NCERT class 6 chapter 4। Getting to Know Plants। English Medium

Getting to Know Plants

Chapter 4

 1. Correct the following statements and rewrite them in your notebook.

(a) Stem absorbs water and minerals from the soil.

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(b) Leaves hold the plant upright.

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(c) Roots conduct water to the leaves.

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(d) The number of petals and stamens in a flower is always equal.

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(e) If the sepals of a flower are joined together, its petals are also joined

together.

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(f) If the petals of a flower are joined together, then the pistil is joined to the

petal.

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2. Draw (a) a leaf, (b) a taproot and (c) a flower, you have studied for Table 4.3.

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3. Can you find a plant in your house or in your neighborhood, which has a long

but weak stem? Write its name. In which category will you place it?

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4. What is the function of a stem?

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5. Which of the following leaves have reticulate venation?

Wheat, tulsi, maize, grass, coriander (dhania), China rose

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6. If a plant has fibrous root, what type of venation do its leaves have?

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7. If a plant has leaves with reticulate venation, what kind of roots will it have?

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8. Is it possible for you to find out whether a plant has taproot or fibrous roots by

looking at the impression of its leaf on a sheet of paper?

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9. What are the parts of a flower.

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10. From the following plants, which of them have flowers?

Grass, maize, wheat, chilli, tomato, tulsi, peepal, shisham, banyan, mango, jamun,

guava, pomegranate, papaya, banana, lemon, sugarcane, potato, groundnut

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11. Name the part of plant which produces food. Name the process.

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12. In which part of a flower, you will find the ovary?

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13. Name two plants in which one has joined sepals and the other has separate

sepals

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