Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 8 Journey of Seed Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.
PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 8 Journey of Seed
EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Journey of Seed Textbook Questions and Answers
Textbook Page No. 47
Question 1.
With the help of your family members complete the following list : Seeds used as spices (masala)
1. Jeera
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
Seeds used to prepare flour
1. Wheat
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
Seeds used to extract oil
1. Mustard
2. …………….
3. …………….
4. …………….
Answer:
Seeds used as spices (masala)
1. Jeera
2. Corriander
3. Cumin seeds
4. Ani seeds
Seeds used to prepare flour
1. Wheat
2. Bajra (Millet)
3. Maize (Makki)
4. Oats
Seeds used to extract oil
1. Mustard
2. Groundnuts
3. Sunflower
4. Cotton seed
Textbook Page No. 48
Activity 1
Let us learn the process of growing plants from seeds.
- Take some wheat seeds.
- Take some fertile soil from the field.
- Take a cup of water.
- Take atleast four pots, glasses or beakers.
- Name every beaker or pot or glass as A, B, C, D.
- In pot A, put some wheat seeds and keep it in sunlight.
- In pot B, put some fertile soil, add a few seeds and keep in sunlight.
- In pot C, put some fertile soil, sow a few seeds, put some water and keep in dark room or almirah.
- In pot D, put some fertile soil, sow a few seeds and water it then keep it in sunlight.
Question 1.
Watch after few days. In which pot the seeds germinate?
Answer:
Seeds will germinate in pot ‘D’.
Question 2.
Why did seeds not germinate in other pots? Do you know?
Answer:
Air, water, fertile soil and sunlight all are necessary for the healthy growth of seeds. Only pot D got all these, thus seeds germinate in Pot D.
Activity 2
You can plant any seed at your home following to the procedure given for Pot ‘D’, and fill up the performa given below :
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Activity 3
With the help of your teacher make a list of all those seeds that travel from one place to another by any means.
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Question 2.
Tick (✓) the correct answer :
(i) From which seed is flour prepared?
(a) Mustard [ ]
(b) Wheat [ ]
(c) Coriander [ ]
Answer:
(b) Wheat (✓).
(ii) Which seed is used as spice?
(a) Turmeric [ ]
(b) Maize [ ]
(c) Rural millet [ ]
Answer:
(a) Turmeric (✓)
(iiii) Which new plant is grown from its leaves?
(a) Radish
(b) Cauliflower
(c) Shakarkandi
Answer:
(c) Shakarkandi (✓)
(iv) Which plant is grown with grafting?
(a) Marigold
(b) Rose
(c) Patharchat
Answer:
(b) Rose (✓)
Question 3.
Mind mapping.
Seeds which are used to eat
Answer:
Question 4.
Fill in the blanks :
(Oil, akk, seed)
(i) ………………. is prepared from the mustard seeds.
(ii) The marigold plant is planted by sowing ……………….
(iii) Seeds of ………………. travel in the air from one place to another.
Answer:
(i) Oil,
(ii) seed,
(iii) akk.
Textbook Page No. 50-51
Question 5.
Tick (✓) the right and (✗) cross the wrong sentences :
(i) All the plants are grown from seeds.
(ii) Small pieces of sugarcane are planted in the fields for the plantation of sugarcane.
(iii) Rose is planted with grafting.
(iv) The seeds of Jeera are used as spice.
(v) Water Hyacinth travels through water from one place to another.
Answer:
(i) ✗
(ii) ✓
(iii) ✓
(iv) ✓
(v) ✓
Question 6.
How is sugarcane planted?
Answer:
We plant small pieces of sugarcane in the field.
Question 7.
How are plants grown with grafting?
Answer:
We cut a pencil-sized twig from the developed plant and it is planted in the ground. In a few days we get leaves on it.
Question 8.
How does plants grow on the roofs?
Answer:
When some bird eats fruit, which it gets from a tree, while sitting on the roof, it leaves the stone or seed on the roof. Some time excreta of the bird contains some seeds, in this way the seed reaches on the roof and grow on the roofs. Some of the seeds can also reach by flying through air.
Question 9.
What is required for the growth of seeds?
Answer:
Air, water, sunlight, fertile soil.
Question 10.
How do the seeds of Gut Patna and Pjith Kanda move from one place to other?
Answer:
Puthkanda and gutpatna seeds cling to the bodies of animals and move from one place to other.
PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Journey of Seed Important Questions and Answers
1. Tick the correct option :
(i) Cutting is used to grow :
(a) Rose ( )
(b) Marigold ( )
(c) Sweet potato ( )
(d) None. ( )
Answer:
(a) Rose
(ii) ……………. is carried by animals.
(a) Akk ( )
(b) Puth Kanda ( )
(c) Water lily ( )
(d) None. ( )
Answer:
(b) Puth Kanda
(iii) Puth Kanda move from one place to other:
(a) by birds ( )
(b) by clinging to bodies of animals ( )
(c) by air ( )
(d) by water. ( )
Answer:
(b) by clinging to bodies of animals
(iv) Sweet potato is grown from roots and similarly:
(a) Patharchat is grown from leaves ( )
(b) Wheat plant is grown from stalk ( )
(c) Rose is grown from seed ( )
(d) Mustard plant is grown from leaves. ( )
Answer:
(a) Patharchat is grown from leaves
(v) What is the shape of lotus leaf?
(a) triangular ( )
(b) round like rod ( )
(c) box like ( )
(d) thread like. ( )
Answer:
(b) round like rod
2. Answer in one/two lines :
Question 1.
How will you grow sugarcane?
Answer:
Sugarcane is planted by small pieces of sugarcane.
Question 2.
What is cutting of rose?
Answer:
A twig in the form of a pencil is cut from rose plant and is sown in earth. This is called cutting.
Question 3.
Name seeds which travel from one place to other through water.
Answer:
Water lily, hyacinth.
Question 4.
Which plant is grown using cutting?
Answer:
Rose is grown using cutting.
3. Fill in the blanks :
(i) oil is extracted from mustard seeds.
(ii) Rose is grown with
(iii) is planted from roots.
(iv) Seed of are hairy and are carried with wind.
(v) Seeds of grass fly in air and reach different places.
Answer:
(i) mustard,
(ii) cutting,
(iii) sweet potato,
(iv) akk,
(v) congress.
4. True/False :
(i) Small pieces of sugarcane are planted in the field.
(ii) Patharchat grows from its leaves.
(iii) Sunlight is not necessary for the growth of seeds.
(iv) Water hyacinth travels through water from one place to another.
Answer:
(i) T,
(ii) T,
(iii) F,
(iv) T.
5. Match the following column :
(A) – (B)
(i) Rose (a) seed
(ii) Sweet potato (b) leaves
(iii) Marigold (c) cutting
(iv) Patharchat (d) roots
Answer:
(i) (c),
(ii) (d),
(iii) (a),
(iv) (b).
6. Mind Map :
Answer:
7. Answer in five/six lines :
Question Which flower plants are grown from seeds and which are grown with cutting?
Answer:
Marigold flower plants are grown using seeds whereas Rose is grown using cutting. A twig is cut from the rose plant and is sown in the soil. After few days leaves come out from the twig.