Class 6 Science Fill in the Blanks Chapter 10 – Living Creatures – Exploring their Characteristics

Class 6 Science Chapter 10 Fill in the Blanks for “Living Creatures – Exploring their Characteristics” (based on NCERT textbook Curiosity ).

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Fill in the Blanks with Answers for Practice – Chapter 10 – Living Creatures – Exploring their Characteristics

This includes Fill in the Blanks normally asked in school exams, tests, and NCERT exercises.

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SET 1 – Fill in the Blanks – Living Creatures – Exploring their Characteristics

Answer Options:
living, movement, seed coat, stimuli, respiration

1. All __________ beings show characteristics like growth, reproduction and response to stimuli.
   Answer: living
2. The outer covering of a seed is called the __________.
   Answer: seed coat
3. Plants and animals respond to changes in the environment, known as __________.
   Answer: stimuli
4. Breathing in and out is a part of the process called __________.
   Answer: respiration
5. Opening and closing of flowers is an example of __________ in plants.
   Answer: movement

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SET 2 – Fill in the Blanks – Living Creatures – Exploring their Characteristics

Answer Options:
root, sunlight, water, pupa, germination

1. Seeds need air, __________ and the right amount of water for __________.
   Answer: sunlight, germination
2. In the life cycle of a mosquito, the stage after larva is called __________.
   Answer: pupa
3. During germination, the __________ grows downward.
   Answer: root
4. Seeds do not germinate in the absence of __________.
   Answer: water
5. Plants require __________ for the growth of their shoot.
   Answer: sunlight

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SET 3 – Fill in the Blanks – Living Creatures – Exploring their Characteristics

Answer Options:
tadpole, excretion, non-living, reproduction, stimuli

1. Removal of waste products from the body is known as __________.
   Answer: excretion
2. A rock, pencil or chair is considered __________.
   Answer: non-living
3. A frog’s young one that swims in water is called a __________.
   Answer: tadpole
4. Any event or change that causes a response in living beings is called a __________.
   Answer: stimuli
5. All living beings produce more of their own kind through __________.
   Answer: reproduction

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SET 4 – Fill in the Blanks – Living Creatures – Exploring their Characteristics

Answer Options:
air, germinate, growth, plantlet, mosquito

1. A seed develops into a young plant called a __________.
   Answer: plantlet
2. Seeds require __________ to __________.
   Answer: air, germinate
3. The life cycle of a __________ includes the stages egg, larva, pupa and adult.
   Answer: mosquito
4. Increase in size of a living being is called __________.
   Answer: growth
5. Roots grow downward because they respond to gravity, a type of __________.
   Answer: stimuli

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SET 5 – Fill in the Blanks – Living Creatures – Exploring their Characteristics

Answer Options:
froglet, adult, movement, water, embryo

1. Inside the egg of a frog, the developing stage is called an __________.
   Answer: embryo
2. A fully grown frog is known as an __________.
   Answer: adult
3. The stage of a frog that has legs but still a tail is called a __________.
   Answer: froglet
4. Seeds kept without __________ do not germinate.
   Answer: water
5. All living beings show __________ in different forms.
   Answer: movement

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