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Abdul in the Garden
Chapter: 19
1. The stick which was stuck in the ground fell very easily. It was difficult to pull out the small grass. Why?
Ans: The roots of the grass firmly held the soil in place, while the stick had no such grip. As a result, even small grass was difficult to pull out from the ground, whereas the stick embedded in the soil came out quite easily.
2. Do all plants have roots?
Ans: Yes, all plants have roots, except for mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
3. Look at some plants and trees around you. Imagine how deep and spread out the roots of these are.
Ans: Students do it yourself.
4. After three days, Abdul saw that one broken part of the pea plant had dried. Guess which part would have dried up? Why?
Ans: The leaves on the broken part of the pea plant dried up. Because the broken part could no longer receive water and minerals from the soil.
5. Why do you think the neem tree did not fall despite the strong wind?
Ans: Despite the strong wind, the neem tree remained standing because its roots were firmly anchored in the ground.
6. On putting water in the soil where the plants are growing, the dropping leaves become fresh again. How?
Ans: When water is added to the soil, the wilted leaves of a plant become fresh again as the roots absorb the water and transport it to the leaves.
7. What do you feel, do all plants need water?
Ans: Yes, all plants require water in some form or another.
8. Which of the plants around you need regular watering?
Ans: Flowering plants like roses and tomato plants need regular watering to grow.
9. What will happen, if nobody gives water to these plants?
Ans: If plants go without water for a long time, they will dry out and eventually die.
10. Abdul realised that he never watered the huge neem tree. โWhere did it get its water from?โ he thought. Which of the plants around you do not need watering. Where do they get water from? Make two guesses.
Ans: The roots of the neem tree grow deep into the ground, allowing it to absorb the necessary water from below.Plants like cactus and money plant do not need regular watering.
11. Abdul wondered whether radish was a root. Why did he think so?
Ans: Because the root is a part of the plant that grows underground.
12. Look at the pictures below and find out which of these vegetables are roots.
Ans: The following vegetables are:
Carrot, Radish, Beetroot and Root cabbage.
| ABDUL HAS MORE QUESTIONS |
Nowadays Abdul keeps thinking about all kinds of plants that he sees. Abdul saw a plant growing out of a wall in school. He wonderedโ
1. How deep must the roots of this plant be going?
Ans: The roots of the plant might not go very deep; instead, they spread into small cracks in the wall to find space and nutrients.
2. How do the roots get water?
Ans: The roots absorb water from moisture in the air, rainwater that seeps through cracks, or water trapped inside the wall.
3. How big will this plant grow?
Ans: The plantโs growth depends on how much space, water, and nutrients it gets.
4. What will happen to the wall?
Ans: Over time, as the plant grows, its roots may widen the cracks in the wall, weakening its structure and causing damage.
5. Can you give the name of the plant in the picture?
Ans: Peepal.
6. Would someone have uprooted such a big tree or would it have fallen on its own?
Ans: A large tree is usually uprooted by strong winds, storms, or heavy rain.
7. How old would this tree be?
Ans: The tree looks very old.
8. Abdul on seeing a tree surrounded by cemented ground, thought that how will it get rain water?
Ans: The tree might get rainwater from small gaps in the cement or through its deep roots, which can reach underground water sources.
| LET US TALK |
1. Which are the oldest trees in your area? Find out from your elders how old the trees are?
Ans: The oldest tree in our area is neem tree near the temple. According to the elders, these trees are around 50 to 100 years old.
2. Name animals who live on this tree.
Ans: Various animals and birds live on these trees, such as squirrels, monkeys, crows, parrots, owls, and insects like ants and bees.
3. Have you ever seen any big tree that had fallen down? What did you think when you saw it?
Ans: Yes, I once saw a huge tree fallen after a storm.
| WRITE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK |
1. What difference did you observe in the seeds after soaking? Compare with dry seeds and write.
Ans: After soaking, the seeds became swollen, soft, and slightly bigger, whereas the dry seeds were hard and smaller.
2. What do you think would happen if the cotton wool had been left dry?
Ans: If the cotton wool had remained dry, the seeds would not have germinated because they need moisture to sprout.
3. In which direction did the roots grow? And the stem?
Ans: The roots grow downward into the cotton wool, while the stem grows upward toward the light.
4. How big did the plant grow in the cotton wool?
Ans: The plant grew a few centimeters tall.
5. Did small plants come out from all the seeds?
Ans: No, not all seeds sprouted. because they were damaged or not mature enough.
6. What is the colour of the roots?
Ans: The roots were white or light cream in color.
7. Did you see any hair on the roots?
Ans: Yes, tiny root hairs were visible, helping the plant absorb water and nutrients.
8. Try and pull out one little plant from the cotton wool. Were you able to pull it out? Why?
Ans: It was difficult to pull out the plant because the roots had gripped the cotton wool tightly.
9. Did you see how the roots grip the cotton wool? Do you think that the roots hold the soil in the same way? Also look at the plants grown by your friends.
Ans: Yes, the roots gripped the cotton wool firmly. Yes, roots hold the soil in the same way.
| DO YOU KNOW? |
1. What do you think? Which of these things listed by Arif and Roopali grow?
Ans: From Arifโs list, leaves, puppies, fish, and Munna grow.
From Roopaliโs list, trees, people, hair, watermelons, mosquitoes, and crows grow.
34. Why donโt you make your own list of things that grow? Your list can include the names of things that are in Arif โs and Roopaliโs list.
Ans: Trees, Flowers, Leaves, Fruits, Puppies, Fish, Humans etc.
Think about yourself โ in what ways have you changed over a period of time? Have you grown in any way? For example โ
(a) Has your height increased? How much taller have you grown in the last one year?
Ans: Yes, Approx 1 ft.
(b) Imagine that you had never cut your nails! Draw a picture of your fingers in the notebook to show how they would have looked.
Ans: Students do it yourself.
(c) What other part of your body (some people cut it regularly) keeps growing?
Ans: Nails and Hair.
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