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प्रश्न
Look at some plants and trees around you. Imagine how deep and spread out the roots of these are?
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उत्तर
The roots of plants are two inches to ten inches deep, while the roots of a tree are five feet to ten feet deep. Also, the roots of some trees go as deep as 50 feet into the earth.
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- What did you hold to swing?
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Get together with 3-4 of your friends – From the list of things given, decide who will bring which thing.
A transparent glass tumbler or bottle with a wide mouth, rubber band or thread, some seeds of moong, wheat, bajra, mustard, channa (chickpeas) or rajma (red beans) and a wad of cotton wool.
Each group will work with only one kind of seed. Soak a few seeds (5-6) overnight in a bowl full of water. Take the wad of cotton wool and wet it. Put it on the mouth of the tumbler. Tie it tight to the mouth with a rubber band or thread. Remove soaked seeds from the water and place them on the cotton wool. You will have to take care that the cotton wool does not dry. Observe the changes that take place for the next 10 to 12 days. Did you observe the seedlings come out of the seeds? Draw the picture of the seedling as it looks on the fourth and the eighth day.
Write in your notebook
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- What do you think would happen if the cotton wool had been left dry?
- In which direction did the roots grow? And the stem?
- How big did the plant grow in the cotton wool?
- Did small plants come out from all the seeds?
- What is the colour of the roots?
- Did you see any hair on the roots?
- Try and pull out one little plant from the cotton wool. Were you able to pull it out? Why?
- Did you see how the roots grip the cotton wool? Do you think that the roots hold the soil in the same way?
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