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.
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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