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9th Phase J. P. Nagar, Avalahalli, Anjanapura Post, Bangalore 560 108.

Class: - 2 HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION - 2023-24 Date: - _________
SUBJECT: BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY Marks: - 40

Name: __________________ Section: ___________________

Roll no.: _________________
1. Read the clues and fill the missing letters: - (3×1=3)

(a) This insect can make honey: B__ ___.

(b) It lives in trees. It likes bananas: M__ n __ __ __.

(c) This bird is active at night: __ W __.

2. Circle the odd one in the following: - (4×1=4)

(a) Table, stone, deer, chair.

(b) Cow, jellyfish, giraffe, kangaroo.

(c) Man, plant, chowki, fish.

(d) Housefly, butterfly, monkey, ant.

3. Identify the given bird and describe it in three sentences: - (3×1=3)

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4. Match the column A with column B:- (5×1=5)

Column A Column B

Tongue Writing

Hand Taste the food

Eyes Smelling rose

Ear Watching T.V

Nose Listening to song

5. Identify the given parts of the animal and colour them in red: - ( 3×1=3)

Head Limbs Abdomen

6. Analyse the given facts and identify who I am? (6×½=3)

(a) I am small and colourful. I love to drink nectar. _________.

(b) I have got fins. I live in water. _____________.

(c) I am very tall. I have got four long legs and a long neck. __________________.

(d) I eat leaves and grass. __________________.

(e) I have got dark spots on me. ________________

(f) I am a bird, but I cannot fly. _________________

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6. Name the following: - (5×1=5)

(a) The food factory of the plant: L ___ ___ __.

(b) The part which carries water and minerals from the root: S __ __ __.

(c) The growing part of the plant: B __ __.

(d) The beautiful part of the flower which attracts insects: P__ __ __ __.

(e) The transport department of the plant: V __ __ __ ___.

7. Choose the correct answer and fill in the blanks: - (5×1=5)

(a) A plant has _______________ main parts.

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3

(b) The outline of the leaf is called the __________________.

a) Apex b) margin c) base

(c) The food for the plant is cooked in the _________________.

a) Petiole b) veins c) lamina

(d) The _______________ holds the flower and connects it to the stem.

a) Sepals b) receptacle c) petals

(e) _______________ leaves and _______________leaves are the two kinds of leaves.

a) Root/stem b) simple/compound c) base/apex

8. Draw the veins for the given leaves:- (2×1=2)

Reticulate veins parallel veins

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9. Label the parts of a flower: - (6 ×1=6)

( peduncle, pistil, petals, stamen, receptacle, sepal)

10.Read the poem and underline the needs of a plant mentioned:- (4×½=2)

In the garden,

Pull the weeds,

Dig the soil,

Plant the seeds!

Cover them up,

Water them too.

Let the sprouts

Get the light!

Make sure the sprout,

Get the air,

Watch them grow,

In front of you!

What fun it is

To grow a plant!

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