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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
The stick which was stuck in the ground fell very easily. It was difficult to pull out a small grass. Why?
Do all plants have roots?
Look at some plants and trees around you. Imagine how deep and spread out the roots of these are?
After three days, Abdul saw that one broken part of the pea plant had dried. Guess which part would have dried up? Why?
Abdul realised that he never watered the huge neem tree. “Where did it get its water from?” he thought.
Which of the plants around you do not need watering. Where do they get water from? Make two guesses.
Look at the pictures below and find out which of these vegetables are roots.
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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?
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?
