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CBSE · Class 3 · Science

Getting to Know Plants

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks · Time: 54 minutes

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Show your working for Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!

Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
Rice, wheat and ragi are the seeds of:
  1. climbers
  2. creepers
  3. trees
  4. grasses
2.
What kind of plant is khejri?
  1. tree
  2. creeper
  3. climber
  4. grass
3.
A plant with many woody stems growing close to the ground is a:
  1. climber
  2. tree
  3. shrub
  4. creeper
4.
What does the root of a plant do?
  1. holds the plant in the soil and takes in water
  2. turns into a fruit
  3. holds the seeds inside it
  4. holds the plant up and carries water to the leaves
5.
Which of these is a grain, the seed of a large grass?
  1. toor dal
  2. mustard seeds
  3. bajra
  4. rajma
6.
Which of these plants is a CLIMBER?
  1. neem
  2. wheat
  3. pea plant
  4. rose
7.
Raj gives his plant friend 3 mugs of water every day. How many mugs does he give it in 10 days?
  1. 33 mugs
  2. 13 mugs
  3. 30 mugs
  4. 27 mugs
8.
A school planted 9 rows of saplings with 4 saplings in each row. How many saplings were planted?
  1. 36 saplings
  2. 13 saplings
  3. 45 saplings
  4. 40 saplings
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
How is a climber different from a creeper?
10.
Write tree, shrub, herb, grass, climber or creeper: (a) mint (b) wheat
11.
Name the part of the plant: (a) the part that makes food for the plant (b) the part that turns into a fruit
12.
What kind of plant has (a) a thin stem that climbs up on a support (b) long, thin, flat leaves and a hollow stem?
13.
A small plant has 7 branches with 8 leaves on each branch. How many leaves does it have?
14.
A guava tree had 35 ripe guavas. Birds ate 3 of them. How many guavas were left?
15.
A seed sprouted 7 days after it was sown. The plant gave its first flower 17 days after that. How many days after sowing did it flower?
16.
Simmi picks 3 jamuns from each of 9 low branches. How many jamuns does she pick?
Section C — Word problems4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Make friends with a plant near you. Write its name, draw it, and describe its leaves, flowers and fruits.
18.
A class makes a garden with 3 rows of plants and 8 plants in each row. (a) How many plants are there? (b) Each plant needs 3 mugs of water a day. How many mugs are needed each day?
19.
Sort these plants as tree, shrub, herb, grass, climber or creeper, and say how you knew one of them: peepal, bottle gourd, sugarcane, coriander.
20.
What does each part do for the plant? (a) flower (b) stem. Draw a plant and label both parts.
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QAnswerWorking
1(d) grasses—
2(a) tree—
3(c) shrub—
4(a) holds the plant in the soil and takes in water—
5(c) bajra—
6(c) pea plant—
7(c) 30 mugs3 × 10 = 30
8(a) 36 saplings9 × 4 = 36
9A climber grows upwards by climbing on a support; a creeper spreads along the ground.—
10(a) herb (b) grass—
11(a) leaf (b) flower—
12(a) climber (b) grass—
1356 leaves7 × 8 = 56
1432 guavas35 − 3 = 32
1524 days7 + 17 = 24
1627 jamuns3 × 9 = 27
17Name, drawing and a description of the leaves, flowers and fruits (many, a few or none; colour; shape).—
18(a) 24 plants (b) 72 mugs3 × 8 = 24; 24 × 3 = 72
19peepal: tree; bottle gourd: climber; sugarcane: grass; coriander: herb. (The stem tells us: a woody trunk, woody stems, a soft stem, or a thin stem that climbs or creeps.)—
20(a) turns into a fruit (b) holds the plant up and carries water to the leaves—