NCERT Book Class 6 Science Chapter 4 Getting to Know Plants

4 Getting to Know Plants

G
o outside and observe all the the school, in the parks and gardens,
plants around you (Fig. 4.1). isn’t it?
Do you see that some plants Let us get to know the different
are small, some very big, while some parts of any plant. This will help us
are just patches of green on
the soil? Some have green
leaves, while some others have
reddish ones. Some have huge
red flowers, some have tiny
blue ones, while some have
none. We do see a variety of
plants existing all around us
— near our homes, in the
school ground, on the way to

Flower
Fig. 4.1 A Nature walk!

understand the differences between
Fruit plants of different kinds. Can you label
the stem, branch, root, leaf, flower and
Stem
Leaf Shoot fruit of the plant shown in Fig.4.1?
system Colour the parts of the plant.
4.1 HERBS, SHRUBS AND TREES
Node
Activity 1
Internode { Bud Look closely at the stem and branches
of:
1. Plants much smaller than you.
Primary 2. Plants that are about your size, and
root Root 3. Plants which are much taller than
Secondary system
root you.
Feel their stem and try to bend them
Fig. 4.2 Parts of a plant gently to see if they are tender or hard.

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