Solution of Chapter 9. The Living Organisms and Their Surroundings (NCERT - Science Book)

What is a habitat?

How are cactus adapted to survive in deserts?

Fill up the blanks:

a. The presence of specific features, which enable a plant or an animal to live in a particular habitat, is called ____.

b. The habitats of the plants and animals that live on land are called _____ habitat.

c. The habitats of plants and animals that live on water are called _____.

d. Soil, water and air are the ___ factors of a habitat.

e. Changes in our surroundings that make us respond to them, are called _____.

Which of the things in the following list are non-living?

Plough, Sewing machine, Radio, Boat, Water hyacinth, Earthworm

Give an example of non-living thing, which shows any two characteristics of living things.

Butter, Leather, Soil, Wool, Electric bulb, Cooking oil, Salt, Apple, Rubber

Which of the non-living things listed below, were once part of a living thing?

Butter, Leather, Soil, Wool, Electric bulb, Cooking oil, Salt, Apple, Rubber.

List the common characteristics of the living things.

Explain, why speed is important for survival in the grasslands for animals that live there. (Hint: There are few trees or places for animals to hide in grasslands habitats.)