Observe the leaves of different plants in your neighbourhood and fill the table. Draw and name the leaf Colour Shape Texture Any other observation Lemon Green Oval Smooth Strong smell &#16

Do it like this: pick up four or five fallen leaves near your home. Look at each one in the light, rub it between your fingers, and smell it. Then fill one row for each leaf. Sample answer — a completed table. Draw and name the leaf Colour Shape Texture Any other observation Lemon Green Oval Smooth Strong smell Mango Dark green Long and narrow Smooth and shiny Pointed tip; new leaves are reddish Neem Green Many small leaflets on one stalk Smooth Toothed edge; tastes bitter Peepal Light green Heart-shaped Thin and smooth Long tail at the tip; moves in the smallest breeze Banana Green Very long and broad Smooth Veins run side by side from end to end Tulsi Dark green Small and oval Slightly rough Strong sweet smell What the table shows: No two kinds of leaves are exactly alike. Colour, shape, feel, smell and the lines on the leaf taken together tell us which plant it belongs to. Tip: Pick up leaves that have already fallen. Do not pluck fresh leaves from a plant — the plant needs them.

NCERT Solutions for Class 4th The World Around Us Chapter 3 Leaves of Different Plants — Activity 5

Book page 50–51 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.

During the visit to the nature trail, students collected leaves from different plants. Help them identify the plants based on the pictures of the leaves given below.

The seven leaves the students collected, labelled (a) to (g).

Answer

Name a leaf by looking at three things: its shape, its edge, and its veins.

Leaf	What the picture shows	The plant
(a)	Heart-shaped, with a long thin tail drawn out at the tip	Peepal
(b)	One stalk carrying many narrow, curved leaflets with toothed edges	Neem
(c)	Broad and oval, with a pointed tip and thick side veins	Banyan
(d)	Very large, broad and rounded, with a thick midrib	Teak (sagaun)
(e)	Long and narrow, dark green, with a smooth edge and a pointed tip	Mango
(f)	Long oval, light green, with side veins that are easy to see	Guava
(g)	Small, with a saw-toothed edge all round	Rose

Why the shape is enough: Every kind of plant makes leaves of its own shape, and it makes them the same way every time. So the shape of one leaf is enough to name the plant it came from.

Tip: Leaves differ a little from place to place, and the book gives no answer key. Hold a real leaf from your school ground beside each picture. Your teacher may name a different plant of your area for (c), (d), (f) and (g) — write down that name, because it is the plant you can actually go and see.

Q2.

Observe the leaves of different plants in your neighbourhood and fill the table.

Draw and name the leaf	Colour	Shape	Texture	Any other observation
Lemon	Green	Oval	Smooth	Strong smell

The table as it is printed in the book, with the lemon row filled as an example.

Answer

Do it like this: pick up four or five fallen leaves near your home. Look at each one in the light, rub it between your fingers, and smell it. Then fill one row for each leaf.

Sample answer — a completed table.

Draw and name the leaf	Colour	Shape	Texture	Any other observation
Lemon	Green	Oval	Smooth	Strong smell
Mango	Dark green	Long and narrow	Smooth and shiny	Pointed tip; new leaves are reddish
Neem	Green	Many small leaflets on one stalk	Smooth	Toothed edge; tastes bitter
Peepal	Light green	Heart-shaped	Thin and smooth	Long tail at the tip; moves in the smallest breeze
Banana	Green	Very long and broad	Smooth	Veins run side by side from end to end
Tulsi	Dark green	Small and oval	Slightly rough	Strong sweet smell

What the table shows: No two kinds of leaves are exactly alike. Colour, shape, feel, smell and the lines on the leaf taken together tell us which plant it belongs to.

Tip: Pick up leaves that have already fallen. Do not pluck fresh leaves from a plant — the plant needs them.

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