Class 6 Science - Chapter The Living Organisms and Their Surroundings NCERT Solutions | Which of the things in the following lis

How are cactus adapted to survive in a desert?

Explain, why speed is important for survival in the grasslands for animals that live there. (Hint: There are few trees or places for animals to hide in grasslands habitats.)

Which of the non-living things listed below, were once part of a living thing?

Butter, Leather, Soil, Wool, Electric bulb, Cooking oil, Salt, Apple, Rubber

Fill up the blanks
(a) The presence of specific features, which enable a plant or an animal to live in a particular habitat, is called .
(b) The habitats of the plants and animals that live on land are called habitat.
(c) The habitats of plants and animals that live in water are called habitat.
(d) Soil, water and air are the ———— factors of a habitat.
(e) Changes in our surroundings that make us respond to them, are called .

List the common characteristics of the living things.

Give an example of a non-living thing, which shows any two characteristics of living things.

What is a habitat?

(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?

Do you find that all living beings need the same kind of food?

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.

Where are poles of a bar magnet located?

If a plant has fibrous root, what type of venation do its leaves likely to have?

You accidentally dropped your favourite toy and broke it. This is a change you did not want. Can this change be reversed?

Name five objects which can be made from wood.

Write the similarities and differences between the motion of a bicycle and a ceiling fan that has been switched on.

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

Using the "conduction tester" on an object it was found that the bulb begins to glow. Is that object a conductor or an insulator? Explain.

How will you show that air is dissolved in water?

Arrange the following lengths in their increasing magnitude:
1 metre, 1 centimetre, 1 kilometre,1 millimetre.

Why can a pace or a footstep not be used as a standard unit of length?