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Exercises

Can you answer the following general knowledge questions about the natural world?
1 Is the whale a fish or a mammal?
2 Which reptile alive today is a descendant of the dinosaurs?
3 Are the following trees deciduous or evergreen - poplar, yew,'birch?
4 What does the bee take from flowers to make honey?
5 Name three animals that hibernate in winter.
6 What does a British boy or girl traditionally say while pulling the petals off a daisy one
by one?
7 Which is the fastest of all land animals?
8 Which bird symbolises peace?
9 What plants or animals are the symbols of England, Scotland, Canada and New
Zealand?
10 What do fish use their gills for?
11 Can you name an endangered species of plant or animal?
12 Which of these creatures is extinct - emu, dinosaur, phoenix?
13 Name three white flowers and three birds of any colour.
14 What plant or animal is the symbol of your country?

46.2 Write an appropriate adjective to go with each of the following nouns:
hedgehog mane petals eagle oak willow worm bark

46.3 Fill in the blanks in the sentences below using words from the opposite page.
A tree's ................................. go a long way under ground.
A cat sharpens its ................................. against the ................................. of a tree.
Most fruit trees ................................. in spring.
Plants will not ................................. unless they get enough water and light.
The horse is limping. It must have hurt its ..................................
Flowers last longer in a vase if you crush the end of their ..................................
A flower that is just about to open is called a ..................................
Take care not to prick yourself. That plant has sharp ..................................
If we pick up those ................................. , we can use them to start the fire.
Jim's as blind as a .................................
Anne's as busy as a ........................... while Jo works at a ............................. ..'s pace.
Most crops in the UK are ................................. in the autumn.

46.4 Look at this description of a camel from an encyclopaedia. Underline any words which you
think would frequently be found in such descriptions of animals.

camel A mammal of the family Camelidae, (2 species): the Bactrian, from cold
deserts in Central Asia and domesticated elsewhere, and the dromedary; eats any
vegetation; drinks salt water if necessary; closes slit-like nostrils to exclude sand; 1
humps are stores of energy-rich fats. The two species may interbreed; the offspring
has one hump; the males are usually sterile while the females are fertile.

Write a similar description for an encyclopaedia of an elephant, or any other animal of your
own choice. Use reference books to help you if necessary.

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