The World of Animals Book Back Questions 6th Science Lesson 5
6th Science Lesson 5
5] The World of Animals
Book Back Questions with Answer and Do You Know Box Content
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In Jurong Birds Park, Singapore, Penguins are kept in a big glass case with ice bergs and the temperature is maintained at 0o C and below.
Animals change their location as the season changes. It is called migration. In Tamil Nadu bird sanctuaries are located at Vedanthangal, Kodiyakkarai and Koondhankulam. Many birds from foreign countries like Siberia and Russia migrate to Vedanthaangal. Likewise, during summer and drought conditions birds from our country migrate to foreign countries. These birds are called migratory birds.
Spending winters in a dormant condition is called hibernation (Winter sleep). Eg. Turtle. On the other hand, spending the hot and dry period in an inactive state is known as aestivation (Summer sleep). Eg. Snail
Kangaroo rat does not drink water at all. It obtains the required water from the seed it eats.
The mountain goat namely Nilgiri Tahr can find small spaces on rock to climb with ease and keep its balance as it feeds.
Choose the correct answer:
1. The study of living beings or organisms is called.
(a) Psychology
(b) Biology
(c) Zoology
(d) Botany
2. Which of the following are the characteristics of living beings?
(i) Respiration (ii) Reproduction (iii) Adaptation (iv) Excretion
Choose the correct one
(a) (i), (ii) and (iv) only
(b) (i), (ii) only
(c) (ii) and (iv) only
(d) (i), (iv), (ii) and (iii)
3. Lizards breathe through their
(a) skin
(b) gills
(c) lungs
(d) trachea
4. All animals need
(a) food and water only
(b) water only
(c) air, food and water
(d) food only
5. Which animal has the special organs of breathing called gills?
(a) Earthworm
(b) fox
(c) fish
(d) Frog
6. Choose the set that represents only biotic components of a habitat.
(a) Tiger, Deer, Grass, Soil
(b) Rocks, Soil, Plants, Air
(c) Sand, Turtle, Crab, Rocks
(d) Aquatic plants, Fish, Frog, Insects
7. Which of the following cannot be called as a habitat?
(a) A desert with camels
(b) A pond with fish and snails
(c) Cultivated land with grazing cattle
(d) A jungle with wild animals
8. Birds fly in the air with the help of
(a) Heavy and strong bones
(b) Soft and thick bones
(c) Hollow and light bones
(d) flat and thick bones
9. Paramecium moves from one place to other with the help of ______________
(a) Pseudopodia
(b) flagella
(c) foot
(d) cilia
10. Kangaroo rat lives in
(a) Aquatic habitat
(b) desert habitat
(c) Grass land habitat
(d) mountain habitat
Fill in the blanks:
1. Water bodies, deserts, mountains are called _____________
2. Based on the number of cells present animals are classified into __________ and _____________
3. Tail of a bird acts as a rudder which helps to ____________
4. Amoeba moves with the help of ____________
State True or False. If false, write the correct statement.
1. Habitat is a living or dwelling place of an organism.
2. The geographical features and environmental conditions on earth remain same from one place to other.
3. Amoeba is a unicellular organism and it moves with pseudopodia.
4. Birds can see only one object at a time.
5. Paramecium is a multi-cellular organism.
Complete the following:
1. Tropical rain forests, grasslands and deserts are known as _______
2. Some living things are made of a single cell, called ___________ organism.
3. The breathing organ of a fish is known as ______________
4. The lizard ______________ on the ground with its claw on its feet.
5. Camel stores ______________ in its hump.
Answers:
Choose the correct answers:
1. Biology 2. i, ii iv and iii 3. Lungs 4. Air, food and water 5. Fish 6. Aquatic plants, Fish, Frog, Insects
7. Cultivated land with grazing cattle 8. Hollow and light bones 9. Cilia 10. Desert Habitat
Fill in the blanks:
1. Habitats 2. Unicellular and Multicellular 3. Control the direction of movements 4. Pseudopodia (False foot)
Say True or False:
1. True
2. False
Correct Statement: The Geographical features and environmental conditions on earth vary from one place to other.
3. True
4. False
Correct Statement: Birds have binocular vision; it can see two objects at a time.
5. False
Correct Statement: Paramecium is a unicellular organism.
Complete the following:
1. Habitats 2. Unicellular 3. Gills 4. Moves 5. Fat