A. Choose the correct answer and fill in the blanks:
1. When the seed is soaken in water it becomes ………………
(a) soft and big
(b) hard and big
(c) soft and small
2. When the soaked seed is pressed ……………… comes out of it.
(a) food
(b) water
(c) sunlight
3. The two halves of the seed one on each side are called ………………..
(a) baby plant
(b) plumule
(c) cotyledon
4. Seed is covered by a skin called ……………….
(a) car
(b) seedcoar
(c) hole
5. Cotyledon stores the ……………… for the baby plant.
(a) sunlight
(b) leaf
(c) food
6. The part of the baby plant which develops as a root is called ……………..
(a) radicle
(b) plumule
(c) shoot
7. The part of the baby plant which grows into a shoot is called ……………..
(a) root
(b) plumules
(c) radicle
B. Observe the following pictures and fill in the blanks with suitable words:
1. A …………….. is a part of a plant which gives birth to a ………….. plant. It stores the ……………… for the growing plant. It has a smooth outer cover called ……………… .
2. It is ………………. plant. It traps and eat frogs …………….. and even mice. It has a special …………… which attracts the insects to it. When the insect lands on the ………………… of the plant it gets trapped. It is found in ………………. in Meghalaya.
C. Match the following:
| 1. Largestseed | (a) dais, rajma |
| 2. Seed which is outside the fruit | (b) coconut |
| 3. Seed which has water in it | (c) Sunflower |
| 4. Seed as pulses | (d) double coconut palm |
| 5. Seeds as cereals | (e) cashew |
| 6. Oil from seed | (f) rice, wheat |
D. Rearrange the following fruits starting from the one that contains the most number of seeds to least number of seeds: Mango, Papaya, Watermelon, Lemon:
Lemon, Papaya, Watermelon, Mango
E. Group them under suitable headings:
| Mango, Litchi, Guava, Banana, Orange, Grapes, Gooseberry, Papaya, Pineapple, Dates, Watermelon, Coconut, Apple, Tamarind |
