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provide us with a wid. of nature. They as the best gifts come to us and then write flowers some plants their Trees and descriptions of Read the following variety of things. names. and usually having parallel only one cotyledon 1. A plant having of three. They arranged in groups veined leaves and flower parts date palm, etc. include grasses, cereals, bamboos, monocotyledtna

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words as 3. This flower gets its name from the old English 'day's eye, like an eye it blooms open in the day and closes at night. daiy This flower gets its name from the French, 'dent de lion' meaning lion's tooth, because its leaves have edges that look like sharp teeth. doncdeliem

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6. trees grow fast and reach their full height in less than 20 years. They provide 75 percent of the world's timber. Bambae

7. The bark of these trees, called tannin, is used for caring leather. They are the oldest of all European trees. Cenijer 8. A giant coniferous tree with reddish wood. Native to California and Oregon, it is the tallest tree in the world. Fact-File Kacdoeced The Eternal God redwood tree in California is 12,000 old. 5alsa wood of central years America in the softest and in lightest wood of all. It is used in SEPuctures model test, light, stirt and in the bridge model buildings and for the construction of construction of model actual It is a aircrar temperature. airplanes. very good insulator of both, Souno and

18 Clue Box redwood, G.K.Arena-7 bamboo,conifers, pine, monocotyledons, dicotyledons, daisy, dandelion Beautiful When the water of a river falls down from a steep it. seen in rock, forms a . sgenerally hilly and plateau Waterfalls are regions. Let's study about some world. beautiful waterfalls of the Read thedescriptionand name the waterfalls. These falls are 1 the highest waterfalls in the world. These are 979 metres These are high. loeated in Venezula, South river Carrao. America on the Angel tally These falls are very beautiful t0 see. These are located on the river Zambezi in between Zanmbia and Zimbabwe. These falls were discovered by David of Livingstone Scotland. He named them after awell-known queen. Vicloria talla 3. These falls are located on the border of Canada and the USA. The horseshoe shaped falls are in Canada while the American falls lie in, the USA. Niagana talls 4. These beautiful waterfalls are the highest waterfalls in India. These are located in Karnataka and are Toq falls 255 metres high.

5. These falls lie on the river Potaro and are 226 metres high. These falls are located in which means The Land of Many Rivers' The natives of Guyana consider these falls as sacred. KaieteuA ls 6. These falls lie on the river Blue Nile (Abay). The falls form 's oneof the most dramatic sight. These falls are located in Ethopia. iss*Sa {alls

7. These falls lie on the Iguacu river and are located on the border of Brazil and Argentina near Praguay. These falls are a chain of 275 waterfalls, half of which fall into the 'Devil's Throat'. aua zu alls Fact-File About 17 million litres water of flows every second down the waterfall of Boyoma Congo. Thus, it is the greatest waterfall in terms of water volume. Clue Box , Kaieteur Falls, Angel Falls, Iguazu Falls, Jog Falls, Tissisat Falls, 19 G.K.Arena:7