NCERT solutions for Environmental Studies - Looking Around [English] Class 4 chapter 4 - The Story of Amrita [Latest edition]

Is there a place near your house, school or along the road side, where trees have been planted?

Why were trees planted there?

Have you seen anyone taking care of the trees? Who does this?

Have you seen fruits on any of the trees? Who eats these fruits?

Lalita feels that grass and small plants growing near her school wall have not been planted by anyone. Do you know of any place where grass, small plants or trees are growing on their own without being planted by anyone?

Why do you feel they are growing on their own?

Do you remember what the elders of this village used to say?

Do you think we could survive if there were no trees and no animals? Discuss this in your class.

Do you remember that in Class III, you had made a tree your friend? How is your friend now?

Why don’t you make a new friend this year? Have you seen how your friends- the trees, change in some ways, in different months of a year?

Write about any one tree.

1. Does the tree flower?
2. Do the flowers remain on the tree throughout the year?
3. In which month do their leaves fall?
4. Do fruits grow on the tree?
5. In which months do they grow?
6. Have you eaten these fruits?

Why do people hunt?

There are rules against hunting of some animals. People can be punished for hunting. Why do you think there is this punishment?

Talk to your grandparents and find out -

1. Which birds did they see around them when they were of your age?
2. Have the number of some of these birds become less?
3. Are there some birds or animals which they can not see any more?

Shanti’s grandfather told her that when he was a small child he saw more birds like sparrows and mynah than he sees today. Can you make two guesses why their numbers have become less?

Which kind of trees can you see a lot of, in your area? Name two such trees.

Find out more about these trees from your elders.