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प्रश्न
Nowadays Abdul keeps thinking about all kinds of plants that he sees.
Abdul saw a plant growing out of a wall in school. He wondered-
- How deep must the roots of this plant be going?
- How do the roots get water?
- How big will this plant grow?
- What will happen to the wall?
- Can you give the name of the plant in the picture?
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उत्तर
- The roots of this plant would be going up to at least 10 inches to 20 inches deep.
- The roots get water from the moisture present in the wall.
- This plant can grow big enough.
- If this plant is not removed then it will cause cracks and finally break the wall.
- This is a peepal plant.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Do all plants have roots?
Look at some plants and trees around you. Imagine how deep and spread out the roots of these are?
Why do you think the neem tree did not fall despite the strong wind?
What do you feel, do all plants need water?
Which of the plants around you do not need watering. Where do they get water from? Make two guesses.
Abdul wondered whether radish was a root. Why did he think so?
Have you ever seen a plant growing from a crack in a wall?
- Where was it?
- Did you have any questions when you saw it?
- What were some of your questions? Ask elders and find the answers.
- Find out the name of the plant you saw.
Abdul saw a huge tree that had fallen on the roadside. He remembered the neem tree in his courtyard. He could see some of its broken roots. Abdul thought–
- Would someone have uprooted such a big tree or would it have fallen on its own?
- How old would this tree be?
- Abdul on seeing a tree surrounded by cemented ground, thought that how will it get rain water?
- Have you swung from a banyan tree?
- What did you hold to swing?
- Have you seen any tree which has roots growing from its branches?
Think about yourself – in what ways have you changed over a period of time? Have you grown in any way? For example –
- Has your height increased? How much taller have you grown in the last one year?
- Imagine that you had never cut your nails! Draw a picture of your fingers in the notebook to show how they would have looked.
- What other part of your body (some people cut it regularly) keeps growing?
