1. Place the plants in the correct places.
2. In a cactus plant, photosynthesis occurs in
1. Leaves
2. Spines
3. Modified roots
4. Modified stem
3. The animals such as birds have
1. Light bones with air cavities
2. Solid heavy bones
3. Heavy pointed bones
4. No bones
4. The biotic components of the environment includes
1. Green plants
2. Animals
3. Decomposers
4. All of these
5. The presence of hollow plant stems is a characteristic
of
1. Desert plants
2. Aquatic plants
3. Mountainous tress
4. None of these
Which of the following is an aquatic plant ?
1. Rice
2. Mango
3. Vallisneria
4. Cactus
Which of the following categories of animals have a
streamlined body shape ?
1. Birds and Reptiles
2. Fish and Amphibians
3. Fish and Birds
4. Birds and Mammals
The animal which has a thick skin covered with fur is :
1. Whale
2. Cat
3. Camel
4. Yak
Fill in the blanks with a suitable word :
1. In birds, ............... are modified into wings.
2. The mountain goat has strong ............... for running up
on rocky slopes of the mountains.
3. The hump of a camel is full of ............... which serves
as the reserved food.
4. Whales are ............... mammals.
5. The kind of flowers in which pollination occurs with the
help of water is termed as ............... flower.
Write true or false against the following statements. Rewrite
and correct the false statements :
1. Dorsal and ventral fins of a fish are paired fins.
2. Fishes breathe by means of nostrils.
3. A camel urinates very less and its urine is
comparatively thicker.
4. The leaves of water lily are reduced in the form of
spines to reduce transpiration.
5. The claws of a bird help in steering (changing
direction).
Match the terms given in column A with those of column B:
Column A Column B
(i) Penguins (a) Desert habitat
(ii) Pine trees (b) Very small stems
(iii) Camel (c) Mountain habitat
(iv) Cactus (d) Polar habitat
(v) Water lily (e) Modified fleshy stem
Air cavities are commonly found in these plants.
Which of the following features is seen in aquatic plants?
Roots and stems show optimum development in
In xerophytes,
Bones are without bone marrow in
Animals that live on land have
The hump at the back of a camel contains
The body of _________ are adapted to conserve water and to absorb maximum water available in
the soil.
The trees growing in the mountains are ________ with sloping branches.
Some fish have _______ to help in buoyancy.
Animals that live on land show ________ locomotion.
____________ are present in birds to provide additional strength during flight.
(i) The __________ is the natural environment where a plant or animal lives.
(ii) __________ are plants with weak stems that need support to grow.
(iii) The variety and differences found among living things in a particular area is known as
__________.
(iv) __________ are animals that can live both on land and in water.
(v) __________ plants have hard, woody stems.
The habitat of an organism consists of both biotic and abiotic components.
The ability of an organism to change for better adjustment with the environment is
Adaptation includes changes only in the body structure of an animal.
The desert plants that are adapted to cope with a dry and hot environment are called xerophytes.
The body of mountain goat is covered with thick fur or thick skin to protect it from the cold.
Differentiate between hydrophytes and mesophytes.
aquatic animals and aerial animals.
plants growing in mountains and plants growing in desert.
Give one example of submerged and rooted hydrophytes.
Write an adaptation in xerophytes.
Which animal is called the ship of the desert? Why?
What are aerial animals?
How is the streamlined body of a bird helpful?
Define hydrophytes, mesophytes and xerophytes.
Name the different types of hydrophytes. Give one example of each.
List down adaptations in reference to
leaves
mechanical and conducting tissue
roots and stem in mesophytes
How is the body of a fish adapted to live in water?
Write about adaptations in plants growing in the mountains.
Read the features of plants given below:
Choose the type of plant for every feature given in (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) from the list given
below:
Aquatic plant, Desert plant, Mountainous plant
(i) Thick waxy stem
Answer: Desert plant
(ii) Short roots
Answer: Aquatic plant
(iii) Cone shaped plant
Answer: Mountainous plant
(iv) Sloping branches
Answer: Sloping branches
(v) Small or spine-like leaves
Answer: Desert plant
(vi) Hollow stem
Answer: Aquatic plant
1. A cactus plant has thick stems and very small leaves. It lives in a
desert. Why do you think the cactus has adapted this way? How
does it help the cactus survive?
2. A polar bear has thick fur and a layer of fat under its skin. It lives in
the Arctic, where it is very cold. Explain how these adaptations help
the polar bear survive in its habitat.
3. A fish has gills and fins. It lives in water. How do these adaptations
help the fish survive?
4. Birds living in forests often have curved beaks suited for eating fruits
and insects. Observing this, what can you say about how their habitat
influences their beak shape? Give examples.
5. A camel can go for several days without water. It stores fat in its
hump. How is this an adaptation to its habitat?
6. Some animals, like frogs, live both on land and in water. What kind of
adaptations do frogs have to live in both places?
7. A desert fox has large ears. How do these ears help the fox survive
in a hot desert habitat?
8. Imagine a bird species living in mountains and the same species
living near the sea. How might their adaptations differ? Give two
possible adaptations for each.