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JOSEPH’S INSTITUTIONS, MYSURU
WORK SHEET - LESSON : THINGS AROUND US
Class - VI MARKS: 20
Subject - Science
I Choose the correct answer
1. Which of these animals feed on dead bodies of other animals?
(A) Deer (B) Tiger (C) Hyena (D) Bacteria
2. Which of these form the abiotic component of the environment?
(A) Soil (B) Plants (C) Fungi (D) Bacteria
3. Which of these do plants need to prepare their food?
(A) Light (B) Water (C) Carbon dioxide (D) All of these
4. Which of these are warm-blooded animals?
(A) Earthworm (B) Snail (C) Bear (D) Snake
II Fill in the blanks
1. Plants exhibit movements of certain parts, as a ________ to changes in their environment.
2. Plants and animals form the ___________ component of our environment.
3. Plants get rid of wastes in the form of ________ and _________
4. Carnivores are also called _________ consumers
5. Things around us can be divided into _________ and _______
6. A group of similar cells that perform a particular function form a/an ___________
7. ________ is the bottom layer of the soil
8. ________ is the smallest unit of a living body.
9. Green plants maintain the balance of _________ and _________ in the environment.
10. _________ are the building blocks of the body.
III Name the following
1 . All that surrounds living things and affects their growth and development
2. A group of tissues
3. The measure that tells us how hot or cold something is
4. Animals whose body temperature changes with the outside temperature
5. All living things follow a cycle of growth and development in which an organism takes birth,
grows into an adult, grows old and dies.
6. The process by which green plants make their food using carbon dioxide and water in the presence
of light and chlorophyll
7. Animals that feed on the dead bodies of other animals
8. Animals whose body temperature does not change with the outside temperature
9. The process by which living things utilize oxygen to release energy stored in the food they eat
10. A group of interdependent organisms that live in the same region and interact with one another
form
IV Give two examples for the following
1. Biotic community 2. Abiotic components 3. Decomposers 4. Omnivores
5. Wastes given out by plants 6. Scavengers 7. Warm blooded animals
8. Cold blooded animals 9. Carnivores 10. herbivores
V Define the following
1. Environment 2. Respiration 3. Retting 4. Khadi 5. Photosynthesis
VI Give reasons
1. Abiotic factors like sunlight and water directly affect plant growth.
Ans: Because plants prepare food using sunlight and water is needed to transport
nutrients and maintain life processes
2. Green plants are also called autotrophs.
Ans: Because green plants can prepare their own food using sunlight, carbondioxide,
water and chlorophyll through the process of photosynthesis.
3. An earthworm is called a farmer’s friend
Ans: Because it feeds on dead and decaying matter, loosens the soil and add nutrients
which helps plants grow better.
4. Scavengers like vultures and hyenas are called “nature’s cleaners”
Ans: Because they feed on the dead bodies of animals helping to clean the environment
and prevent the spread of diseases
VII Complete the related pair
1. Natural fibres : _____ : : Synthetic Fibres : Nylon
2. Plants : Make their own food : : __________ : cannot make their own food
3. Amoeba : Unicellular organism : : Human beings : _____
4. _____ : Plants and animals : : Abiotic : Water and light
5. Birds : ________ : : Insects : cold blooded
VIII Write one main difference between
1. Scavengers and decomposers
2. Warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals
3. Biotic and Abiotic components
4. Stimulus and response
5. Herbivores and carnivores
IX Answer in brief
1. Why respiration is important?
2. State any two characteristics of living things.
3. Name the abiotic components of the environment
X Answer the following
1. With the help of an example explain stimulus and response to plants ?
2. What are autotrophs? How are they different from heterotrophs ?
3. Differentiate between living things and non-living things
XII Draw, label and colour
(a) Any two unicellular and multicellular organisms
(b) Photosynthesis
(c) Structural organization in human beings
