Class-4 EVS Chapter-2 Ear to Ear

Chapter 2

Ear to Ear

Answer the following in one word:

·        An animal with ears like fans                                          Elephant

·        An animal with ears like leaves                                      Deer

·        An animal with ears on the top of its head                 Rabbit

·        An animal with ears on both sides of its head            Dog

Match the columns

A	B
Animals that do not have ears on the outside	give birth to young ones
Animals whose ears can be seen	lay eggs
An elephant also has	covered with feathers
Birds have tiny holes on head that are	Hairs on its skin

Ans

A	B
Animals that do not have ears on the outside	lay eggs
Animals whose ears can be seen	give birth to young ones
An elephant also has	Hairs on its skin
Birds have tiny holes on head that are	covered with feathers

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State whether following statements are true or false:

     1-    Ears of crocodile cannot be seen from outside.  True

     2-    Ears of birds can be seen from outside.               False
                   (Ears of birds are covered by feathers)     

     3-    An elephant has hair on its body.                         True

     4-    Dinosaurs are still living on the earth.                  False
                   (They are extinct now)

     5-    Tiger is our national animal.                                 True

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Answer these questions:

Q. Name some animals which have ears that we cannot see?

Ans- Names of some animals which have ears that we cannot see are as follows:

            1-    Birds

            2-    Lizard

            3-    Crocodile

            4-    Aligator

Q. How do birds hear?

Ans- Birds have tiny holes on both sides of their head covered with feathers. They help the bird to hear.

Q. Where are ears of lizard?

Ans- Lizard has tiny holes on both sides of head to hear.

Q. Which is our national animal? Where does it live?

Ans- Tiger is our national animal.

Q. Why is the number of tigers going down in India?

Ans- The number of tigers is going down in India for following reasons:

1-    Poaching

2-    Habitat destruction

Group these animals in the given table and draw your conclusion:

Fox                 Elephant                   Sparrow                    Pigeon                      

Frog               Crow                          Peacock                    Pig

Mouse           Cat                              Buffalo                      Duck

Hen                Camel                        Lizard                         Cow

Ears can be seen	Has hair on skin		Ears can not be seen	Has feathers on skin
Fox	Fox		Sparrow	Sparrow
Elephant	Elephant		Pigeon	Pigeon
Pig	Pig		Crow	Crow
Mouse	Mouse		Peacock	Peacock
Cat	Cat		Duck	Duck
Buffalo	Buffalo		Hen	Hen
Camel	Camel		Lizard	Lizard
Cow	Cow

Conclusion-

Those animals whose ears we can see have hair on their body. These animals give birth to the young ones.

Those animals that do not have ears on the outside, do not have heair on their body. These animals lay eggs.

Draw the picture of a pet animal and colour it. Give it a name of your  choice.

(Encourage children to draw on their own and write name of their choice. Two easy pictures are given for your reference)

 

Make a bird from old newspaper and stick in your notebook:

(Check instruction given on page 20 of textbook)