Class-5 EVS Chapter-5 Seeds and Seeds / NCERT Ecercises with soilutions


Chapter -5
Seeds and seeds

Match these foods with their origin:
          A                                                         B
South America                      mango, orange, banana
Europe                                   coffee bean, green bhindi
Africa                                      tomato, potato, green chilli
India                                       cabbage, pea

Ans-                            A                                                         B
South America                      tomato, potato, green chilli
Europe                                   cabbage, pea
Africa                                      coffee bean, green bhindi
India                                       mango, orange, banana

Fill up the blanks:
            (George Mestral, Cumin, Pitcher, Dandelion, South Africa)
1.    The Pitcher plant (Nepenthese) eats insects.
2.    George Mestral is the inventor of Velcro.
3.    Chillies were brought to India by traders coming from South Africa.
4.    Cumin and black pepper are the seeds used as spices.
5.    Dandelion seeds can fly from one place to another.

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Make the drawing of sprouted chana:




Draw the picture of the pitcher plant (Nepenthese)


Give two examples of each:

(a) Seeds that are used as spices in your home.
Ans- aniseed, cumin, black pepper
(b) Seeds of vegetables.
Ans- cow pea, green pea, pumpkin
(c) Seeds of fruits.
Ans- melon seeds, pomegranate seeds

(d) Light seeds (check by blowing them).
Ans- Chia seeds, sesame seeds
(e) Seeds which are flat.
Ans- Onion seeds, Flax seeds, sunflower seeds

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Answer these questions
Q. What things are soaked before cooking in your house? Why?
Ans- Following things are soaked before cooking in my house:
1-    Rice and dal for lesser cooking time.
2-    Whole grains for germination into sprouts.


Q. What things do you eat after sprouting? How are they sprouted?
Ans- We eat whole grains like horse gram, green gram, chick pea etc. after sprouting.
        They are sprouted by
1-        Soaking overnight.
2-        Hanging them tied in wet cloth.

Q. Why should we eat sprouts?
Ans- We should eat sprouts as they are packed with vitamins and minerals and they provide many health benefits.

Q. Why did Gopal’s mother tie the chana in a damp cloth?
Ans- Gopal’s mother tied chana in a damp cloth for making sprouts.

Q. When you split the whole masoor, you get masoor dal. But you can not sprout it. Can you think why?
                                              Or
We can not sprout masoor dal. Why?

Ans-  We can not sprout dal because split dal does not have bud (epicotyl/hypocotyl) which sprouts in presence of water and air and suitable temperature.

Q. How do seeds spread to far off places?
Ans- Seeds spread to far off places by following ways:
1-    Air
2-    Water
3-    Birds
4-    Animals
5-    Humans for farming

Q. How do the soyabean seeds spread?
Ans- When the soyabean pods are ripe, they burst and seeds are thrown out.

Q. Name some seeds that can fly?
Ans- Names of some seeds that can fly are as follows:
1-    Dandelion seeds
2-    Swan plant seeds
3-    Cotton wood seeds
4-    Kauri
5-    Maple tree seeds



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