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Activity S E L Self-Management • Creativity

Take a few Green Gram seeds. Soak them in water overnight. Drain extra water the next morning. Cover
the soaked seeds with wet cotton and leave aside for 24 hours. Remove the cotton and observe carefully.
You will see seeds with white thread-like structures. These structures are the young roots. Wow! You have
made the sprouts!

2 • Problem Solving

Cross () the odd one out.
1. Banyan, mango, apple, orange

2. Vein, bud, leaf blade, stalk

3. Shoe ower, papaya, sun ower, rose

AT ONE GO

 Root, stem, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds are the parts of a plant.

 The root fixes the plant firmly in the soil and takes water and nutrients from the soil.
 Leaves make food for the plant.
 The stem carries food and water to different parts of the plant.

 A bud blooms into a flower and a flower turns into a fruit.
 The fruit has seeds inside it. A seed gives rise to a new plant.

REMEMBER THESE TERMS

Nutrient : A substance that plants need to grow

Nectar : The sweet-smelling liquid in flowers
Petals : The brightly coloured part of a flower

Trunk : Hard and woody stem

Check your study

A. Tick () the correct answers.
1. e plant having a so stem is

(a) rose (b) neem (c) coriander (d) mango

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