Fill up the blanks with the words given:
herbivore, plant, milk, sugarcane, carnivore
(a) Tiger is a ____________________ because it eats only meat.
(b) Deer eats only plant products and so, is called ______________.
(c) Parrot eats only _________________ products.
(d) The ________________ that we drink, which comes from cows, buffaloes and goats is an animal product.
(e) We get sugar from ___________________.
(a) Carnivore The animals which feeds on the meat of other animals are known as carnivores.
(b) Herbivores The animals which feeds only green plants are known as herbivores.
(c) Plant Bird which feeds on plants are known as herbivores (birds can also be the part of carnivores trophic level). They feeds on seeds and helps in dispersal, feeds on nectar of the flower which helps in the pollination.
(d)Milk We get milk from the animals and they are called animal products and they are the main source of food.
(e) Sugarcane Sugarcane is a plant. After cultivation, at the industrial land, we get sugar crystals and jaggery from the sugarcane.
Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?
Match the items given in Column A with that in Column B
Column A Column B
Milk, curd, paneer, ghee eat other animals
Spinach, cauliflower, carrot eat plants and plant products
Lions and tigers are vegetables
Herbivores are all animal products
Name five plants and their parts that we eat.
(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?
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.
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.
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?
If a plant has leaves with reticulate venation, what kind of roots will it have?
Write the names of the parts of a flower.
Write any two properties of a magnet.
Draw (a) a leaf, (b) a taproot and (c) a flower, you have studied for Table 7.3.
Give two examples each, of modes of transport used on land, water and air.
Why could you not use an elastic measuring tape to measure distance? What would be some of the problems you would meet in telling someone about a distance you measured with an elastic tape?
Where are poles of a bar magnet located?
Fill in the blanks in the following
(i) Artificial magnets are made in different shapes such as __________, __________ and ____________.
(ii) The Materials which are attracted towards a magnet are called________.
(iii) Paper is not a ______ material.
(iv) In olden days, sailors used to find direction by suspending a piece of ___________.
(v) A magnet always has __________ poles.
What is the function of a stem in a plant?
Can you think of creating a shape that would give a circular shadow if held in one way and a rectangular shadow if held in another way?