NCERT Solutions for Class 4th The World Around Us Chapter 3 Nature Trail
Updated on 2026-09-19
About this chapter
Every animal has features that suit its life — an elephant’s long trunk, a sparrow’s short strong beak, an eagle’s sharp curved beak and claws, a sunbird’s long beak for nectar. We can guess what a bird eats by looking at its beak and claws. Animals that live in and around water have special features — fins to swim, a turtle’s strong shell and webbed feet, the gharial’s long pointed snout. An insect has three pairs of legs and one pair of antennae, and often two pairs of wings. Leaves differ in colour, shape, texture and smell. The lines on a leaf are called veins, and they are arranged in two ways — side by side, or branching out like a net. In the ‘Web of Life’ game we see that all living things are connected. If one part of the web goes, the whole web grows weak. A forest is the home of
- The Adventure Begins
- Safety Rules
- Animals in the Forest
- Animals and their Features
- At the Pond
- Footprints near the Pond
- Birds and their Beaks
- Picking up Food
- Bird Diary and Animals of the Water
- Tiny Animals
Quick revision
| Living thing | Its special feature | What the feature does for it | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elephant | A long trunk | Takes food and water to its mouth | 40 |
| Sparrow | A short and strong beak | Cracks open seeds | 40 |
| Indian Giant Squirrel | Big, red-coloured, with a very long bushy tail | Leaps between the high trees of the forest at Pachmarhi | 40 |
| Hornbill | A headgear growing from its forehead like a horn | Gives the bird its name | 44 |
| Owl | Sharp eyesight | Helps it see at night | 44 |
| Eagle | A sharp, curved beak and sharp claws | Catches and tears its prey | 45 |
| Sunbird | A long beak | Drinks nectar from inside flowers | 45 |
| Fish | Fins | Swims in water | 48 |
| Gharial (a type of crocodile) | A long, narrow, pointed snout | Catches fish | 48 |
| Turtle | A strong shell and webbed feet | Keeps it safe, and helps it swim easily | 48 |
| Insect | Three pairs of legs and one pair of antennae | Walks, and senses its surroundings | 49 |
| Leaf | Veins — the lines on the leaf | Run side by side, or branch out like a net | 51 |
Exercises
- The Adventure Begins — In-text Questions Page 35
- Safety Rules — Write / Discuss Page 37
- Animals in the Forest — Activity 1 Page 39
- Animals and their Features — Write Page 40
- At the Pond — In-text Questions Page 42
- Footprints near the Pond — Activity 2 Page 43
- Birds and their Beaks — Write Page 44
- Picking up Food — Activity 3 Page 45
- Bird Diary and Animals of the Water — Activity 4 Page 47–48
- Tiny Animals — Write Page 49
- Leaves of Different Plants — Activity 5 Page 50–51
- The Lines on a Leaf — In-text Question Page 51
- Leaf Autograph — Activity 6 Page 52
- How to play? — Let us Play the Game ‘Web of Life’ Page 52–54
- End of chapter questions and activities — Let us reflect Page 55–56