The Living Organisms haracteristics and Habitats
1. What is a habitat?
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2. How are cactus adapted to survive in a desert?
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3. Fill up the blanks
(a) The presence of specific features, which enable a plant or an animal to live
in a particular habitat, is called ________.
(b) The habitats of the plants and animals that live on land are called
habitat _________.
(c) The habitats of plants and animals that live in water are called
habitat ________.
(d) Soil, water and air are the ———— factors of a habitat.
(e) Changes in our surroundings that make us respond to them, are
called ________.
4. Which of the things in the following list are nonliving?
Plough, Mushroom, Sewing machine, Radio, Boat, Water hyacinth, Earthworm
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5. Give an example of a non-living thing, which shows any two characteristics of
living things.
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6. Which of the non-living things listed below, were once part of a living thing?
Butter, Leather, Soil, Wool, Electric bulb, Cooking oil, Salt, Apple, Rubber
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7. List the common characteristics of the living things.
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8. Explain, why speed is important for survival in the grasslands for animals
that live there. (Hint: There are few trees or places for animals to hide in
grasslands habitats.)
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