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Environmental Studies

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What role do animals play in the food chain?

  1. Producers

  2. Consumers

  3. Decomposers

  4. Autotrophs

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Consumers are the second link in a food chain. There are three levels of consumers, primary consumer, secondary consumer and tertiary consumer. All animals that eat plants become the primary consumers. After primary consumers, there are secondary consumers who eat primary consumers, like bear and snake.

What do we call the special tubes through which insects breathe?

  1. Gills

  2. Stomata

  3. Antenna

  4. Tracheae

  5. Lungs


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Insects breathe through a branched network of tubes called tracheae that open out onto the chest and abdomen. Oxygen is pulled into the body through openings in their abdomens called spiracles. Once the oxygen has been pulled in, the outermost vents close and the air is forced into increasingly smaller pipes known as tubules, until it reaches the required cells. Lungs are a pair of large organs in our chest and are a part of our respiratory system. All vertebrate animals, which live on land, have lungs.

In which the part of the plant body are stomata present?

  1. Flower

  2. Stem

  3. Fruit

  4. Leaf

  5. Root


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Stomata are minute apertures on plants, found typically on the outer leaf skin. 

Which of these does not have locomotory property of living beings?

  1. Fish

  2. Tree

  3. Snake

  4. Eagle

  5. Lion


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Although plants are living organisms, but they are fixed to the ground, so they do not show movement.

The animals and plants that live and grow on land are called:

  1. aerial

  2. arboreal

  3. terrestrial

  4. desert

  5. aquatic


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Terrestrial plants and animals are those who live on land.They show special feature that help them to adapt with their environment. Grasses, herbs, trees and most of the animals come under this category.

Which part of the cactus plant store(s) water?

  1. Spines

  2. Leaves

  3. Root

  4. Stem

  5. Fruit


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The stem of cactus plant is very fleshy, it stores water and uses it very slowly in dry conditions.

Human beings are classified under which of the following categories?

  1. Carnivore

  2. Herbivore

  3. Omnivore

  4. Scavangers

  5. Parasite


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

An animal that is an omnivore eats both plants and animals. A list of some omnivores include pigs, mice, bears, rats and human beings.

Which of the following plants traps and eats insects?

  1. Water hyacinth

  2. Venus flytrap

  3. Opuntia

  4. Tapegrass

  5. Prickly pear


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Venus flytrap is a small carnivorous plant as it eat insects. Each trap on a Venus flytrap plant has sensitive hairs that signal the plant when it is touched and cause it to close quickly. The sweet-scented leaves attract insects.

Which of the following structures help(s) the lizard to protect itself?

  1. Feather

  2. Scales

  3. Thick skin

  4. Fur

  5. Gills


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Animals like lizard, fish and snakes have scales on their bodies. These scales are hard and protect them from other animals.

Which of the following statements are incorrect?

  1. Earthworms breathe through their lungs.

  2. Plants absorb water through their roots.

  3. Female monkeys feed their babies with their milk.

  4. Touch-me-not leaves fold themselves when touched.

  5. Plants move towards sunlight.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Earthworms breathe through their skin. Gas exchange takes place directly through their skin. This allows the worm breath because they do not have lungs.

What does locomotion indicate in living things?

  1. Reproduction of young ones

  2. Breathing in of fresh air

  3. Movement from one place to another

  4. Adaptation to the environment

  5. Circulation of blood


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Locomotion refers to the forms of movement that animals naturally use like flying, swimming, gliding, galloping, hopping, etc.

Which of the following materials comes from living things?

  1. Stone paper weight

  2. Silk scarf

  3. Bead necklace

  4. Plastic mug

  5. Stainless steel


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Silk scarf is obtained from silk thread, and silk thread is obtained from silk worm, which is a living thing.

Which of the following components transfers from one level to another in a food chain?

  1. Water

  2. Air

  3. Food

  4. Soil

  5. Oxygen


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Energy passes from one animal to another as they eat plants or one another. This flow of energy from one living thing to another is called a food chain. Food chain shows how organisms depend on each other for food or we can say how the food transfers from one organism to another.

In which part of the plant does the process of transpiration mainly occur?

  1. Stem

  2. Seed

  3. Fruit

  4. Leaf

  5. Root


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Transpiration is a continuous process caused by the evaporation of water from leaves of plants. Leaves also provide trees with all their food because they turn sunlight into food energy through photosynthesis.

Which of the following properties of plants shows that they are sensitive?

  1. They grow towards sunlight.

  2. They respire through stomata.

  3. They produce their own food.

  4. They can reproduce.

  5. They grow themselves.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sensitivity means when the things respond to the changes in the surroundings. A plant usually responds to change as it moves or bends towards sunlight. This shows that plants are sensitive and can respond to the changes that occur in surroundings.

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