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Grade: 6 Issue date: 29.01.2025
Subject: Science Submission date: 06.02.2025
Chapter: Adaptation in Living Organisms Assignment No: 08
Answer Key
1. Multiple choice questions.
i. ________________, native to the dry regions of South Africa uses its bushy tail as a
parasol or an umbrella to provide it shade in the scorching heat of the sun.
(a) Kangaroo rat
(b) Yak
(c) Mountain goat
(d) Cape Ground Squirrel
ii. The organisms that live on land are called ____________.
(a) Aquatic ( b)Terrestrial (c) Arboreal (d) Aerial
iii. Boojho comes across an animal having a stream-lined and slippery body. What is the
habitat of the animal?
(a) Aquatic
(b) Desert
(c) Grassland
(d) Mountain
iv. Fully submerged plants do not have _______________.
a. stomata b. ribbon like leaves c. air spaces in tissues d. mucilage covering
v. Camels store fats in their __________.
a. eyes b. hump c. stomata d. liver
Ans i. Cape Ground Squirrel
. ii. Terrestrial
iii. Aquatic
iv. Stomata
v. Hump
2. What are hydrophytes?
Ans Plants that grows wholly or partly submerged in water are called hydrophytes.
3. What is ecology?
Ans The study of the relationship of a living organism and its environment is called ecology.
4. Name the places of living of the following plants:
1. Cactus
2. Hydrilla
Ans 1. Cactus: Desert
2. Hydrilla: Pond.
5. Give three main adaptive features in desert plant.
Ans 1. Well-developed root systems.
2. Leaves are either very small or converted to spines.
3. Stem is green and fleshy in some plants.
6. How is a fish adapted to live in water?
Ans Fish has the following adaptations to live in water:
In all the fish, the head and tail portions are smaller than the middle portion, that is,
the body tapers at both the ends. This shape of the body provides least resistance
to the fish when they swim in water.
Skin of fish is covered with scales. These scales are slippery; the slippery scales
help the fish in swimming.
We have lungs, which is an organ for respiration. Similarly, fish has gills for
respiration. It utilises oxygen dissolved in water and releases carbon dioxide into
the water.
7. Identify and write the habitat of each animal given in figure (a to d).
ii) Write any two adaptations of identified habitats of the animals given.
Ans i)
a) Deer – Grassland
b) Frog – It is red-eyed tree frog that lives in a tropical rain forest (not in a pond).
c)Yak – Mountain
d)Camel – Desert
ii)
a) Deer
Grazing animals have a long intestine for digesting grass.
They have strong and muscular legs to run away from predators like lion.
b) Frog
Since a large number of animals are present in such forests, there is a huge
competition for food. Animals have adapted to eat such a food that is not eaten by
another animal.
To escape enemies in such a huge population, many animals camouflage.
c) Yak
Animals such as yak have thick hair on their bodies to keep them warm. They use
their horns and hooves to break ice on the ground and graze on the grass present
below.
d) Camel
A camel has long and thick eyelashes that prevent sand from entering the eyes.
It has thick padded feet that enable it to walk on sand.
8. Fill in the blanks using the help box.
Help Box
Tropical Abiotic Adaptation Stimuli Aquatic
i. Soil, water & air are the ____ factors of habitat.
ii. The presence of specific features, which enable a plant or animal to live in a particular
habitat, is called ___
iii. Plants with drip tips to prevent rotting of leaves are found in ____________ rainforests.
iv. Changes in our surroundings that makes us respond to them, are called ____.
iv. The habitat of living organisms in water is called ____ habitat.
Ans i. Abiotic
ii. Adaptation
iii. Tropical
iv. Stimuli
v. Aquatic
