Ncert exemplar solutions science class 6 Solutions for Chapter 9 the living organisms characteristics and habitats

Q1) What is a habitat?

Q2) How is a cactus adapted to survive in a desert?

Q3) Fill in the blanks:

(a) The presence of specific features, which enable a plant or an animal to live in a particular habitat, is called _________.

(b) The habitats of plants and animals that live on land are called _________ habitat.

(c) The habitats of plants and animals that live in water are called _________ habitat.

(d) Soil, water, and air are _________ factors of a habitat.

(e) Changes in our surrounding that makes us respond to them are called _________.

Q4) Which of the things in the following list are non-living?

Plough, Mushroom, Sewing Machine, Radio, Boat, Water Hyacinth, Earthworm

Q5) Give an example of a non-living thing that shows any two characteristics of living things.

Q6) Among the non-living things listed below, which things were once a part of living things?

Butter, Leather, Soil, Wool, Electric Bulb, Cooking Oil, Salt, Apple, Rubber

Q7) List the common characteristics of living things.

Q8) Explain why speed is important for survival in the grasslands for animals that live there (Hint: There are few trees or places for animals to hide in grasslands habitat).