CLASS IV // EVS // THIRD CHAPTER // A DAY WITH NANDU
SUMMARY NOTE:-
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Elephants are the largest land mammals on earth.
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An adult elephant can eat more than 100
kilograms of leaves and twigs in one day.
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Elephants do not rest very much. They sleep
for only two to four hours in a day.
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Elephants love to play with mud and water.
The mud keeps their skin cool.
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Their big ears also work like fans. The
elephants flap these to keep themselves cool.
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A baby elephant of three months old, weighs 200
kilograms.
Fun and games of elephants :-
- Elephants love to play in water
and mud.
- When baby elephants play, they pull
each other's tails.
Herd of elephants :-
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Elephants move around in groups called herds.
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Animals in herds usually move around
together, searching for food.
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Elephants help each other when in trouble.
They join together to care for and rescue their young ones.
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An elephant herd has mainly females and
baby elephants.
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The oldest female is the leader
of the herd.
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A herd may have 10 to 12 female
elephants and young ones.
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Male elephants live in the herd till they are
14–15 years old. Then they leave their herd and
move around alone.
Animals ill-treated by humans :-
a) Snakes – Snake
charmers keep the snakes in baskets. The snakes forget their natural habitat i.e
the open jungle and can’t get fresh air inside the baskets.
b) Bears – Circus
master uses them in circus for dancing and jumping through rings of fire. But they
don’t enjoy the claps of us. If they do not dance they will not provided food
and get beaten by the circus master.
c) Horses – Humans
use them for riding. They get so much pain when we fix the horseshoes to their
hooves.
d) Monkeys -
We make them dance and dance and dance. Even if they don’t want to dance, we
make them dance. Sometimes they are forced to dance in empty stomach.
1.
An
adult elephant can eat more than 100 kg of leaves and
twigs.
2.
Animals
should always be put in jungle.
3.
Elephants
are herbivorous animal.
4.
Elephants
love to play with mud and water.
5.
The mud keeps their skin cool.
6.
Male
elephant live in the herd till they are 14-15 years old.
7.
Elephants
do not rest much. They sleep for 2 to
4 hours.
8.
A
three months old baby elephant weighs around 200
kilograms.
9.
The
oldest female is the leader of the herd
of the elephants.
10. Monkey, bear
and snake are three animals used by man for their
entertainment.
11. Mother’s
mother is called nani ma.
B.
FILL IN THE BLANKS CHOOSING WORDS GIVEN IN THE
BRACKET :-
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(babies,
useful, care of, female elephants, 100 kg, female, 14-15 years old, the
legs and trunks, the open jungle, bears, monkeys, tails)
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(i) Male elephants stay in the herd
till they are 14-15 years.
(ii) The grey forest that Nandu
imagined he was in, was actually the legs and trunks of
his family members.
(iii) Living only in a basket the
snake has forgotten what it is like in the open jungle and
fresh air.
(iv) For entertainment, humans use
three animals: bears, monkeys and
snakes.
(v) When baby
elephants play, they pull each other's tails.
(vi) An elephant herd has only female
elephants with their babies.
(vii) The oldest female is
the leader of the elephant herd.
(viii) An adult elephant can eat more
than 100 kg of food in one day.
(ix) Elephant are useful animals and should be taken care of .
C. Match the animal groups to their herd names:-
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D. Match the animals with their activities :-
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E. Match the animals with their sayings :-
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Sounds Animals
(i) Buzz bees
(ii) Chirp grasshoppers
(iii) Squeak mouse
(iv) Bleat sheep,
goat, calf
(v)
Hoo
owls
(vi) Chatter monkeys
(vii) Bray
donkeys
(viii) Quack ducks
G. Unscramble the names of the animals given in the
jumbled form :-
(i) Largest water animal Blue
Whale (LUBE HAWLE)
(ii) Fastest running animal Cheetah
(TEHCEHA)
(iii) Fastest flightless running bird
Ostrich (RSOTICH)
(iv) Largest land animal African
elephant (CARIANF PHNTAEEL)
H. Select the best option (MCQs) :-
i)
Elephants sleep for .......... day
(a) most of the (b) 4 to 6 hours in a
(c) 12 to 16 hours in a (d) 2 to 4
hours in a
ANS- (d) 2 to 4 hours in a
(ii)
A normal 3-month old baby elephant may weight about
(a) 10 kg (b) 50 kg (c) 200 kg (d) none of these
ANS- (c) 200 kg
(iii)
Who complains that they have to dance on an empty stomach?
(a) The
monkeys (b) The bears (c) Nandu
(d) the horses
ANS- (a) The monkeys
(iv)
Elephants move around in groups called
(a) colonies (b) herds (c) swarms
(d) none of these
ANS- (b) herds
(v)
Adult elephants eat
(a) meat and eggs (b) sugar
and grain
(c) forest fruits (d) twigs and leaves
ANS- (d) twigs and leaves
I. Write 'T' for True and
'F' for False statements:-
(i) People
specially call pigeons to feed them with grain. True
(ii) Children don't like cats. False
(iii) When horseshoe are fixed to a horse's hooves, the horse loves it. False
(iv) The oldest male is the leader of a herd of elephants. False
(v) Elephants lie in the mud to cool their bodies. True
(vi) Nandu is a small bull elephant. True
(vii) Elephants sleep for eight to ten hours in a day. False
(viii) Only elephants live in a herd. False
(ix) The weight of a baby elephant is about 200 kg. True
(x) Elephants love to play in water and mud. True
J. QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS:-
1. How old was Nandu? How much did he weigh?
- Nandu was only one day old. His weight is 200 kg.
2. Is Nandu a male or female elephant?
- Nandu
is a male elephant.
3.
Why do the animals move in groups? Or Why is it important
for elephants to live in herds?
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Animals
move in groups / live in herds to eat, to play and to avoid getting caught by
the dangerous animals. They help each other when in trouble. They join together
to care for and rescue their young ones.
4. How many elephants are there in a herd?
- A herd may
have 10 to 12 female elephant and their young ones.
5. What did Nandu’s herd do when they reached the
jungle?
- When the
herd reached the jungle, they spread out to eat their
favourite leaves and twigs.
6. How do the elephants’ ears help them cool?
- Elephants
have big ears that work like fans and help to keep them cool. They flap their
ears.
7. Why do elephants keep flapping their ears?
- Elephants
have big ears that work like fans and help to keep them cool. So they flap
their ears.
8. What sound does an elephant make?
- Elephants
make a sound known as trumpet.
9. Why does a herd of elephants spread out in a
forest?
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A
herd of elephants spread out in a forest to eat their favourite leaves and
twigs.
10. Draw a picture of an elephant, name different body
parts and write their uses.
- Ears - work like fans and help to
keep them cool.
- Trunk – It’s the long nose of
elephant used for smelling, breathing, trumpeting, drinking and also for
grabbing things like twigs and leaves.
- Tusks – help them in digging, lifting
objects, gathering foods, stripping bark from trees to eat and in defence.
- Tail – weapons against pests. (defence
purpose)
- Eyes - help to see.
- Legs - help to move from one place
to other.
11. Colour the picture given below and write few
sentences on it using the key words given:
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Elephants
make a sound known as trumpet.
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The
largest male elephants can weigh up to 15,000 pounds (6,800
kilograms).
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Elephants
are herbivorous animals.
-
An
adult elephant can eat more than 100 kilograms of leaves and
twigs in one day.
-
Elephants
move around in groups called herds. They usually move around
together, searching for food.
-
Elephants
help each other when in trouble. They join together to care for and rescue
their young ones.
-
Elephants
love to play with mud and water. The mud keeps their skin cool.
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Their
big ears also work like fans. The elephants flap these to keep themselves cool.
12. Why is the cat happier than the horse, the bear,
or the monkey?
- The cat is
happier because it can roam around everywhere. Children love cats a lot. They
pat cats and also give them milk. In the opposite the horse, the bear, or the monkey
are being ill-treated by humans.
13. Elephants use two methods to keep their bodies
cool. Describe these methods in one sentence each.
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Elephants
love to play with mud and water that keeps their skin cool.
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The
elephants flap their fan like big ears to keep themselves cool.
14. Nandu was a shy baby, but finally he played in the
water with his cousins. Describe how this took place.
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Nandu
was afraid to go near his cousins as he was very small.
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Amma
gently pushed Nandu towards the water and told him to go and play.
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Finally
Nandu loved to play in the water with his cousins.
15. Briefly describe Nandu's day, listing his
activities at the different times given below.
(a) Just after he woke up?
- He blinked
his eyes and looked around.
(b) After Nani Ma
trumpetted.
- Nandu started
moving towards the jungle with his herd.
(c) After the
elephants had eaten
- He moved
towards the river with his herd. He enjoyed playing in the water.
(d) Just before sunset.
- He started
back towards the jungle with the herd.
(e) What he did just before falling asleep?
- He settled himself between his
mother’s front legs and drank her milk just before falling asleep.
16. How are elephants
useful to man?
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Elephants
protect forests.
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Elephants
spread the seeds while roaming across the forest.
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We
ride on elephants.
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We
use them in circus.
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We
make different useful things using their tusks.
17. How do the animals like snakes, bears,
monkeys and horses are ill-treated by human beings.
a) Snakes – Snake charmers keep the snakes in baskets.
The snakes forget their natural habitat i.e the open jungle and can’t get fresh
air inside the baskets.
b) Bears – Circus master uses them in circus for dancing
and jumping through rings of fire. But they don’t enjoy the claps of us. If they
do not dance they will not provided food and get beaten by the circus master.
c) Horses – Humans use them for riding. They get so
much pain when we fix the horseshoes to their hooves.
d) Monkeys - We make them dance and dance and
dance. Even if they don’t want to dance, we make them dance. Sometimes they are
forced to dance in empty stomach.
18.
What do you do when you are with your group of friends?
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I
will play as much as I can and enjoy a lot with my friends. I draw and study
for sometime.
19. Have you ever taken a ride on elephant? How
did it feel?
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Yes,
I have taken a ride on elephant and I felt very happy.
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