for the following statements :

a) A mushroom cannot make its own food.

b) Chlorophyll is important for the plant

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c) Green plants do not give off oxygen at night.

d) Trees are planted along the roads of cities.

Q8. Practice Questions:

a) What does a leaf need to make food? From where does a leaf get these things?

b) What do the tiny tubes inside the plant carry?

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Ql. Wr ite two examples of each of the

following: a) Conifers
b) Evergreen

c) Desert plants

d) Trees growing in plains

e) Trees growing in marshes

Q2. Wrtte true or false for the following statements :
a) Seeds of a pine tree grow inside a woody cone.
b) Peepal and sheesham are examples of evergreen trees.
c) In hot and wet climate, trees shed their leaves all at once.
d) Cacti have spreading roots.
e) Mangroves grow in soil which has a lot of air.

Q3. Complete the following statements:

a) A coconut tree does not shed all its leaves at once because

Q9. Who am I?
a) I am a gas given out by the plants during the day.
b) I am a gas given out by the plants at night.
c) I am the food factory of the plant.

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NAME OF THE PLANT WHERE IT GROWS
b) Conifers have sloping branches to
1 . Cannot afford to lose
water
2. Does not have leaves

3. Stem prepares food

c) Cactus have thorns

PINE TREE

Q4. Fill in the empty boxes :

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I. Collect samples of different grasses and paste them on a drawing sheet.

B. Fun filled activity :-
· Make a greeting card with the help of dried rose petals.
Hint : Paste the dried petals, in the shape of a flower and draw a stem & few leaves
with the sketch pen. Decorate it and write a message for your family.

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Ql. What are carnivorous plants?
Ans. Plants which can trap and eat insects to get more nutrients are called carnivorous
plants. Q2. Why do desert plants need to store water?
Ans. In deserts, the temperature during the day is very high and it is hot, dry and dusty.
There is hardly any rainfall & very little water is available underground, so these
plants need to store water.

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