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* When parents brings up a child who is not born to them, it is called
adoption.

* The child who is not the natural child of the parents, but is cared for and
became a true child legally is called the adopted child.

* The parents who look after the adopted child are called his/her foster parents.

A. Answer the following questions.

1. Where do babies come from?
2. What is reproduction?

3. What is adoption?

4. What are mammals?

5. Who are foster parents?

B. Fill in the blanks.
1. Babies come from inside their ________________ body.

2. All animals look after their young ones till their babies grow enough to
take care of themselves ________________ .

3. The mother feeds her babies with her own ________________ .

4. ________________ gives birth to cub.
5. Parents who adopt a child are called ________________ .

C. State whether the following statements are right or wrong .

1. The mother can feel the baby kicking and wriggling inside.

2. The baby grows inside its mother’s womb.
3. Mammals lay eggs.

4. Young ones hatch out of the eggs.

5. Sometimes, children lose their parents due to accidents or
natural disasters.

D. Choose the correct option for the following.
1. The process by which living beings give birth to offspring of their own

kind is called:
a) reproduction b) digestion

c) breathing d) circulation

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