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प्रश्न
How many types of seeds can you collect? Where will you find them? Each of you should try to collect as many different types of seeds as you can. After that, put all the seed collections together. Now observe these seeds carefully – their shapes, sizes, colours, textures (smooth or rough). Make a seed chart to put up in the class. You can start with a table like this.
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उत्तर
| Name of the seed | Colour | Shape (draw) | Texture |
| Rajma | Reddish-brown |  |
Smooth |
| Moong | Green | Draw self | Soft |
| Chana | Brown | Draw self | Soft |
| Papaya | Black | Draw self | Rough |
| Mango | Whitish yellow | Draw self | Rough |
| Anisteed | Gree | Draw self | Soft |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Has the doctor or someone you know ever told you to eat sprouts? Why?
When you split the whole masoor, you get me - masoor dal. But then you cannot sprout me! Can you think why?
Plant your seeds
Take a clay pot or a tin can with a wide mouth. Make a small hole at the bottom of the can. Fill your can with soil. Put four or five seeds of the same kind in the soil and press them gently. Different groups can plant different kinds of seeds, such as mustard (sarson), fenugreek (methi), sesame (til) or coriander (dhania).
Did anyone’s plant dry up or turn yellow? Why did this happen?
Which was the smallest seed and which was the biggest seed in your collection?
Make lists of :
Seeds of vegetables.
Make lists of :
Make more groups. How many groups of seeds did you make?
Plants cannot move around. Once they grow, they remain in the same place. But their seeds are great travellers! They can reach far and wide. Look at picture 1 and see the flying seeds.
Picture 1
Picture 2
Look at your seed collection. Guess how many of those could have travelled by flying.
What all was grown in India long ago? Were mangoes and bananas grown here? What came from other countries? Imagine food without potatoes or tomatoes!
How do seeds spread to far-off places? Write in your own words.
