Answer:
The surroundings where animals live is called their habitat. The organisms depend on their habitat for their food, water, air, shelter and other needs. Habitat means a dwelling place.
Living Organisms and Surroundings
Q 1.
Name some aquatic habitats.
Q 2.
What kind of movement do we see in plants?
Q 3.
Name a few habitats.
Q 4.
Do plants also excrete?
Q 5.
What do you mean by term adaptation?
Q 6.
Give two examples of each biotic and abiotic components.
Q 7.
Does adaptation take place in a short time?
Q 10.
What are predators?
Q 14.
Name few terrestrial habitats.
Q 15.
Which of the things in the following list are non-living?
Q 16.
What is reproduction?
Q 17.
What is respiration?
Q 18.
Why do we need abiotic factors?
Q 20.
Name two organisms that live in deserts.
Q 21.
Give an example of a non-living thing which shows any two characteristics of living thing.
Q 22.
Fill in the blanks:
(a) The presence of specific features which enables a plant or an animal to live in a particular habitat is called___________ .
(b) The habitats of the plants and animals that live on land are called _________________ habitats.
(c)The habitats of plants and animals that live in water are called ____________________ habitats.
(d) Soil, water and air are the____________ factors of a habitats.
(e) Changes in our surroundings that make us respond to them are called
Q 23.
What are the differences in the desert and sea regions?
Q 24.
Name the habitat where various types of fish live.
Q 25.
Name a few plants that live in ponds.
Q 26.
What is the main Junction of food?
Q 27.
Write the features of desert plants.
Q 28.
Which of the following non-living things were once part of a living thing?
Butter, Leather, Soil, Wool, Electric Bulb, Cooking Oil, Salt, Apple, Rubber.
Q 30.
Name two examples of aerial habitat animals.
Q 31.
Name two terrestrial organisms.
Q 32.
Explain the adaptation of plants to live in water.
Q 33.
Explain the adaptation of animals to live in mountain region.
Q 34.
Name the animal which is called the ship of desert.
Q 35.
List the common characteristics of living things.
Q 36.
Frogs can live both on land and in water, name the adaptations seen in these animals.
Q 37.
Name the types of components of habitat.
Q 38.
Explain the features offish which help it to adapt to live in water.
Q 39.
What do you mean by germination of seeds?
Q 40.
Do plants also move?
Q 42.
What is the function of gill?
Q 43.
Explain the characteristics oflimng organisms.
Q 44.
Name a common thing in all fishes.
Q 45.
Name two aquatic animals which have no gills.
Q 46.
What is photosynthesis?
Q 47.
What do you mean by acclimatisation?
Q 48.
How are camels adapted to live in desert?
Q 49.
Explain why speed is important for survival in the grasslands for animals that live there. (Hint: There are few trees or places for animals to hide in grasslands habitats).
Q 50.
Explain the adaptation of trees to live in mountain regions.
