DPS-Modern Indian School, Doha Qatar

Subject: GENERAL SCIENCE

Holiday Assignment: June 2016
Name: ________________________

Date of sub: 30/09/2016

Class: IV

Grade: ___________

Sec: ________

Topics: Lesson no.4 - Adaptations in animals

Lesson no.13- Our Environment

[I] Fill in the Blanks:

1) The breathing organ of an insect is _____________.
2) Frogs breathe through ____________ when they are in water
3) _____________of a fish is water proof and prevents water from entering the body.
4) An arctic foxs coat changes its colour to blend with its surroundings. This is an example of
_________________.
5) Summer inactivity in animals is called ______________.
6) _____________are animals that eat the left over flesh of animals hunted down by other
animals.
7) ____________ is a migratory bird.

8)Animals living on trees are called_____________.

[II] Define the following:

1) Amphibian________________________________________________________________
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2) Camouflage
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3) Parasites
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4) Migration
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[III] Match the following:

A
Body Surface
Lungs
Spiracles
Gills

B
Monkey
Carp
Earth Worm
Honey Bee

[IV] Write the habitat and the main adaptations that help the following
animals to survive in their habitat.

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Animals

Habitat and Adaptations

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[V] Differentiate between Aestivation and Hibernation

Aestivation

Hibernation

[VI] Identify the habitat of the animals given below and List their common features.

Habitat - ______________________________________________________________________________________
Common features______________________________________________________________________________________________

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[VII] Look at the pictures and complete the paragraph.

Pollution is the contamination of the 1)

. There are many

types of pollution, but principally we have four: 2)

pollution 3) _____________

pollution, soil pollution and 4) ____________

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pollution. The cause of air pollution are the 5)

airplanes, or factories'

6) ___________

and 7) __________

water pollution is caused by oil spill

waste, soil pollution is the consequence of throwing

industrial or home 8) _____________

, and the causes of noise pollution are

the vehicles or machines noise 9)

loud .

of cars and even 10) __________

Therefore, the existance of human health problem such as breathing

disease, stress, cholera, death of 11) ___________

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and global warming which in the end they are all the effect of pollution.

[VIII] According to the paragraph, answer the following questions.

1). What is pollution?

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2). What are the different types of pollutions?

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3). What are the effects of pollution?

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[IX]. Prepare a chart of animals which camouflage, animals that have shells, spines and
poisonous bite.
[X]. ISRO- INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION created a record by launching 20
satellites on a single launch vehicle. Find out more about it and write a short note
accompanied with relevant pictures.
[XI}.Watch any 2 programs on ANIMAL PLANET CHANNEL and describe the information you
acquired from it in about 10 sentences and use appropriate pictures wherever possible.
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