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Class 3 The World Around Us — So many kinds of plants

Sort the plants around you into trees, shrubs, herbs and grasses, climbers and creepers, using the stem as the thing you look at first.

Name: ________________________

Before you start

Four plants side by side, and the name of each kind.

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  1. 1. Tree
  2. 2. Shrub
  3. 3. Herb
  4. 4. Climber

Look at where the woody part is. The tree keeps its wood in one tall trunk, the shrub splits it between several short stems, the herb has none, and the climber leans its thin stem on the pole beside it.

  1. 1.What does the chapter say makes bamboo an unusual grass?

    • a) Its stems turn into wood as a tree's do
    • b) It has no leaves
    • c) It grows along the ground instead of upwards
    • d) It stays alive for longer than a single year

  2. 2.Which of these plants does the chapter picture among the shrubs?

    • a) Tulsi
    • b) Mint
    • c) Coconut
    • d) Bamboo

  3. 3.Sort these plants into trees, shrubs and herbs.

    Groups: Tree · Shrub · Herb

    • Mint
    • Hibiscus
    • Coriander
    • Mango
    • Tulsi
    • Banyan

  4. 4.Paddy, wheat, bajra, jowar and ragi are grains we eat. The chapter says they are the seeds of what?

    • a) Ground creepers
    • b) Woody shrubs
    • c) Small trees
    • d) Large grasses

  5. 5.Raj says the mint and tomato plants at home have soft green stems. What does the chapter call plants like that?

    • a) Trees
    • b) Shrubs
    • c) Creepers
    • d) Herbs

  6. 6.Match each group of plants to what its stem is like.

    • Tree
    • Herb
    • Creeper
    • thin and bendy, spreading along the ground
    • soft and green, and it does not turn woody
    • thick and woody, and there is one of it

  7. 7.A plant with a thin stem that grows upwards by holding on to another plant for support has a name. What is it?

  8. 8.These plants have thin bendy stems. Sort them the way the chapter's own pictures group them.

    Groups: Climber · Creeper

    • Money plant
    • Bottle gourd
    • Watermelon
    • Pumpkin
    • Jasmine

Answer key — Class 3 The World Around Us — So many kinds of plants

  1. 1. d) It stays alive for longer than a single year
  2. 2. a) Tulsi
  3. 3. Mango → Tree; Banyan → Tree; Hibiscus → Shrub; Tulsi → Shrub; Mint → Herb; Coriander → Herb
  4. 4. d) Large grasses
  5. 5. d) Herbs
  6. 6. Tree → thick and woody, and there is one of it; Herb → soft and green, and it does not turn woody; Creeper → thin and bendy, spreading along the ground
  7. 7.
    • climber
    • a climber
  8. 8. Money plant → Climber; Jasmine → Climber; Bottle gourd → Climber; Watermelon → Creeper; Pumpkin → Creeper