NCERT Solutions for Class 4th The World Around Us Chapter 3 The Adventure Begins — In-text Questions
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Q1.
Have you ever seen a banyan tree with its hanging roots touching the ground? A coloured bird diving into the water? A spider weaving its web? Butterflies flying around a flower?The four sights the chapter opens with: a banyan tree, a bird diving into water, a spider on its web, and butterflies at a flower.
Answer
These four sights are all around us. Here is what each one is.
Banyan tree: thick roots grow down from its branches. When they reach the ground they harden and hold the tree up like new trunks.
A coloured bird diving into water: this is a kingfisher. It waits on a branch, then dives straight down and catches a fish in its long beak.
A spider weaving its web: the spider spins a fine, sticky thread into a wheel-shaped web. Small insects get caught in it.
Butterflies around a flower: they come to drink the sweet juice, called nectar, that is inside the flower.
Why the book asks this: Nature is full of amazing animals and plants. We learn about them by looking closely at things we pass every day.
Sample answer: Yes, I have seen a banyan tree near our village temple. Its hanging roots touch the ground and we swing on them. I have also seen butterflies on the flowers in our school garden, and a spider’s web in the corner of our window. I have not yet seen a bird dive into water.
Try This: Stand still near a tree for five minutes. Count how many different living things you can see. You will be surprised.
Q2.
Abha Didi, will we see monkeys, deer, snakes, eagles and tigers on the way?
Answer
Abha Didi’s own reply is: “That is what we have to find out!”
In a forest nobody can promise what you will see. The animals move about on their own. Some hide, some come out only at night, and some stay high up in the trees.
On this trail the students did see a lot:
monkeys and deer in the forest (pages 38–39);
gaur and a rabbit near the pond (page 42);
a hornbill sitting on a tree (page 44);
a grasshopper that hopped out of the grass (page 49).
They did not see a tiger. They saw only its footprints in the mud near the pond.
Why a tiger is hard to see: A tiger walks very quietly and its stripes hide it in the tall grass. It also keeps away from jeeps and people.
Tip: Abha Didi also said we must make sure that we do not harm the plants and animals in the forest. Quiet visitors see more animals than noisy ones.