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Lakhmir Singh Manjit Kaur Solutions for Class 6 Science : Chapter 9- The Living Organisms and Their Surroundings
Lakhmir Singh Manjit Kaur 6th Science Chapter 9, Class 6 Science Chapter 9 solutions
(1) Ans: Reproduction.
(2) Ans: Respiration.
(3) Ans: Excretion.
(4) Ans: Respiration.
(5) Ans: Grapes, Sugarcane.
(6) Ans: Earthworm.
(7) Ans: Fish.
(8) Ans: Lungs and gills.
(9) Ans: Lungs.
(10) Ans: Oxygen and CO2.
(11) Ans: Give birth and Lay eggs.
(12) Ans: Seeds and tubers.
(13) Ans: If a man touches a hot object accidentally, he quickly pulls his hand away from the hot object.
(14) Ans: Dandelion plant.
(15) Fill in the following blank with a suitable word:
The changes in our surroundings which make us respond to them are called stimuli.
Short Answer Type Questions
(16) Ans: Food, Growth, Movement, Response to Stimuli, Respiration, Excretion, Reproduction and definite Life-Span.
(17)Ans: Plough, Sewing machine, Radio, Boat.
(18) Ans: Butter, Leather, Wool, cooking oil, Apple, Rubber.
(19) Ans: Clouds appears to show characteristics of living things.
- These characteristics are Growth and movement.
(20) (a) Ans: Dogs and Cats.
(b) Ans: Hens and crows.
(21) Ans: cockroach and earthworm.
(22) Ans: Mimosa and Moonflower.
(23) Ans: The time period for which a living thing remains alive is called its life-span. Example, man has an average life span of 60 to 70 years.
(24) Ans: A cut part of a potato with a bud can grow into a new potato plant.
(25) Ans: Cutting of the existing plant having some buds on it is taken and its lower part is buried in the moist soil. After a few days, the cutting develops roots and grows into a new plant.
Long Answer Type Questions
(26) Ans: Living things: Those things which need food, water and air for their survival are called living things.
Non-living things: Those things which do not need food, water and air for their survival are called non-living things.
| Living Things | Non-living Things |
| (1) Living things need food, air and water. | (1) Non-living things do not need food, air or water. |
| (2) Living things grow. | (2) Non-living things do not grow. |
| (3) Living things can move on their own. | (3) Non-living things cannot move on their own. |
| (4) Living things reproduce themselves. | (4) Non-living things do not excrete. |
| (5) Living things respire. They release energy from food. | (5) Non-living things do not excrete. |
(27) Ans: Respiration is the chemical process in which food taken by an organism combines with oxygen to release energy.
- All the living things undergo respiration to obtain energy from food.
(28) Ans: The changes in surroundings to which living things respond are called stimuli. For example, birds fly when they hear a loud sound.
If we touch the leaves of a Mimosa plant with our figures, then its leaves fold up and droop.
(29) Ans: If we move from a dark place into bright sunshine suddenly, then our eyes shut themselves automatically for a momemt.
- In this case, bright light is stimulus and we respond by shutting the eyes momentarily.
(30) Ans: Oxygen is the waste product of plants.
- At night time the plants get rid of waste carbon dioxide through the stomata in leaves. The waste product oxygen is also removed from plants through the stomata in their leaves.
Multiples Choice Questions (MCQs)
(31) Ans: (d) aeroplane
(32) Ans: (c) bicycle
(33) Ans: (b) rubber band
(34) Ans: (a) dog
(35) Ans: (d) sharpner, box
(36) Ans: (a) table
(37) .Ans: (c) air, food and water
(38) Ans: (b) giraffe
(39) Ans: (c) There were no buds on the cutting
(40) Ans: (c) fish
(41) Ans: (a) some living things die but some do not
(42) Ans: (d) They need water to live
(43) Ans: (c) mimosa plant
(44) Ans: (b) wheat plants
(45) Ans: (c) respiration
Chapter 9 – part II
Very Short type Questions
(1) Ans: Acclimatistion.
(2) Ans: Terrestrial habitat.
(3) Ans: Long hair.
(4) Ans: Frogs.
(5) Ans: (b) In a cactus plant.
(6) Ans: To catch its prey.
(7) Ans: Hold the plant in place.
(8) Ans: Streamlined: Fish and dolphins.
Not streamlined: Squids and octopus.
(9) Ans: Gills: Fish and octopus.
Nostrils: Dolphins and whales.
(10) Ans: Water-lettuce and water hyacinth.
(11) Ans: Lily and lotus.
(12) Ans: Hydrilla.
(13) Ans: (a) Lotus: Pond
(b) Camel: Desert
(c) Fish: Pond
(d) Oak tree: Mountain
(e) Octopus: Sea.
(14) Water, Air, Soil, Rat, Heat, Sunlight, Grass.
Ans: Biotic – Rat, Grass.
Abiotic – Water, Air, Soil, Heat, Sunlight.
(15) Fill in the following blanks with suitable words:
(a) The place where a plant or animal lives is called its habitat.
(b) The habitats of plants and animals that live on land are called terrestrial habitats.
(c) The habitats of plants and animals that live in water are called aquatic habitats.
(d) Soil, water and air are the abiotic components of a habitat.
(e) The presence of specific features which enable a plant or an animal to live in a particular habitat is called adaption.
Short Answer Type Questions
(16) Ans: This cone-shaped of the mountain trees makes the rain-water and snow to side off easily without damaging the branches and leaves.
(17) Ans: The speed helps animal to run away from the predators which try to catch it.
(18) Ans: Frogs are spend most of their time on land but come back to water to lay their eggs.
(19) Ans: The desert animals such as desert rats and desert snakes survive by living in burrows during the hot daytime.
(20) Ans: Oak, Pine and far etc.
(21) Ans: Terrestrial habitat: A land based habitat is called a terrestrial habitat.
For example, Desert and mountain.
(22) Ans: Aquatic habitat: A water based habitat is called an aquatic habitat.
Example: Pond and lake.
(23) Ans: Dolphins and whales breathe in air through nostrils which are located on the upper parts of their heads.
(24) Ans: An aquatic plants can absorb water and dissolved minerals directly from the surface of their stems, branches and leaves.
(25) Ans: The aquatic plants do not depend on their roots obtain water and dissolved minerals.
(26) Ans: (i) The mountain goat has long hair to protect it from cold and keep it warm.
(ii) The mountain goat has strong hooves for running up the rocky slopes of mountain for grazing.
(27) Ans: The snow leopard has thick fur on its body. This fur protects the snow leopard from cold and keeps it warm. The snow leopard has also fur on its feet and toes. This protects its feet from cold when it walks on the snow.
(28) Ans: The lion has long strong and sharp claws in its front legs to catch its prey. The lion can with draw the claws inside the toes so that they do not become worm out and blunt when it walks.
(29) Ans: The deer has big ears for good hearing. The big ears help the deer to hear the movements of predators very easily.
(30) (a) Ans: The lion has eyes in front of its head which enable it to have a correct idea of the location of its prey. This helps it in catching the prey.
(b) Ans: The deer has eyes on the sides of its head which enable it to see in all directions at the same time. The all round vision of deer helps it to see animal like lion, in all area around it.
Long Answer Type Questions
(31) Ans: Habitat: The place where a plant or animal lives is called its habitat.
* Some of the examples of habitats are: Deserts, Mountain regions, Forests, Tree, Pond etc.
* Biotic components: Plants, Animals and Micro-organisms.
* Abiotic components: Soil, Rocks, Air etc.
(32) Ans: The presence of specific body features which enable a plant or an animal to live in a particular habitat is called adaption.
* the plants like cactus and animals like camels have developed special body features for surviving in hot and dry areas of desert. This known as adaption to desert environment.
(33) Ans: The plants in desert habitat are well adapted to cope with the shortage of water and high temperature by storing water and reducing the loss of water.
(34) The adaptations in animals living in a aquatic habitats are point out below –
i) Lots of sea animals have streamlined body features, which help them to move easily in the sea.
ii) Some of sea animals have gill (breathing organs) which help them to use O2 dissolve in water.
(35) (a) Ans: (i) The camel has long legs which help to keep its body away from the hot sand in the desert.
(ii) A camel can drink large amount of water and stored on it the body.
(iii) A camel’s hump has fat stored in it. In case of emergency, a camel can break down stored fat to obtain water.
(b) Ans: (i) The cactus plant have modified their leaves in the form of thin spines to reduce the loss of water through transpiration.
(ii) The photosynthesis in cactus plants is carried out by the green stem.
(iii) The cactus plants store water in their stems. The stem of cactus plant is covered with thick waxy layer which prevents the loss of water from it through evaporation.
(c) Ans: (i) The streamlined body shape helps the fish to move through the water easily.
(ii) The fish has special organs called gills which help it to absorb oxygen dissolved in water for breathing.
(iii) The fish has slippery scales over its body which protect the body from water also help in easy movement through water.
Multiple choice Questions (MCQs)
(36) Ans: (d) fins and tails.
(37) Ans: (c) frog.
(38) Ans: (b) hydrilla.
(39) Ans: (c) dolphin.
(40) Ans: (c) fat
(41) Ans: (a) float on water.
(42) Ans: (d) protect themselves.
(43) Ans: (a) stem
(44) (A) Water lily
(B) Water hyacinth
(C) Water lettuce
(D) Lotus
Ans: B and C
(45) Ans: (d) the place where an organism lives
(46) Ans: (b) crocodile
(47) Ans: (c) ocean
(48) Ans: (b) snake
(49) Ans: (b) hair.
(50) (A) Water lettuce
(B) Water hyacinth
(C) Lotus
(D) Water lily
Ans: (d) C and D.
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Lakhmir Singh Manjit Kaur Solutions for Class 6 Science: Chapter 9- The Living Organisms and Their Surroundings
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Chapterwise Lakhmir Singh Manjit Kaur Solutions for Class 6 Science :
- Food: Where does it come from
- Components of Food Part-1 / Components of Food Part-2
- Fibre to Fabric
- Sorting Materials Into Groups
- Separation of Substances
- Changes Around Us
- Getting to Know Plants
- Body Movements
- The Living Organisms and Their Surroundings
- Motion and Measurement of Distances
- Light Shadows and Reflection
- Electricity and Circuits
- Fun with Magnets
- Water
- Air Around Us
- Garbage In Garbage Out
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