The Tiny Teacher Class 7 Worksheet English An Alien Hand

Q.1. How does an egg convert into a complete ant?

On a hot summer day, the queen takes a 'wedding flight' to meet a male ant in the air, while returning to the Earth, the queen ant casts away its wings. Thereafter, the queen ant does not work other than laying eggs. After some time, these eggs are hatched and the young ones emerge. When young ants or grubs come out of it, they take 2-3 weeks to become cocoons. For the next 3 weeks, they lie without any food or activity. After it, the cocoons break and emerge as complete or perfect ants. Thus, an egg converts into an ant.

Q.2. How much time do grubs take for becoming cocoons? What do the cocoons do after that? 

Grubs take two or three weeks for becoming cocoons. After that cocoons lie without-food or activity for three weeks more. Then they break and perfect ants appear.

Q.3. Why do people keep ant as pets?

People are curious about the ants and to observe the daily behavior of these tiny ants they keep them as pets.

Q.4. The secret of ants' peaceful life is:
(a) hard work
(b) queen ant
(c) secret mission
(d) sharing work

Correct Options is (d)
They live in peace as each one does their share of work intelligently and bravely.

Q.5. Who is referred to as The tiny teacher?
(a) An ant
(b) A little girl
(c) A dwarf
(d) A short old woman

Correct Options is (a)
The ant was referred to as 'the tiny teacher' in the chapter for they are very hardworking and intelligent. There is a lot that we humans can learn from an ant's life and behaviour.

Q.6. Why do ants want alien creatures like beetles, lesser breeds of ants and the greenfly?

Ants want alien creatures like beetles, lesser breeds of ants and the greenfly because :

• some give off smell pleasant to the ants’ senses;
• others give sweet juices
• sum are just pets or playthings like cats and dogs to human beings.

Q.7. Who are worker ants?

Worker ants are those ants which search for food most of the time. They live in reserved quarters and do only their share of work.

Q.8. An anthill is home also for some other creatures like ________.
(a) grasshopper
(b) beetles
(c) both greenfly and beetles
(d) greenfly

Correct Options is (c)
An anthill is home not only for ants but also for some other creatures — beetles, lesser breeds of ants, and the greenfly.

Q.9. Egg hatch and ________ comes out. 
(a) Cocoon
(b) Soldiers
(c) Baby ants
(d) Grubs

Correct Options is (d)
Eggs hatch and become grubs, grubs change into cocoons, and cocoons break to bring forth complete ants.

Q.10. As ant's house is called anthill, what is the name of the lion's house?
(a) Stable
(b) Barracks
(c) Den
(d) Burrow

Correct Options is (c)
A lion lives in a den.