Multiple choice

While watering the plants in the garden, Rohan saw earthworms coming out of the soil, where a puddle had formed in the soil. Choose the reason for earthworms coming out of the soil, from the options given below.

  1. Because the earthworm did not like water.

  2. Because the earthworm wanted to bathe in the water.

  3. Because the earthworm wanted to get dry in the air after getting wet.

  4. Because the earthworm could not breathe.

  5. Because the earthworm could not swim.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. When the water is poured on the lump of soil, it displaces the air which is seen in the form of bubbles. The organisms that live inside the soil and the plant roots respire in this air. The earthworm came out because the water had displaced the air present in the soil and it could not breathe.

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