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Year 3 Science — We need each other

Say what plants and animals give each other and give us, and tell the help that runs one way from the help that runs the other.

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  1. 1.How does the chapter say squirrels come to plant thousands of trees?

    • a) They carry saplings from place to place
    • b) They drop nuts from high branches on purpose
    • c) They dig holes for farmers to sow seeds in
    • d) They bury nuts and then forget where they hid them

  2. 2.Sort each of these by which way the help runs.

    Groups: Animals help plants · Plants help animals

    • A leopard rests in the shade of a big tree
    • A monkey eats a ripe mango
    • A cow's waste makes the soil richer
    • A monkey carries a fruit's seeds away and drops them far from the tree
    • A tree gives shelter to birds and squirrels

  3. 3.Match each of these gifts from plants to what we use it for.

    • Fibre
    • Wood
    • Fruit
    • Shade
    • a cool place to sit
    • food
    • houses
    • clothes

  4. 4.Plants give us one thing that is spun and woven into the clothes we wear. What is it called?

  5. 5.Besides milk, what does the chapter say we get from cows, buffaloes and goats?

    • a) Wool for blankets
    • b) Wood for the fire
    • c) Fruit in the summer
    • d) Their loving company

  6. 6.The chapter names two ways animals help plants. Which pair is it?

    • a) Giving them shade, and keeping insects off them
    • b) Scattering their seeds, and making the soil fertile with their waste
    • c) Carrying them indoors in winter
    • d) Watering them, and pulling out weeds around them

  7. 7.A monkey eats a mango and throws out the seed. What does Shambhu's father say will happen?

    • a) The seed will be eaten by an ant
    • b) A new plant will grow from that seed
    • c) The monkey will come back and bury it
    • d) The seed will dry up and blow away

  8. 8.When do the Grey Wagtails come down to the warmer parts of India?

    • a) During the cold winter months
    • b) At the end of the school year
    • c) Just before the monsoon breaks
    • d) In the hottest weeks of summer

Answer key — Year 3 Science — We need each other

  1. 1. d) They bury nuts and then forget where they hid them
  2. 2. A monkey carries a fruit's seeds away and drops them far from the tree → Animals help plants; A cow's waste makes the soil richer → Animals help plants; A leopard rests in the shade of a big tree → Plants help animals; A monkey eats a ripe mango → Plants help animals; A tree gives shelter to birds and squirrels → Plants help animals
  3. 3. Fibre → clothes; Wood → houses; Fruit → food; Shade → a cool place to sit
  4. 4. fibre
  5. 5. d) Their loving company
  6. 6. b) Scattering their seeds, and making the soil fertile with their waste
  7. 7. b) A new plant will grow from that seed
  8. 8. a) During the cold winter months