Class 6 - Chapter 9 - The Living Organisms and Their Surroundings
Class 6 - Chapter 9 - The Living Organisms and Their Surroundings
Class 6 - Chapter 9 - The Living Organisms and Their Surroundings
What is a habitat?
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The surroundings where organisms live is called a habitat. The organisms depend for their food,
water, air, shelter and other needs on their habitat.
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(a) The presence of specific features, which enable a plant or an animal to live in a particular
habitat, is called _adaptation_.
(b) The habitats of the plants and animals that live on land are called _terrestrial_ habitat.
(c) The habitats of plants and animals that live in water are called _aquatic_ habitat.
(d) Soil, water and air are the _abiotic_ factors of a habitat.
(e) Changes in our surroundings that make us respond to them are called _stimuli_.
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Give an example of a non-living thing, which shows any two characteristics of living things.
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A car or bus is an example of a non-living thing, which shows movement and needs energy to
work just like living things.
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Which of the non-living things listed below, were once part of a living thing?
Butter, Leather, Soil, Wool, Electric bulb, Cooking oil, Salt, Apple, Rubber
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Explain, why speed is important for survival in the grasslands for animals that live there.
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The grassland is a place where very few trees or places are available for an animal to hide. This
helps predators such as lion, tiger, etc. to locate their prey in the grass easily. Hence the animals
like deer etc. are vulnerable to predators in grasslands and can only survive and escape if they run
very fast.