CLASS 4 SCIENCE

Ch 2: Adaptation in Plants and its uses

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Name two plant that give us fibers.
Ans: We get fiber from cotton and jute plant.
2. Name some plants grown in hilly areas.
Ans: Pine, deodar and fir are grown in hilly areas.
3. Give two examples of deciduous tree.
Ans: Peepal and Banyan tree
4. Name the largest fungi.
Ans: Mushroom is the largest fungi.
5. Give three examples of insectivorous plants.
Ans: Venus Flytrap, Pitcher Plant and sundew Plant.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. What do you mean by adaptation?
Ans: Adaptations are special features that allow a plant or animal to live in a particular place or
habitat.
2. What are three types of aquatic plants?
Ans: Three types of aquatic plants are:
a. Floating Plants
b. Fixed Plants
c. Submerged (underwater) Plants.

3. Why the plants in coastal areas are known as evergreen trees?

Ans: The plants in coastal areas do not shed their leaves throughout the year, therefore they are
known as evergreen forest.
4. What do you mean by habitat?
Ans: The place where an animal or plant live is known its habitat.
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5. Which plants are known as parasites?

Ans: Some plants like dodder plant, coil around the other plants and suck the food and water
from host plants. Such plants are known as parasites.
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Differentiate between terrestrial and aquatic plants.

Ans:
S.No
TERRESTRIAL PLANTS AQUATIC PLANTS
.
The plants that grow on land are called The plants that grow in water are called
1.
terrestrial plants. aquatic plants.
E.g., Banyan tree, pine tree, coconut
2. E.g., Lotus, hydrilla and tape grass.
and cactus

2. How is rubber obtained from plants?

Ans:
a) We get rubber from rubber trees.
b) Slanting cuts are made in the bark of a rubber tree and sap is collected.
c) This sap is known as latex.
d) This in then dried in the factories and made into rubber.