JKBOSE Class 5 EVS Chapter 3 Seeds and Seeds Solution
JKBOSE (Jammu Kashmir State Board Of School Education) Class 5 EVS Solution Chapter 3 Seeds and Seeds all Exercise Question Answers. Students of JK Board Grade 5 Standard can download all Answer with Additional Questions.
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1.) What things are soaked before cooking in your house? Why?
Answer: Food items like chana, rajma, Moong, pulses, soybeans etc are like been soaked before cooking in the house because soaking makes seeds soft and it is easily cooked or grind.
2.) What things do you eat after sprouting? How are they sprouted? How much time does it take?
Answer: things like chana, moong. All these are soaked in water for overnight and then washed with water. These are wrap in clean wet cotton cloth for 24 hours to get sproutedand ensuring air could pass through it. Chana takes more time than moong. Moong takes almost a day to sprout where aschana takes 2 days.
3.) Has the doctor or someone you know ever told you to eat sprouts? Why?
Answer: Yes, doctors have advised to eat sprouts. As per doctor sprouts are healthy and highly nutritious which not only boost the immune system of body but also reduce the acidity
4.) In which bowl did the seeds sprout? What difference did You see between this bowl and the other bowls?
Answer:
Bowl 1 | Bowl 2 | Bowl 3 | |
Are the seeds getting air? | No | Yes | Yes |
Are the seeds getting water ? | Yes | Yes | No |
What changes did you see ? | Seeds got softer | Seeds got sprouted | No change |
Have the seeds sprouted | No | Yes | No |
Bow 2 seeds got sprouted as both water and air was present around seeds. Bowl 1 had only water in it so could not sprout and made seeds only softer. Where as bowl 3 had no water in it so no change in seeds because water and air both are necessary for seeds to get soft and sprout.
5.) Why did Gopal’s mother tie the chana in a damp cloth?
Answer: Gopal’s mother tie the chana in a wet cloth so that soaked seeds could get sprout.
6.) Make a seed chart to put up in the class. You can start with a table like this.
Answer:
7.) Make lists of:
Seeds that are used as spices in your home.
Seeds of vegetables.
Seeds of fruits.
Light seeds
Answer:
Seeds used as spices :
a) Cumin
b) Clove
c) Cardamom
d) Mustard seeds
e) Black pepper
f) Coriander seeds
Seeds of vegetables
a) Tamato
b) Lady’s finger
c) Bitter gourd
d) Brinjal
Seeds of fruits
a) Apple
b) Chickoo
c) Orange
d) Mango
e) Papaya
f) Watermelon
Light seeds
a) Sesame
b) Mustard seeds
8.) Make a list of the different ways by which seeds are spread.
Answer:
The different ways by which seeds are spread are :
a) Wind flow
b) Water flow
c) Animals & Birds – some animals and birds eat seeds so they hold it and while eating drop it on the earth and few animals do potty here seeds are present in it
d) Humans
9.) Do some plants grow without seeds ?
Answer: Yes, few plant grow without seeds called as non-seed plant
Multiple choice questions
1.) What did Ghulama mother told him to do before sleeping?
a) brush his teeth
b) soak 2 bowls of Chana
c) read a pray
d) all of above
Answer: b) Soak 2 bowls of chana
2.) How much bowl chana did Ghulama soaked ?
a) one
b) two
c) three
d) four
Answer: d) four
3.) How much bowls of chana did mother told Ghulamato soak ?
a) one
b) two
c) three
d) four
Answer: 2 bowls
4.) What did doctor has said to mother ?
a) drink plenty of water
b) eat sprouts
c) eat fruits
d) all of above
Answer: b) eat sprouts
5.) “You soaked too much! , who said this sentence?
a) Ghulama
b) Ghulama’s mother
c) Bua
d) maushi
Answer: b) Ghulama’s mother
6.) What did Ghulama’ mother do with half soaked chana?
a) cooked it
b) gave to her friend
c) wrap in wet cloth and hung up
d) throw away
Answer: c) wrap in wet cloth and hung up
7.) What happens on sprouting process?
a) size of seeds get small
b) seeds get soft
c) turn into flower
d) put out roots and shoot
Answer: d) put out roots and shoot
8.) Why seeds are soaked before cooking?
a) to make them more tastier
b) to make them soft
c) to decrease their size
d) to remove impurities
Answer: b) to make them soft
9.) Where is Pitcher plant found ?
a) Australia
b) Indonesia
c) India
d) all of above
Answer: d) all of above
10.) Which of the following plant eat insects ?
a) pitcher plant
b) sunflower plant
c) Dionaeamuscipula
d) both a and c
Answer: d) Both a and c
Fill in the blanks
1.) The doctor has told her to eat ……..”
2.) She tied half of the soaked chana in a……….., and hung them up to sprout
3.) The …………… is one such plant which trap and eat frogs, insects.
4.) Ghulama was waiting for his …………
5.) “How will two small bowls of this be enough for ……… persons?”
6.) George Mestral was amazed to find ……… sticking all over his clothes and on his dog’s fur
7.) So George Mestral observed these seeds under a ………
8.) He saw that the seeds had many ……….. which got stuck to clothes or fur.
9.) Chillieswere brought to India by traders coming from ………..
10.) When the ………… pods are ripe, they burst and the seeds are thrown out.
Answer:
1.) sprouts
2.) wet cloth
3.) Pitcher plant (Nepenthes)
4.) mausi’s family
5.) Eight
6.) Seeds
7.) microscope
8.) tiny hooks
9.) South America
10.) soyabean