Gg OREATURES: EXPLORING THEIR CHARACTERISTICS g. Fillin the blanks with appropriate words: (a) Living beings need... «for their growth and development, (b) The tiny... a. inside a seeds develops into a plant. (o The process of......... maintains the continuity of a kind of an animal. (6) The vicssssuees transforms into an adult mosquito. (¢) All a beings respond to Wi Tiny pores called . help plants to respire. . State whether the statements given below are True or False: () Anything that prompts living beings to respond is called stimulus. (i) Growth is not a characteristic of living beings. (ii) Insectivorous plants are dependent on other plants for their nutrition. (iv) Opening of flowers is an example of movements in plants. (v) Mosquitoes breed in stagnant water. e lultiple Choice Questions (MCQs) Choose the correct option in the lowing questions 1. Which of the following statement is incorrect? (a) Cell is the structural unit of living things (b) Living and non-living things are made up of cells (9 Living and non-living things are made up of matter (4) Similar cells combine together to form tissues. 2. Animals move (a) to search their food (b) to search for shelter (c) to escape from their enemies (d) all of these 3. Energy is released during the process of (a) digestion (b) excretion (9 growth —(d) respiration 4. Which of the following is true for plants and animals? (a) They make their own food (}) They need sunlight for energy (o) They respire to get energy (d) They move from one place to another 5. Which of the following does not grow? (a) Tree (b) eraser (9 baby (d) butterfly 6. Which of the following is not a product of excretion? (a) Carbon dioxide (b) energy (q urine (d sweat 7. The germination of pea seeds requires one of these gases. (a) nitrogen (b) oxygen (9 vapours of water (@ hydrogen 8. Which is not a requirement for germination of a seed? (a) favourable temperature (b) light (0) fertilizer (d) sufficient moisture 9. The process of plants creating their own food is called? (a) Germinate (b) Nutrients (co) Photosynthesis (d) Plant lifeem ee i b) Germination . b ( 10. Jagadish Chandra Bose born in a (a) 1858 (b) 1859 (ij Repredaction| (o) 1857 (1860 12, Anorganisr that is fly grown ig 11. The process in which some organisms walled change form in different stages of their life cycle is known as (a)A pupa (b) A larva (a) Life span (Q Anadult (d) Anymph ACTIVITY 10.2) (Page 188) ° When a seed turns into a sprout, it is said to have germinated, Predict whether the seeds in each pot will germinate. Record your Predictions for each pot kept under different conditions in Table. Ans. Table: Effect of certain conditions on seed germination rs ed Deets Possible reason feed oats observation UNEVEN ages pseu tet telat Air | Sunlight] Water | Prediction | Observation ze is rae Yes |” Yes No No [No seed Water is necessary ight oe cal aa Ce germination on fsa germination B: In direct Yes | ¥ faunlight end es Yes Yes No, proper In presence of excess a (excess) seed excess water ‘ . water. germination |Seeds can not disappear. So seed can not germinate C:In complete | Yes | No properly. ; Yes dark and moist Gimitea) Yes Yes, seed can Light is not soil be germinate | necessary for a seed to germinate. The majority of seeds grow most ; effectively in the D: E direct | Yes | Yeo Yes 7 dark sunlight 5 oe i Gimiteay “Ss ]¥es, seed can | Light is not be germinate, necessary for Seed to germinate. | The majority of |seeds grow most ———— | fectively in thejy@ CREATURES: EXPLORING THEIR CHARACTERISTICS. u SCIENCE—yj rere Liss 1 sspiration breathing in and out Removal of waste from body Excretion WAPTERO iy | Shoots (i) grows upward Pupae ()) Changes into insect :2 Spawn (vi) cluster of eggs a Opening of leaves (iv)_movement in plants edict Fill in the blanks: nutrition —_—_(b) embryo (0) reproduction pupa (e) stimuli (stomata 3. True or False: ) True (i) False (ii) False iv) True True Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) 1 2. 3. (dq 4. (q 5. (b) 6. (K) 7. (b) 8. (9 9. (q 10. 11 12. Vil. EXERCISE FOR PRACTICE i. Name an animal which 6. How germination occurs in mung reproduces through eggs. seeds? nal 2. Which animal respires through 7. Define stimulus. Give | two 3 - examples of response to stimuli P a4 gills shown by plants. minat 3. The process of removing wastes [Link]., characteristics’. citi from the body of living organisms organisms in detail ad fe Inova 9. Give differences between living f 4. Name a plant which is produced and non-living things. a from cuttings. 10. How excretion occurs in plants? — 5. Give two examples of response to 11. What is the need of excretion in stimuli shown by animals. animals? ate. *