NCERT solutions for Environmental Studies - Looking Around [English] Class 4 chapter 2 - Ear to Ear [Latest edition]

Are these animals looking funny? The artist has drawn the wrong ears on the heads of the animals. Give correct ears to the animals in the space given below.

Different animals have different kinds of ears. Among the animals given below, which one has ears that you can see? In which animal can you not see the ears? Write in the table below.

Do you think that the animals whose ears we can not see, really do not have ears?

Name the animals in the pictures.

Can you see their ears?

Find out some other animals which have ears that we can not see. Write their names.

An animal with ears like fans

An animal with ears like leaves

An animal with ears on the top of its head

An animal with ears on both sides of its head

Match the animals shown here with pictures of their skin. Make the correct pattern of the skin on the picture of each animal.

You might have seen some of the animals given below.

Put the names of the animals in the table below.

1. In which list did you put the cow and the buffalo?
2. From a distance, can you see the hair on their skin?
3. Try to go near one of them. Could you see the hair?

If you were to meet an elephant, would you dare to touch it?

Do you know that an elephant also has hair on its skin?

Can you tell which of the animals mentioned in the list lay eggs? Find out and write the names of these animals in the box. Which of the animals in the list give birth to babies? Write their names in the box.

Now, look again at the table. Draw a line under the names of animals that lay eggs. Do bold the names of animals that give birth to babies.

You might have seen some of the animals given below.

Put the names of the animals in the table below.

So, what did you note?

Have you seen animals around your house or school that have small babies? Write their names.

Have you ever kept a pet? Does anyone you know keep a pet?

Find out more about the pet.

1. Which animal is it?
2. Does it have a name? What is it?
3. Who gave it this name?
4. What does it like to eat?
5. How many times a day is it given food?
6. When does it sleep? For how long does it sleep?
7. Is there any special way to look after this animal? How?
8. Does it get angry? When? How do you know it is angry?
9. Does it have hair or feathers on its skin?
10. Can you see its ears?
11. Is it a baby or a young animal or a full grown animal?
12. Will this pet animal lay eggs or give birth to babies?
13. Does it have young ones?
14. Draw a picture of this animal and colour it. Give it a name of your own choice.

Look at this picture. Colour the parts which have even numbers (2, 4, 6, 8, …). What do you see? Find out the name of the animal.

Have you seen any animal that looks a little like a dinosaur? Do you know its name?

Look at this animal. Write its name. Do you know that this is our National Animal?

Where does it live?

The number of these animals is going down in India. Discuss why this could be happening?