Q1.
Have you ever observed how animals grow over time? Draw sketches of their young ones and name them.
Answer
Yes. Some young ones look like small copies of their parents; others look completely different. Draw them and write both names.
| Animal | Young one | Does the young one look like the adult? |
|---|---|---|
| Cow | Calf | Yes — a small cow with long legs |
| Hen | Chick | Yes — a fluffy little bird |
| Cat | Kitten | Yes |
| Goat | Kid | Yes |
| Frog | Tadpole | No — a tailed swimmer with no legs at all |
| Butterfly | Caterpillar | No — a crawling, leaf-eating worm-like larva |
| Mosquito | Larva (wriggler) | No — it lives in water and cannot fly |
| Silk moth | Larva (silkworm) | No |
Why the difference matters: where the young one looks like the adult, growth is simply an increase in size. Where it looks completely different — mosquito, butterfly, frog — the animal goes through significant changes in appearance, body shape and structure, and sometimes even changes its home from water to land. Those are the life cycles this chapter studies in detail.
Try This: in your notebook draw two columns — “young one” and “adult”. Sketch a chick beside a hen, and a tadpole beside a frog. The two columns tell the whole story at a glance.