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  Question 1:   A camel can do without water for days together. What is the reason given in the text? Answer: The reason is that the camel sweats very little. It can therefore retain the water it drinks for long periods of time. Question 2: How do the smaller desert animals fulfill their need for water? Answer: The smaller desert animals spend the day in the underground burrows to escape the heat. Some of them eat other animals and get the water they need from the moisture in the meat. Others eat plants and get the water they need from plant juices. Question 3: In a desert the temperature rises during the day and falls rapidly at night. Why? Answer: In humid climates, the air has moisture that protects the earth’s surface from the heat of the sun. Since deserts have no moisture cover, they heat up rapidly during the day and cool off rapidly at night.

  Question   1:   The enclosure in which Kari lived had a thatched roof that lay on thick tree stumps. Examine the illustration of Kari’s pavilion on page 8 and say why it was built that way. Answer:   Kari’s pavilion was built under a thatched roof having its support on a thick tree trunk. The support was necessary to save the roof from falling down when he moved about and bumped against the bamboo poles. Question 2:   Did Kari enjoy his morning bath on the river? Give a reason for your answer. Answer:   Yes, Kari loved to be taken to the river for his bath. He lay down on the sand bank. The narrator rubbed his body with clean sand. Then he washed his body with water. He used to make sounds joyfully. Question 3:   Finding good twigs for Kari took a long time. Why? Answer:   The narrator had to work hard to gather soft new twigs for Kari. He had to climb all kinds of trees. If the twigs were deformed, Kari refused to ...

   1.How long does it take for a grub to become a complete ant? Answer:The grubs take in three to six weeks to become cocoons and then to be a complete ant. 2.Why do the worker ants carry the grubs about? Answer:The grubs are carried about daily for airing, exercise and sunshine. 3.What jobs are new ants trained for? Answer:The new ants learn their duties from old ants as workers, soldiers, builders, cleaners, etc . 4.Name some other creaturers that live in anthills? Answer: We can learn from the tiny ants the lessons of hard work, sense of duty and discipline, cleanliness, loyalty and care for the young ones. These lessons are necessary for the happiness and smooth working of the society . 5. Mention three things we can learn from the ‘tiny teacher’. Give reasons for choosing these items Answer: We can learn from the tiny ants the lessons of hard work, sense of duty and discipline, cleanliness, loyalty and care for the young ones. These lessons are necessar...