Q1.
A tree is useful to us in many ways. Mention some of these uses. Write them in the picture given below. (One has been done for you: 'Some parts of trees are used in preparing medicines')
Answer
A tree picture with four thought-clouds is printed on page 75. One cloud is already filled — Some parts of trees are used in preparing medicines. Write one use of a tree in each of the other three clouds.
| Cloud | What you can write |
|---|---|
| 1 (given) | Some parts of trees are used in preparing medicines. |
| 2 | Trees give us shade, fruits, flowers and firewood. |
| 3 | Trees give out oxygen and clean the air we breathe. |
| 4 | Trees are homes for birds, squirrels and insects. |
More uses you may add: wood for furniture and houses; leaves for plates and manure; roots that hold the soil and stop it from being washed away; trees that bring rain and keep a place cool.
Why this activity comes first: The lesson you are about to read is one long list of the uses of a single tree. Filling these clouds first makes you notice how much you already knew — and how much more Neem Baba has to tell you.