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Unit 1

A Answer the following question.

Q.1: How many parts does a plant have?

Q.2: What is the root and what functions does it perform?

Q.3: Name two kinds of roots.

Tick ( ) the roots which are thick taproots and cross ( )

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1 those which are thin and fibrous.
Q.4: Which part of a plant is called stem?

Q.5: What is the function of a stem?

Q.6: Name four kinds of stems in plants with examples.

Visit a garden or a field with your teacher and observe

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2 different types of stems of plants.

Q.7: What is the function of leaves in a plant?

Q.8: What is the function of a flower in a plant?

 Collect leaves of different plants from your school garden

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3 or home lawn. Dry and paste them.
Q.9: Do all plants have same number of seeds in their fruits?

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4 Collect different kinds of flowers. Dry them and paste them.
 Interesting Information
In Brazil, there are floating water-lilies which are so huge that
each leaf of them can support a child sitting on it.

B Think and answer.

1. Which roots are eaten by us as vegetables?

2. Which is the most important part of a plant?

3. Name three fruits which have many seeds in them.

C Fill in the blanks.

_________ is the most beautiful part of a plant.

The stem of bamboo is hard and _________.
Leaves help the plants to make _________.
D Tick ( ) the correct answer.

Fibrous roots are present in: carrot grass

A plant has underground stem: ginger melon

Absorbs water from soil: root stem

E Match the items of column A and B.

Column A Column B

New plants arise from potato.

Underground stem is rose.

Thorny stem is seeds.

 Unit 2

A Answer the following question.

Q.1: Which are the two main groups of animals?

Students feel their backbone by touching it.

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Q.2: Describe the functions of a backbone.

Q.3: Name five animals with a backbone.

Q.4: Name five animals without a backbone.

Q.5: Write names of four animals without a backbone found in water.

Students feel the backbone of domestic animals like goat

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2 and hen by touching them and paste their pictures.
 Do you know?
The fastest animal in the air is the needletail swift. It can fly as
fast as 250 to 300 km in one hour. This is faster than a racing car.

Join the animals with the correct box.

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3

Animals with a
backbone

Animals without
a backbone

B Think and answer.

1. What is the skeleton?

 2. How is our skull supported?

3. Where are our limbs attached?

C Fill in the blanks.

Animals move with the help of a _________ .

Animals without a backbone are ________ animals.
A grasshopper does not have a _____________.

D Encircle the correct answer of each statement.

An animal with a backbone:

(a) earthworm (b) frog (c) crab
Gives support to the body:
(a) hip bone (b) arm bone (c) backbone
Which animal does not have a backbone?
(a) snail (b) fish (c) dog
E Tick ( ) for the true statement and ( ) for the false statement.

A bee has a backbone.

A butterfly is an animal without a backbone.

A snake and lion are animals with a backbone.

 Unit 3

A Answer the following question.

Q.1: Write three uses of plants.

Write names and paste pictures of three vegetables and

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1 three fruits.
Q.2: Which eatables do we get from plants?

Q.3: Write some uses of wood of the trees.

Match the plants to their respective products in the

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2 following pictures.

Do you know?
In some countries elephants
are used to pull heavy logs.
Q.4: Which eatables do we get from animals?

Q.5: What are the uses of skins of animals?

Match the animals with their products.

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Q.6: Tell the name of animal which can be used for a ride.
B Think and answer.
1. How is the hen useful for us?

2. From which plant do we get sugar?

3. Can we use plants to decorate our homes?

C Fill in the blanks.

________ clean the air in which we breathe.

We decorate our homes and gardens with ________ .

________ is used for a ride.

We get wool from the skin of ________ .

D Tick ( ) the correct answer.

We get cotton from: animals plants

We eat meat of : horse cow

 We drink milk of: buffalo lion

E Match the items of column A and B.

Column A Column B
Sports goods eggs

Hen and duck milk

Cow and goat for a ride

Horse wood of trees

 Unit 4

A Answer the following question.

Q.1: Define habitat of organisms and give examples.

Observe habitats of sparrows, frogs, rabbits and rats in

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1 your environment.

Q.2: Where do monkeys, squirrels and birds live?

Paste pictures of fish, camel , sparrow and daffodil with

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2 their habitats.
Q.3: Which type of organisms are found in the habitat of forest?
 Paste pictures of three animals each of forest, desert and
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sea habitats.
Q.4: Why are only a few plants and animals found in the desert?

Q.5: What are the uses of habitat for an organism?

Do you know?
The largest land animal is the African elephant. It can weigh up
to 10,000 kg.

Write the name of habitat under the picture of each animal.

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B Think and answer.

1. Can a fish live without water?

2. Where are alligators found?

 3. Which is our habitat?

C Fill in the blanks.

Every thing present around us is the part of our ________ .

In the desert there is _________ everywhere.
Pine and deodar are found on _________ .
The water in the pond is __________.

D Tick ( ) the correct answer.

There is less rain: in desert on mountains

Daffodils are found in: desert water

The habitat of whale and dolphin is: river sea

Which animal lives in trees? snake monkey

E Match the items of column A and B.

Column A Column B

lion mountain
apple tree desert
camel grassland
cow forest
 Unit 5

A Answer the following question.

Q.1: What is matter?

Q.2: What are material objects? Give four examples.

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1 Write down the names of the material objects around us.

Q.3: Name three states of matter.

Q.4: What are solids? Give four examples.

Tick a mark ( ) on solid, ( ) on liquid and ( ) on gas.

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Q.5: What do you know about liquid?

Q.6: Which state of matter is called gas?

In the boxes given, write down the names of the kinds of

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3 materials the objects are made of.
Q.7: Are all material objects made up of the same matter?

Match each object with its materials as shown in the

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4 example.

cloth and metal

plastic and metal

metal and leather

wood and metal

B Think and answer.

1. Which state of matter occupies more space?

 2. Why do tyres of cycles burst more frequently in the summer?

3. Which state of matter has a definite weight but no definite shape?

C Fill in the blanks.

All hard things are _________ .

All air like things are _________ .
Matter has _________ states.
Lamp is made up of more than one kind of _________ .

D Circle the correct answer of the each statement.

A liquid thing is:

(a) air (b) table (c) milk
A thing which is made up of only one kind of matter:
(a) clock (b) scissors (c) chair
Steam is an example of:
(a) solid (b) liquid (c) gas
E Tick ( ) for the true and ( ) for the false statement.

Air and water are material objects.

Glass is made up of more than one kind of matter.
A thing which can flow is called solid.