Class-4 EVS Chapter-3 A Day with Nandu


Chapter-3

A Day with Nandu

Match these columns

A
B
Trumpet
two to four hours in a day
An adult elephant can eat
group of elephants
Elephants sleep for
sound of elephants
Herd
100 kg of leaves and twigs

Ans-

A
B
Trumpet
sound of elephants
An adult elephant can eat
100 kg of leaves and twigs
Elephants sleep for
two to four hours in a day
Herd
group of elephants

State whether the following statements are true or false:

1-    An elephant herd has mainly female and baby elephants.  True

2-    The oldest male elephant is the leader of a herd.                False                   (Oldest female member is the leader of a herd)

3-    A group of elephants is called as pack.                               False

4-    Elephants feel sad when they are kept in chains.                True

Fill up the blanks with correct words:

1-    Animals in herd usually move around together, searching for food.

2-    Male elephants live in the herd till they are 14-15 years old.

3-    An elephant herd has 10-12 female members and young ones.

4-    An egret eats insects from the skin of buffalo.

                                                                                    (Click here for Class-4 English, Marigold) 
Answer these questions:


Q. What is the favourite food of animals?

Ans- Leaves and twigs are the favourite food of animals.

Q. How much do the elephants sleep in a day?

Ans- Elephants sleep for only two to three hours in a day.

Q. Why do elephants love to play in mud and water?

Ans- Elephants love to play in mud and water to keep their skin cool.

Q. How do elephants use their big ears?

Ans- Elephants flap their big ears to use them as fan.

Q. What is an approximate weight of a three month old baby elephant?

Ans- An approximate weight of a three month old baby elephant is 200 kg.

Q. What is a herd? Who are the members of an elephant herd?

Ans- A group of elephants is called herd. An elephant herd has mainly females and baby  elephants.

Q. When do male elephants leave the herd?

Ans- Male elephants leave the herd when they are 14-15 years old.

Q. Who takes decision in an elephant herd?

Ans- Oldest female elephant takes decision in an elephant herd.

Q. Name some animals that live in herd.

Ans- Names of some animals that live in herd are as below:

1-    Deer

2-    Sheep

3-    Zebra

4-    Goat

5-    Cows

6-    Wild beast

Q. How do you know that elephants help each other when in trouble?

Ans- Elephants help each other when in trouble. They join together to care for and rescue their young ones.

Q. Why do you think that egret is sits on the buffalo?

Ans- Egret sits on buffalo to eat insects from the skin of buffalo.

Q. Give other examples of two animals helping each other.

Ans- Below are example of two animals of living together for each other’s benefits:

1-    Crocodiles let Egyptian plover birds pick leeches off their gums.

2-    Oxpecker bird eats ticks on zebras’s coat.

3-    Hadza  bird (honeyguide bird) leads people to beehive.

4-    Crabs carry venomous sea urchins on their back.

5-    Grey wolves and striped hyenas hunt together.

Make a collage of a herds of animals in your notebook.

(Teacher should encourage kids to collect pictures of herds of elephants from newspapers, magazine etc. and paste them in notebook)

Make your own elephant.

(Teacher should ask kids to draw the picture given on page 28 of text book on a chart paper/thick sheet and cut/bend according to instructions at home and bring to school to show you)


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