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GRADE 1                                                                                                                 Start Up G.K



               16         What is so odd?                                                                                                17 Plant body



            In each of the groups there is something that does not fit in.                                                            See the plant below and its various parts. Match the parts to the

            Circle it.                                                                                                                correct sentences that describe it.


                                                                                                                                                                                             a.   Green part of the plants.
               1                                                   2                                                                                                                               Plants make food here.

                                                                                                                                                                              3. flower
                                                                                                                                                                                             b.   They are bright in colour.
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Butterflies sit on them.
                                                                                                                                      2. leaf
                                                                                                                                                                                             c.   Supports the plant. Acts

                                                                                                                                                                                                   like a pipe and carries
                                                                                                                                                                                5. seeds           water and food to different
                                                                                                                                                                                                   parts of the plant.
                                                                                                                                                                           4. fruit
              3                                                    4                                                                                                                         d.   Very tiny, found inside the
                                                                                                                                                                                                   fruit. A new plant grows

                                                                                                                                                                                                   from it.

                                                                                                                                                                                             e.   Holds the seeds. It is

                                                                                                                                                                                                   eaten because it has
                                                                                                                                      1. stem                                                      pulp and juice.


                                                                                                                                                                                             f.   Holds the plant to the soil.

              5                                                    6                                                                                                                               Absorbs water from the soil.

                                                                                                                                                                                  6. roots              Help to grow


                                                                                                                                                                                                           (Teacher’s note)
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Take the children
                                                                                                                                                                                                            to a garden or park
                                                                                                                                                                                                            and show them the
                                                                                                                                                                                                            different parts of
                                                                                                                                                                                                            a plant.



                                                                                                                                              Info-bites
                     Info-bites
                                                                                                                                              Just like your mother prepares food in the kitchen, plants prepare food in the
                     A tomato is a fruit and not a vegetable. But most of the times people call it                                            leaves. That is why leaves are called the ‘kitchen of the plant.’
                     a vegetable.


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