A Busy Month - 2 Class 4 Worksheet EVS Chapter 16

Q1: Name the following

(i) This bird stitches together two leaves using its sharp beak to create its nest.
Ans: Tailor bird

(ii) A bird that lays its eggs in a crow’s nest and is known for its sweet singing.
Ans: Koel

(iii) This bird makes a nest in a tree trunk and has a distinctive ‘tuk, tuk, tuk’ call.
Ans: Barbet or Coppersmith bird

(iv) A bird that creates intricate, woven nests hanging from tree branches, with the male responsible for building the nest.
Ans: Weaver bird

(v) This bird builds its nest using materials like grass, soft twigs, roots, wool, hair, and cottonwool, and is known for its cozy nests.
Ans: Indian Robin

Q2: Fill in the blanks

Use the following words to fill in the blanks
woven, tailor, hangs, Koel, rats
(i) The sunbird makes a nest that ______ from the branch of a small tree or a bush.
Ans: hangs

(ii) The ______ bird does not make its own nest, but instead lays its eggs in a crow’s nest.
Ans: Koel

(iii) The ______ bird uses its sharp beak to stitch together two leaves on a bush to create its nest.
Ans: tailor

(iv) Birds have many enemies, including humans, crows, squirrels, cats, and ______ .
Ans: rats

(v) The male weaver bird makes beautifully ______ nests for the female weaver bird to choose from.
Ans: woven

Q3: True and False

(i) The Indian Robin builds its nest using grass, soft twigs, roots, wool, hair, and cottonwool.
Ans: True

(ii) The Koel makes its own nest and raises its chicks.
Ans: False
The Koel lays its eggs in a crow’s nest, and the crow hatches them along with its own eggs.

(iii) The barbet or coppersmith bird makes its nest in a hole in a tree trunk.
Ans: True

(iv) The male weaver bird is responsible for choosing the best nest made by the female weaver bird.
Ans: False
The female weaver bird looks at all the nests made by the male weaver bird and chooses the one she likes the best to lay her eggs.

(v) Once the eggs have hatched and the chicks have grown, birds continue to use the nest for the rest of their lives.
Ans: False
Birds use the nest only to lay their eggs. After the eggs have hatched and the chicks have grown, they leave the nest.

Q4: Short Question Answer

(i) What materials does an Indian Robin use to make its nest?
Ans: The Indian Robin uses grass, soft twigs, roots, wool, hair, and cottonwool to make its nest.

(ii) Which bird lays its eggs in a crow’s nest instead of making its own nest?
Ans: The Koel lays its eggs in a crow’s nest instead of making its own nest.

(iii) How does the tailor bird make its nest?
Ans: The tailor bird uses its sharp beak to stitch together two leaves on a bush and lays its eggs in the fold of the leaf that it has made. This is its nest.

(iv) What are some of the materials used by the sunbird to make its nest?
Ans: The sunbird uses hair, grass, thin twigs, dry leaves, cottonwool, bits of tree bark, pieces of cloth rags, and even spider’s cobwebs to make its nest.

(v) What is unique about the weaver bird’s nest-making process?
Ans: The male weaver bird makes beautifully woven nests. The female weaver bird looks at all the nests and chooses the one she likes the best to lay her eggs.