1st Class EVS Plants and Animals

                                             Plants and animals

Plants

Plants are living things. These are of different shapes and sizes.

Type of Plants

Tree: Big plants are called trees.

Neem tree                        Mango tree

Small Plants

Herbs: Small plants which are weak are called herbs.

        Mint                              Coriander

Shrubs: Small plants which are strong are called shrubs.

    Rose                         Sunflower

Plants that "Cannot stand straight

Creepers: Plants that grow along the ground are called creepers.

       Pumpkin                             Watermelon

Climbers: Plants which climb up by taking supports of other plant, sticks or walls are called climbers.

      Money plants            pea plant

Parts of Plants

1.        Which one of the following is not a tree?

(a) Banyan tree                 (b) Mango tree

(c) Tulshi tree                     (d) Coconut tree

(e) None of these

Answer: (c)

Option (c) is the correct answer because tulsi has weak stem and small in size.

Animals

There are different types of animals in the world.

Some animals live on land as well as in water

      Crocodile                Frog               Duck

Some animals live only on land

         Cat                    Horse               Sheep

Some animals live on trees

       Monkey                   Woodpeker                         Koala

Some animals live only in water

         Octopus                       Fish                       Jellyfise

Insects

Insects are small animals

     Mosquito    Housefly         Cockroach

All the insects have six legs and some have wings which can fly.

         Butterfly         Ladybug       Dragonfly

Birds

Birds have two legs, wings and feathers Most birds can fly but same birds such as        and

Cannot fly.

Reptiles

Snakes, Lizards and Crocodile are reptiles. Snakes do not have legs. They can only crawl. Lizards and Crocodiles have four legs. The reptile, refers to creeping or crawling animals.

Identify the insect from the following.

(a) Spider                           (b) Milliped

(c) Centipede                   (d) Bee

(e) None of these

Answer: (d)

Option (d) is correct because it has six legs.