Music Helps Plants Grow Question Answers – Odisha Board – Class 8 English
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Board |
Odisha State Board |
Class |
8 |
Subject |
English |
Book Name |
A New Approach to English |
Lesson |
Music Helps Plants Grow |
Topic |
Question Answers Solution |
Comprehension Questions:
i.) The first paragraph is about a scientific fact. What is that?
Ans.The scientific fact is that music soothes and helps plants to grow.
ii.) What is the second paragraph about?
Ans.The second paragraph is about Les Harsten, a sound engineer who carried out some experiments on plants with music.
iii.) Who is Les Harsten?
Ans.Les Harsten is a sound engineer from New York who carried out some experiments on plants with music.
iv.) What is his native place?
Ans. His native place is New York.
v.) What is the third paragraph about?
Ans.The third paragraph is about the experiment done by Harsten.
vi.) What is Harsten’s theory?
Ans. Harsten’s theory was that the plants listening to music grew faster than other plants.
vii.) What did he use for his experiment?
Ans.He used two banana plants for his experiment.
viii. What did he give to both the banana plants?
Ans. He gave both the banana plants same type of light, heat and water.
ix.) He exposed one of the plants to music. How many hours a day?
Ans.He exposed one of the plants to music for one hour every day.
x.) What was his finding?
Ans His findings were that the plant which listened to high- pitched humming sound grew faster.
xi.) What happened to the plant that listened to music?
Ans.The plant that listened to music grew 70 percent taller than the other plant.
SESSION 2
SGP 2
Comprehension Questions:
1.) Who are the authors of- “Indoor Plants”?
Ans. The authors of the “Indoor Plants” were Lynn and Joe Rapp
2.) What do they say?
Ans. Lynn and Joe Rapp said that all type of plants give response to sounds.
3.) What does ‘this’ (in the first line of para-5) refer to? What do you understand by ‘stimulate’?
Ans. ‘This’ in the first line of para -5 refers to the experiment done on the plants. The word stimulate means to encourage.
4.) What did music stimulate? (Para-5)
Ans. Music stimulates the senses in the plants and helped them grow.
5.) What happened when the breathing cells of the plant were stimulated?
Ans. When the breathing cells of the plant were stimulated, they stayed open for longer duration.
6.) What happened when the cells stayed open for longer periods?
Ans. When the cells stayed open for longer periods, the plants absorbed nutrients from the air in greater quantity and it grew faster than usual.
7.) What would happen if the music was played continuously?
Ans. If the music was played continuously, the breathing cells would not close and plants would grow very fast and get killed.
8.) What is the fifth paragraph about?
Ans. The fifth paragraph is about the scientific experiment conducted on the plants.
9.) How is the finding of Lynn and Rapp different from that of Harsten?
Ans. The finding of Lynn and Rapp is different from that of Harsten as Lynn and Rapp believed that plants respond to all sounds like music or voices whereas Harsten explained that plants responded to the music more.
10.) Do plants have likes and dislikes in music according to Lynn and Rapp?
Ans. Yes, plants have likes and dislikes in music according to Lynn and Rapp.
11.) What type of music do plants like?
Ans. Plants liked more classical music.
12.) Do you know any Indian scientists who have experimented on plants? Any such a scientist of Odisha?
Ans. Jagadish Chandra Bose is an Indian scientist who have experimented on plants. Gopinath Panigrahi of Odisha is a scientist who has experimented on plants.
SESSION 3
- Comprehension Activities:
Answer the following questions choosing the most appropriate answer from the options.
1.) ‘It’ in the second sentence in para-1 refers to Music
a.) Plant
b.) Music
c.) scientific fact
d.) scientists
2.) Les Harsten was a Sound engineer
a.) Civil engineer
b.) Sound engineer
c.) Software engineer
d.) Electrical engineer
3.) Harsten, in his experiment, gave both banana plants Light, heat and water.
a.) Light and heat
b.) Heat and water
c.) Light and water
d.) Light, heat and water
4.) Which banana plant grew faster?The plant which listened to the music.
a.) The plant which listened to the music.
b.) The plant which got more water.
c.) The plant which got more water and light.
d.) The plant which got light, heat and water.
5.) The plants can take more nutrients if their breathing cellsStay open
a.) Remain closed
b.) Stay open
c.) Get water
d.) Get heat
SESSION 5
5.) Vocabulary:
Match words under ‘A’ with their meanings under ‘B’. One of them has been done for you.
A |
B |
Soothe |
To make someone move active/alert |
Hum |
Very small unit of living matter |
Vibration |
To cause strong feeling of eagerness/interest |
Stimulate |
To make someone/something calm/quite |
Cell |
To sing a tune with one’s lips closed |
Excite |
Continuous rapid shaking movement |
Ans. Soothe- To make someone/something calm/quite
Hum-To sing a tune with one’s lips closed
Vibration-Continuous rapid shaking movement
Stimulate- To make someone move active/alert
Cell- Very small unit of living matter
Excite-To cause strong feeling of eagerness/interest
6.) Usage:
(i) Now add ‘-ing’ to the verbs in the box-, use them before the nouns choosing from the box-2 (Refer to the text.)
Example: 1. Breathing cells
2.) Growing plants
3.) Soothing sounds
4.) Humming waves
(ii) Then fill in the blanks with the above suitable pairs in the sentences given below. One is done for you.
1.) There are exciting experiments on the plants and music.
2.) The sounds waves helps plants grow fast.
3.) The music stimulates the plants’ breathing cells to stay open.
4.) The humming sounds activatethe growth of the plants.
5.) The continuous sounds waves help plants to take more nutrients.
SESSION 6
b.) We combine our ideas by combining small parts together and we make a long sentence. Now complete the following sentences choosing the suitable parts from the box.
- Many scientists believe music stimulates the plants’ breathing cells to stay open
- Harsten’s theory was sounds waves helps plants grow fast.
- Lynn and Joe Rapp, in their book, “Indoor Plants” saythe humming sounds activate the growth of the plants.
- Harsten said humming sounds activate the growth of the plants.
- Harsten’s experiment also proved music stimulates the plants’ breathing cells to stay open.
Harsten
1.) An engineer by profession
2.) Music helps plant grow.
3.) Plants respond to only music.
4.) Experiments with banana plants
5.) When listened to music plants grew faster.
Lynn and Rapp
1.) Wrote book, ‘Indoor Plants’
2.) Plants respond to all sounds.
3.) Plants have definite likes and dislikes in music
4.) Plants like classical music.
5.) Plants dislike rock music.
b.) Using the hints write instructions for doing Harsten’s experiment.
For example: take two banana plants.
- Give both plants the samelight, heat and water.
- Provide music to one of the plants.
- For about an hour day.
c.) The following statements are not in order. See para-4 and rearrange the statements in order as they come one after another in Harsten’s experiment.
- The plant grew faster.
- Cells stay opened for longer periods.
- Music stimulated plants.
- The plant took more nutrient from air.
d.) based on the statements under two heads: under-1 about Harsten and under-2 Lynn and Rapp. Write two paras, one on Harsten and the other on Lynn and Rapp. Take help of the statements under 7.a.
1.) Harsten was an engineer by profession. He conducted some exciting experiments. He found out that music helps plant grow. He conducted experiments with two banana plants
One of the banana plants when listened to music for an hour grew faster.
2.) Lynn and Rapp wrote book, ‘Indoor Plants’ They said plants respond to all sounds whether it is music or sounds. Plants have definite likes and dislikes in music. Plants like classical music. Plants dislike rock music.
SESSION 8
e.) Write the answers to the following questions.
What is Harsten’s theory?
Ans.Ans. Harsten’s theory was that the plants listening to music grew faster than other plants.
ii.) What did he use for his experiment?
Ans.He used two banana plants for his experiment
iii.) What did he give to both the banana plants?
Ans. He gave both the banana plants same type of light, heat and water.
iv.) What was his finding?
Ans. His findings were that the plant which listened to high- pitched humming sound grew faster.
v.) Who are the authors of the book- “Indoor Plants”?
Ans.The authors of the “Indoor Plants” were Lynn and Joe Rapp
vi.) What happened when the breathing cells of the plant were stimulated?
Ans.When the breathing cells of the plant were stimulated, they stayed open for longer duration.
vii.) What happened when the cells stayed open for longer periods?
Ans.When the cells stayed open for longer periods, the plants absorbed nutrients from the air in greater quantity and it grew faster than usual.
viii.) How is the finding of Lynn and Rapp different from that of Harsten?
Ans.The finding of Lynn and Rapp is different from that of Harsten as Lynn and Rapp believed that plants respond to all sounds like music or voices whereas Harsten explained that plants responded to the music more.