Question

Observe and think about the pictures given in the figure and answer the following questions:

• What do you see in the pictures?
• How many of these animals or plants do you know?
• Which of these things have you seen in reality?
• Have you ever used these things or seen them being used?
• Which of our needs do some of these fulfil?
• What probable use of the unused things can you think of?

Find more information about the things you could not identify.

Answer 1

• The pictures show a lizard, a cotton plant, an octopus, a mango, a flower, and a horse.
• I know all six of these animals and plants.
• I have seen a mango, cotton, flowers, a horse and a lizard in reality, while an octopus is usually seen in aquariums, books or videos.
• Yes. I have used mangoes as food, cotton for clothes, flowers for decoration and worship, and horses for riding or transport.
• Mango fulfils our food needs, cotton provides clothing, flowers are used for decoration and worship, and horses can help in transport and work.
• The octopus and lizard are important parts of the food chain and ecosystem, and they help maintain ecological balance.

An octopus is a marine animal with eight arms, while the large spotted flower is Rafflesia, known for producing one of the largest flowers in the world.