TS Board 6th Class Science Important Questions 6th Lesson Habitat 

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TS 6th Class Science Important Questions 6th Lesson Habitat

I. Conceptual Understanding :

Question 1.
Write about pond habitat and organisms in that surroundings.
Answer:
There are several organisms in a pond. The different regions in the pond with different communities of some organisms are present. This is due to some conditions like availability of different amounts of food, air, light etc.,

Different organisms at different regions :

(a) Above the pond surface : Dragonfly, mayfly and kingfisher living above the surface of the pond.

(b) Pond surface : Organisms like snail, whirling beetle and pond skater live on the surface. The larva of mayfly and dragonfly also live on the surface of pond.

(c) Mid water : Great water boatman, leech and mosquito larva are found in midwater. Fish and crabs also swim around this region.

(d) Pond margins : Several grasses, frogs, cranes, crabs etc., are seen in this region. Fish usually lay eggs here.

(e) Bottom of the pond : This region has plants like Hydrilla and animals like mussels, flatworms and some maggots larva of some insects like fly.

Question 2.
Write about the nature of the bottom of the pond.
Answer:
The bottom of the pond has plants like Hydrilla and animals like mussels, flatworms and some maggots larva of some insects like fly. Light is minimum here, but food, in the form of dead and decaying matter is in plenty.

Question 3.
What are aquatic and terrestrial habitats ?
Answer:
The habitat of water is called aquatic habitat. The habitat of land is called terrestrial habitat.

Question 4.
Write a few lines about desert habitat and the organisms that live in the desert habitat.
Answer:
Desert possesses high temperature and the atmosphere is always dry. Yet, in the adverse atmosphere, many plants and animals are living in the desert. Desert plants and animals are suited to drv conditions and vast temperature differences. Eg : Cactus, acacia, aloevera are plants. Camel, dogs are animals.

Question 5.
What is a habitat ? Name some plants and animals which live in aquatic and terrestrial habitats.
Answer:
Habitat is a dwelling place for plants and animals that gives them optimum conditions of life.

Examples of terrestrial plants: Neem, mango, jasmine, guava, apple, orange, lemon tree, grapes etc.

Terrestrial animals : Tiger, lion, sheep, cow, cat, dog, donkey, monkey etc. Aquatic animals : Fish, turtle, snail, crab, prawn, whale, shark, star fish, insects, snakes etc.

Aquatic plants: Hydrilla, lotus, vallisnaria, pistia, water hyacinth, algae etc.

Question 6.
Tree is a habitat. Explain with examples.
(or)
How do you say that tree is a habitat for many organisms ?
Answer:
Tree gives shelter and food for many animals. So we should consider that tree is a habitat. Birds, monkeys, squirrels, snakes, ants, spiders, caterpillars, moths, bees, wasps, mosquitoes etc are some of the organisms that live on the tree. There are also some smaller plants live on the tree. Eg : Mosses.

Question 7.
What are the animals that share the surface of the pond as habitat ?
Answer:
Dragonfly, mayfly, smaller insects, kingfisher bird etc., share the surface of the pond.

II. Asking Questions and Making Hypothesis :

Question 8.
Your teacher asked you about the surroundings of your home. He confirmed that your home is as a habitat. Can you agree with your teacher ?
Answer:

1. Yes, I can agree with my teacher that my house is habitat.
2. In fact we live in our house, that protects us from heat, cold and rain etc. and it is shelter for us.
3. We keep some animals and birds as pets in our houses.
4. We also grow some plants which give us fruits and vegetables.

Question 9.
Imagine a deer is shifted from its natural habitat forest to another habitat (desert). What will be the effect on it ?
Answer:

1. Deer cannot live in the desert habitat.
2. It will suffer from lack of food, water and hot weather conditions.
3. Dry conditions will trouble it seriously.
4. Deer may die due to dryness and water less and food scarcity.

Question 10.
What type of questions do you ask your teacher to know about desert plants ?
Answer:

1. How can plants grow in desert ?
2. How can plants withstand desert atmosphere ?
3. What type of plants grow in deserts ?
4. Can desert plants give fruits ?

Question 11.
Why shouldn’t we kill the smaller animals and insects ?
Answer:

1. Insects and some other animals help us by cleaning the environment.
2. Some insects eat harmful micro organisms.
3. Some insects and animals help us in good crops yields.
4. Hence we should not kill any animal and insects.

Question 12.
Read the following para. Answer the following questions.
Tree is also a habitat. Birds, Monkeys, Squirrels, Snakes, Ants, Spiders, Caterpillars, Moths, Bees, Wasps, Mosquitoes and some of the algae we usually observe on the trees.

(a) The organisms that are found at the base of tree
Answer:
Snakes, ants, algae.

(b) Organisms appear between the branches.
Answer:
Monkeys, ants, mosquitoes, birds, caterpillar, spiders

(c) Organisms live on the trunk
Answer:
Ants, algae, bees, moths

(d) Organisms live under the bark Answer: Wasps, bees etc.

Question 13.
Write some names of the plants and animals which live in water. Are leaves of all plants growing in the pond similar ? Why?
Answer:
Animals live in water: Fish, crab, snail, pond skater, insects, prawn, snakes etc. Plants live in water: Vallisnaria, lotus, water hyacinth, grass etc.

1. Leaves of plants that live in water are not similar.
2. For example some plants such as Hydrilla have smaller scaly leaves that can withstand the water currents.
3. Some plants such as lotus have larger and wax layer coarsed leaves that enable to float on the water surface.

III. Experimentation and field Investigation :

Question 14.
Collect an aquatic plant say a Hydrilla or Vallisneria. Also collect any land plant. Now compare the two and write your observation in a table.
Answer:
With the instructions of our science teacher we visited the garden and a pond. As we were instructed to get a water plant we picked Hydrilla plant from pond. And we have collected Tulasi plant also. The parts of the two plants are observed. Some differences are seen in their parts. They were tabulated as follows.

Parts	Terrestrial plant (Tulasi)	Aquatic plant (Hydrilla)
Stem	Strong and dry in colour	Weak and green in colour.
Leaf	Meadium size leaves are present	Narrow leaves and small in size.
Root	Roots are fixed in the soil with root hairs	Roots are fixed in the bottom of the pond but not much stronger.
Others	Long flower clusters are present	Flowers clearly seen; but small and less.

IV. Information Skills and Projects :

Question 15.
Read the following.

under the ground	on the ground	in/on water	some other place
Eg:snake	snake	snake

Snake, cat, lotus, bird, dung beetle, earthworm, prawns. Where is each organism found most often ? Tabulate the information collected from surroundings.
Answer:

Under the ground	On the ground	In/on water	Some other place
Snake	Snake	Snake	–
–	Cat	–
Dung beetle	Dung beetle	Lotus
Earthworm			Earthworm (in the fields)
	Bird	–	Bird (in home)
		(prawns)	Fresh water prawn

Question 16.
We know that tree is a habitat. You go to field and observe a tree. Find out the organisms which are living on different places of the tree. Tabulate the information.

At the base of the tree	ants, snakes, small plants
On the trunk	spiders, caterpillars, wasps
Between the branches	monkeys, caterpillars, mosquitoes, bees
On or within leaves	spiders, moths, bees etc.

Question 17.
Analyse the information given in the table and answer the following questions.

Under Ground (I)	Surface of the Ground (II)	In/ on water (III)	Other places (IV)
snake	snake	snake	snake
rat	cat	lotus	ants
ant	insects	mussel	bird
earthworm	camel	fish	lizards

Question 1.
Fill the boxes with organisms in I, II, III, IV columns.
Answer:
Earth worm – insects — ants – lizards

Question 2.
In which habitat bat is included ?
Answer:
Other place

Question 3.
What are the habitats which are said to be other places ?
Answer:
House, caves etc.

Question 4.
Name the organism which lives in multiple habitat along with snake.
Answer:
Insect, snake, ants.

Question 18.
Observe the given table.

In soil	On soil	In water	Other areas
Snake	Snake	Snake	Snake
Earthworm	Cat	Octopus	Sparrow
Rabbit	Dog	Fish	Monkey
Bandycoot	Tortoise	Tortoise	Polar bear

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
What are the habitats of snake ?
Answer:
In the soil, on the soil, in the water and other areas.

Question 2.
Mention/write other two habitats which are not shown in the table.
Answer:
Forest, garden, house, tree etc.

Question 3.
In the above table, what will be the other habitats/areas, mentioned ?
Answer:
Caves, old houses, polar regions etc.

Question 4.
Like tortoise, mention other two animals which live in two different habitats.
Answer:
Dog, snake.

Details	Pond surface	Mid-water	Bottom water of pond
Characteristics	1) Few organisms will live on sur-face of water	1) Motile organisms are present, can swim.	1) Light is minimum in this zone.
	2) Food, availabi-lity of air.	2) In this zone the fishes lay eggs.	2) Food is in the form of dead and decaying matter.
	3) Little protection	3) Pond margins have several plants & grasses.
Examples	Snail, whirling beetle, dragonfly, pond skater, lotus, pistia.	Leech, mosquito larva, fish, crab, frog, grasses.	Hydrilla, Mussels, Flatworm and maggots.

Write the answers based on the information from the above table.

Question 1.
Name the motile organisms in the pond.
Answer:
Leech, mosquito larva, fish, crab, frog, etc.

Question 2.
Which zone contains high amount of food in the pond ?
Answer:
Pond surface.

Question 3.
List out the plant species which grow in pond ecosystem habitat.
Answer:
Lotus, Pistia, Grass, Hydrilla etc.

Question 4.
Inner / bottom zone of pond consists less species of plants and animals. Why ?
Answer:
Light is minimum in the bottom of pond.

Question 20.
Observe the following table about the living organisms in a pond and answer to the questions given below.

Living Organisms/Others	Pond surface	Mid-water	Bottom of the pond	Pond margins.
Plants	Pistia, Echornia		Vallisneria	Grasses
Animals	Mayfly, dragonfly and mosquito larvae	Whirling beetle, pond skaters, mosquito larvae	Some kinds of fish, dead bodies and water decomposers.	Snails, Crabs
Others	–	–	Decomposers

Questions:

Question 1.
Which plants can be seen on the pond surface ?
Answer:
Pistia, Echornia.:

Question 2.
Which animals can be seen in the mid-water ?
Answer:
Whirling beetle, pond skaters, mosquito larvae.

Question 3.
Where can the decomposers be seen in the pond ?
Answer:
Bottom of the pond.

Question 4.
Where can snails and crabs be seen in the pond ?
Answer:
Pond margins.

Question 21.
Read the following para and answer the questions.

We have seen that different organisms live in our surroundings. In these some live on land, in land, in water and on water. Some times most of them live in the same place. Living organisms have different needs.They usually stay in the places where most of their needs are met, that is, they get sufficient food, shelter and other conditions necessary for life. All organisms depend on their surroundings for their needs like food, water, air and shelter.The surrounding which meets the needs of a particular organism in the best manner is the habitat of that organism. Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
What is meant by habitat ?
Answer:
A place for organisms to give maximum needs of life.

Question 2.
On which components of their surroundings the organisms depend ?
Answer:
Food, water, air and favourable weather.

Question 3.
Give an example of an organism which lives on both land and in water.
Answer:
Frog.

Question 4.
Why do all the living organisms live in different places ?
Answer:
Living habits, availability of food and body conditions make organisms live in different places.

V. Communication through Drawing and Model Making :

Question 22.
Draw the diagram of pond habitat and label the different regions of the habitat.

Question 23.
Draw any three plants and three animals of the pond habitat.
Answer:

Question 24.
Draw any three organism belonging to the above the pond surface.
Answer:

Question 25.
Draw a sketch or a pond and the possible animals and plants that would live in the different places of this pond.
Answer:

Answer:
Different organisms at different regions :

(a) Above the pond surface: Dragonfly, mayfly and kingfisher live above the surface of the pond.
(b) Pond surface : Organisms like snail, whirling beetle and pond skater live on the surface. Mayfly and dragonfly also live on the surface of pond.
(c) Mid water : Great water boatman, leech and mosquito larva are found in midwater. Fish and crabs also swim around thh ‘vgion.
(d) Pond margins : Several grasses, frogs, cranes, etc., are seen in this region. Fishes usually lay eggs here.
(e) Bottom of the pond : This region has plants lil rilla and animals like mussels, flatworms and some maggots.

Question 26.
Identify the following plant and write its nam

Answer:
The given plant is Hydrilla. It is a water plant.

Question 27.
All the organisms have right to live in this environment. How do you support this statement ?
Answer:

1. A good unharmed habitat leads to a better life for us.
2. If we harm any organism in the same way we will be harmed directly or indirectly as well.
3. Interdependency of different organisms leads existence of every creature on the earth.
4. If we allow other organisms to live we will be allowed to live safely.
5. Therefore every organism has right to live.

Question 28.
Rani saw a garden and said, “It is a beautiful habitat”. Why did she say so ?
Answer:

1. We enjoy the sight of a brightly coloured flowers or a passing butterfly and birds in the garden.
2. This natural phenomenon make us feel an aesthetic sense.
3. Garden makes us having a true friendship with the nature.
4. The beauty of nature partly lies in the garden.
5. Not only a beautiful habitat but also a habitat for several organisms.

Question 29.
“We cannot live without plants.” Support your answer.
Answer:

1. Plants are the prime useful sources for man. Man obtain oxygen for breath-ing.
2. We get varieties of fruits, seeds, leaves, roots from plants.
3. Plants clean the environment by taking carbondioxide that is released by us.
4. Plants help us to have sufficient rains and give us cool climate.
5. Therefore we cannot live without plants.

Question 30.
Bhashini doesn’t want to disturb squirrels that eat fruits on the guava tree at her house. Why does she do so ?
Answer:

1. We should give a chance to every creature to live in its habitat.
2. We should remember that there is an interdependence of organisms.
3. If we have a good unharmed habitat of any animal of it will lead a better life for us.
4. Guava tree is a habitat for squirrels to obtain food material.
5. Therefore Bhashini doesn’t want to disturb squirrels on guava tree since it is a good habitat for squirrels.