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Science Class - 4: L 2: Plant Adaptations

The document is a science class worksheet about plant adaptations. It contains 23 multiple choice questions about different types of plants and their adaptations to various habitats. These include aquatic plants, desert plants, mountain plants, and plants that grow in marshy or coastal areas. The questions cover plant structures like stems, leaves, and roots and how they are modified for survival in different environments like water, deserts, cold climates. It also provides short examples for some plant types. There are two short answer questions asking for reasons regarding adaptations of aquatic and desert plant leaves.

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Science Class - 4: L 2: Plant Adaptations

The document is a science class worksheet about plant adaptations. It contains 23 multiple choice questions about different types of plants and their adaptations to various habitats. These include aquatic plants, desert plants, mountain plants, and plants that grow in marshy or coastal areas. The questions cover plant structures like stems, leaves, and roots and how they are modified for survival in different environments like water, deserts, cold climates. It also provides short examples for some plant types. There are two short answer questions asking for reasons regarding adaptations of aquatic and desert plant leaves.

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Science Class – 4

L 2: PLANT ADAPTATIONS
(To be done in the practice side of the Science Class Work Notebook)
FILL IN THE BLANKS
1. The place where an organism naturally lives is called its ______.
2. The special features acquired by an organism to adjust itself in a habitat are called
_____.
3. Plants that grow and live in water are called ______ plants.
4. The plants that have their roots fixed in the soil of the shallow waterbed with leaves
emerging out of the surface of the water body are called ________ plants.
e.g.______, _______.
5. The aquatic plants that are fixed to the waterbed with the help of strong roots are
called __________ plants. e.g. _______, _______.
6. A thin stem that supports the leaves and flowers of a plant is called ______.
7. The plants that grow and remain completely submerged into the water are called
_______ plants. e.g._______, _______.
8. The leaves of the underwater plants do not have ______.
9. Plants that float on water are called ______plants. e.g._______, ________.
10. Plants that grow on land are called ______ plants. e.g._____, ______.
11. Desert plants are also called _________. e.g._____, _______.
12. The stem of ______ is thick and fleshy and it helps to collect water required for
_______.
13. The leaves of xerophytes are modified into _______.
14. _______ is a type of cactus that can live up to 200 years.
15. Plants that grow on mountains and hills are adapted to grow in very cold _______.
e.g. ________, _________.
16. Plants on mountains are _______ shaped and have ______ shaped leaves.
17. The trees that shed their leaves in autumn and grow them again in spring are called
________ trees.
18. The trees that shed their leaves and grow new ones throughout the year are called
______trees.
19. The plants that grow in marshy areas are called _______. They have _______ roots.
e.g.________, ________.
20. Plants that grow in ___________ areas are adapted to survive in conditions of salty
water and heavy rainfall. e.g. _________.
21. The plants that trap small insects for nutrients are called _________ plants. e.g.
______, ________.
22. Plants that do not have chlorophyll and cannot carry out photosynthesis are called
________ plants. e.g._______, _________.
23. The plants that grow on other plants and absorb nutrients from them are called
_____ plants. e.g.______, ______.
Give reasons
1. The leaves of the fixed aquatic plants have a waxy coating.
Ans. The leaves of the fixed aquatic plants have a waxy coating as it prevents the leaves
from getting wet.
2. The leaves of xerophytes are modified to spines.
Ans. The leaves of xerophytes are modified to spines as spines protect the plants and
reduce water loss.

__________*****_________

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