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The Tiny Teacher
(i) What problems are you likely to face if you keep ants as pets?
(ii) When a group of bees finds nectar, it informs other bees of its location, quantity, etc. through dancing. Can you guess what ants communicate to their fellow ants by touching one another’s feelers?
(i) If you keep ants as pets, the problems would be plenty. First of all where would you keep them as they are so tiny. And then how would you keep track them and the most important of all is that they would bite you whenever they want.
(ii) The ants touch the feelers and tell each other about the location of the food.
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Mention three things we can learn from the ‘tiny teacher’. Give reasons for choosing these items.
How long does it take for a grub to become a complete ant?
Complete the following poem with words from the box below. Then recite the poem.
Soldiers live in barracks
And birds in ———————,
Much like a snake that rests
In a ———————. No horse is able
To sleep except in a ———————.
And a dog lives well,
Mind you, only in a ———————.
To say ‘hi’ to an ant, if you will,
You may have to climb an ———————.
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hole |
kennel |
nests |
anthill |
stable |
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