NCERT Solutions Class 4 Environmental Studies Chapter 5 Anita And The Honeybees

A dream of School (Page 39)

Q.1. Find out how much money do you spend in one year for different school related things.

Ans.

Things	Money spent
1. Fees	Rs. 650
2. Travel to school and back	Rs. 500
3. Notebooks	Rs. 900
4. Pens-Pencils	Rs. 150
5. Uniforms	Rs. 600
6. School Bags	Rs. 250
7. Lunch Box	Rs. 150
8. Shoes	Rs. 350
Total	Rs. 3550

 

Page 40

Q.1. How much money did you spend on your books this year?

Ans. Five hundred.

 

Q.2. What kind of a school uniform would like to wear? Draw a picture in your notebook.

Ans. I like to wear a light blue top and dark grey bottom.

 

Let us Talk (Page 40)

Q.1. Do you know someone who wanted to study, but could not do so?

Ans. Yes, in my neighborhood, a boy wanted to study. But, he had to leave after his father’s death.

 

Q.2. Every child has a right to free education upto class VIII. Do you think that all children are able to study upto class VIII?

Ans. No. Many children dropout due to various reasons.

 

From School to Bee Keeping (Page 41)

Q.1. Have you seen any insects going near flowers? Find out their names and write?

Ans. Yes. Honeybee, butterfly.

 

Q.2. Draw their picture in the notebook.

Ans.

 

 

Q.3. Why do you think they come to the flowers? Find out.

Ans. They come to the flowers to collect nectar.

 

Find out (Page 43)

Q.1. What do people in your area put on the place where the bee has sung?

Ans. Chuna or lime.

 

Q.2. Draw a picture of a honey bee. Colour it, give it a name.

Ans. Makhkhi Aunty

 

 

Find out (Page 44)

Q.1. Anita and others in her village get Rs. 35 for one kilogram of honey. How much does one kilogram of honey cost in your town?

Ans. Rs. 170/- Kg.

 

Q.2. What different colours of honey have you seen?

Ans. Golden brown.

 

Q.3. Is honey used in your house? For what is it used?

Ans. We take one spoon of honey every morning. It keeps us healthy.

 

Page 45

Q.1. Do you know of any insects or animals that are kept as pets by human beings? Give their name.

Ans. Dog, cat, etc.

 

Q.2. Which are some other insects that live together in a group like honeybees?

Ans. Ants, termites, wasps.

 

Q.3. Have you seen where ants live?

Ans. They live inside soil.

 

Q.4. What kind of eatables bring ants to them? List them.

Ans. Grains, dead insects etc.

 

Q.5. Look at a line of ants. What is its colour?

Ans. Black/ Red.

 

Q.6. Have you been bitten by an ant? What was the ant like black or red big or small?

Ans.. Yes, small, red one.

 

Q.7. Look carefully ant some big and small ants. How many legs does an ant have?

Ans. Big ant:   6

Small ant:   6

 

Question. From where do animals that live underground get the air to breathe?
(a) They breathe the air present in the soil.
(b) They come out of the ground to breathe.
(c) They do not need to breathe air
(d) (Animals cannot live underground at all.)

Answer : A

Question. Identify this:

(a) The inside of human lungs 
(b) a honeycomb
(c) a type of coral
(d) enlarged picture of a leaf

Answer : B

Question. From where do we get honey?
(a) From sugar and water
(b) From under the ground
(c) From the honey plant.
(d) From the home of bees.

Answer : D