Things around Us
Things around Us: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Things Around Us, Web of Life, Nonliving Components, Living Components, Relation Between Living and Nonliving Components, Trees as a Source of Wood and, Interdependence of Things in the Environment
Important Questions on Things around Us
Write some living and non-living things in the picture below.
Make a concept map on various categories of living components.
Observe the picture and answer the following question.
List some things in the environment around Tinu.
- Oxygen
- Egg
- Meat
- Wool
- Milk
- Pulses
- Wood
- Leather
- Fruits
- Vegetables
From the above list. How many of them come from plants? How many of them come from animals?
Observe the picture and write the answer to the following question.
The above picture shows the place where Mini lives. Can you list some things around Mini?
Some common things around you are given in the table below. Which of the following things we get from plants. Tick (
) them.
| Things | Things We Get From Plants | Things | Things We Get From Plants |
| Pencil | Pen | ||
| Coconut | Jute bag | ||
| Mustard Seeds | Newspaper | ||
| Sharpener | Doll | ||
| Umbrella | Candle |
Your pencil is made of wood. We get wood from trees. Now, can you say where your pencil is living or non-living?
A car moves from one place to another. Why is it not an animal?
Choose the correct option from the following to complete the sentence.
(stem, food, fruits, den, hive)
Living things need _____ and water to live and grow.
Think and make a list of five living things and five non-living things that you see on your way from school to your home.
_____ bags thrown out with garbage can block drains.
Which of these is made of plastic?
Name some things present around us?
Given below are some pictures. Put a circle around the non-living things.
Find the living and non-living things in your surroundings and tabulate them.
| Living things | Non-living things |
What are the objects seen in the picture? Pick out the living and non-living things in it.
