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Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 22 Natural Resources Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 22 Natural Resources

EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Natural Resources Textbook Questions and Answers

Textbook Page No. 152

Question 1.
Why do leopards and other wild animals come towards the residential areas?
Answer:
Living area for the leopards and other animals is decreasing because of deforestation. Men have destroyed their habitats and thus food for them is also reduced. In search of food and habitat they come towards residential areas.

Question 2.
Has any such incident happened in your area that a wild animal entered a residential area and caused harm 7 If not, you might have heard any such incident on television or read in a newspaper. Write it down with the help of your teacher.
Answer:
A sambhar came in our area. It ran here and there and in this way some crops were destroyed. People called police and forest department. They controlled it, caught it and left it in the forest.

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Question 3.
What are natural resources? List different types of natural resources.
Answer:
These are resources which are available in nature e.g. air, coal, water, soil, petroleum, natural gas, forests.

Question 4.
Given below is one example each of renewable and non-renewable resources. Complete the list.

Renewable Natural Resources Forest	Non-renewable Natural Resources Coal

Answer:

Renewable Natural Resources Forest	Non-renewable Natural Resources Coal
Air	Petroleum
Water	Natural gas
Soil

Activity 1

Select a branch of the tree without breaking it from the tree. Cover this branch with dry polythene bag and tie its free end tightly. Observe it on the second day.

What do you observe? Do you see some water droplets inside the polythene bag? Where does this water come from? Find out and note down the answer in your notebook.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

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Question 5.
What products are obtained from forests?
Answer:
Fruits, rubber, gum, medicinal herbs, vegetables and colours are obtained from the forests.

Question 6.
How do forests help in making the soil fertile?
Answer:
Various trees and plant parts like branches, fruits, leaves, flowers etc. fall down on ground. These parts decay and make soil fertile by mixing in it.

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Question 7.
Why are forests being cut?
Answer:
Population is increasing day by day. Therefore, more land is required for residential area, for agricultural purposes, for industry, for roads, railway lines, for development new cities etc. This need of land is met by cutting forests.

Question 8.
What would you do to save the forests?
Answer:

• Use less paper, since paper is made from wood pulp.
• Avoid use of wood, we can use iron, aluminium etc. instead.
• We should help the organization, which are there to save forests We can help them by giving money.

Activity 2
Let us understand the principle of wind mill.

1. Take a square sheet of paper.
2. Give a cut from all the four sides towards the centre of the paper.
3. Fold the paper from four comers towards the centre and put a pin.
4. Insert the pm m the straw and bend it a little.
5. Hold it in your hand and run or hold tliis in front of a running fan, it would start rotating.
   

Steps to make paper fan by paper folding

Question 9.
Which gas do plants use from the atmosphere for photosynthesis?
Answer:
Carbon dioxide.

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Question 10.
Which gas is used by living beings for respiration?
Answer:
Oxygen.

Question 11.
Which gas is released out by living beings during respiration?
Answer:
Carbon dioxide.

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Question 12.
Listed below are some activities, which of these activities cause pollution and which do not?
(a) Burning of wood – ………………….
(b) Filling the tyres – ………………….
(c) Breathing – ………………….
(id) Burning crackers – ………………….
(e) Working of fan – ………………….
(f) Storm – ………………….
(g) Burning the wastes – ………………….
(h) Burning crop residue – ………………….
Answer:
(a) Burning of wood – Yes
(b) Filling the tyres – No
(c) Breathing – No
(d) Burning crackers – Yes
(e) Working of fan – No
(f) Storm – No
(g) Burning the wastes – Yes
(h) Burning crop residue – Yes

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Question 13.
In which day-to-day life activities do you use water?
Answer:
Water is necessary for all living organisms for drinking for cleaning things, in agriculture for irrigation, shipping, industries, fish farming, water is used in hydroelectric power houses to generate electricity.

Question 14.
What steps would you take to curb the wastage and pollution of water during our daily activities?
Answer:

• During brushing our teeth we should turn off the tap.
• Reusing water for irrigation after washing vegetables, fruits etc.
• Water left after washing clothes should be used to wipe and to clean the floors.
• Cars should be cleaned by wet cloth.

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Question 15.
In which day-to-day life activities do you use soil?
Answer:
In the field, making bricks, constructing houses, making utensils etc.

Question 16.
Give suggestion to reduce soil pollution.
Answer:

• Do not use chemical fertilizers.
• Use of polythene, plastic, thermocol should be avoided.
• By not using insecticides, pesticides, weedicides etc.
• By saving the soil, which can be blown off or can be washed away by planting more trees.

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Activity 3

Which certificate regarding pollution is essential for a driver? This certificate is related to the protection of which natural resource? Try to find out with the help of your teacher.
Answer:
Pollution under control certificate. This certificate is related to the protection of petrol and diesel.

Activity 4

Ask your mother which fuel does she use in the kitchen? Is it a renewable or non-renewable resource? What steps does she take to save fuel?

Name of fuel used at home	Non-renewable or renewable	Methods to conserve fuel

Answer:

Name of fuel used at home	Non-renewable or renewable	Methods to conserve fuel
Coal	non-renewable	use renewable sources
L.P.G.	non-renewable	more and avoid the
Solar Energy	renewable	use of non-renewable sources

Question 18.
How do you use air in your day-to-day life?
Answer:
Respiration, for burning fire, kite flying, to remove husk from grains.

Question 19.
Which gas is used and which gas is released in the atmosphere when fuel is burnt in scooters, cars, trucks etc?
Answer:
Oxygen is used during burning and carbon dioxide is released after burning of the fuel.

Question 20.
List the causes of pollution.
Answer:
Air pollution is caused by following activities :

• Burning garbage, crop remains, leaves etc.
• Due to forest fires.
• Leaving and dumping garbage in open.
• Smoke coming out from household activities, automobiles, industries, cigarettes etc.
• Fire crackers produce a lot of smoke.

Question 21.
What steps would you take to save the air from pollution?
Answer:

• By reducing the use of cars and other vehicles. By carpooling.
• We should switch off the vehicles at red lights.
• By not burning garbage and crop remains.
• By not using fire crackers.

PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Natural Resources Important Questions and Answers

1. Tick the correct option :

(i) Water is used.
(a) in shipping ( )
(b) in industries ( )
(c) for irrigation ( )
(d) all ( )
Answer:
(d) all

(ii) Non-renewable natural resources are.
(a) Coal ( )
(b) L.P.G. ( )
(c) petrol ( )
(d) all ( )
Answer:
(d) all

(iii) Which one is renewable Natural resource?
(a) coal ( )
(b) air ( )
(c) petrol ( )
(d) kitchen gas ( )
Answer:
(b) air

2. Answer in one/two lines :

Question 1.
How is soil wasted by natural processes?
Answer:
Due to floods and due to wind fertile soil is wasted.

Question 2.
Give one use of air.
Answer:
Wind mills are used to generate electric power using air.

3. Fill in the blanks :

(i) Forests are important resources.
(ii) During photosynthesis plants take gas and release gas.
(iii) gas is required for burning fuel.
(iv) is non-renewable natural resource.
Answer:
(i) natural,
(ii) carbon dioxide, oxygen,
(iii) oxygen,
(iv) coal.

4. True/False :

(i) World environment day is cele¬brated on 5th June.
(ii) Due to transpiration trees lose water in the atmosphere.
(iii) Soil is one of the natural resource. Answer:
(i) T,
(ii) T,
(iii) T.

5. Match the following column :

(A) – (B)
(i) World earthday – (a) First week of July
(ii) Van mahotsav – (b) Non-renewable source
(iii) Coal – (c) 22 April
(iv) Wind – (d) Renewable
source.
Answer:
(i) (c),
(ii) (a),
(iii) (b),
(iv) (d).

6. Mind Map :

Answer:

7. Answer in five/six lines :

Question 1.
How forests are beneficial for us?
Answer:
Forests are very important natural source. These are important for maintaining balance in the nature. Forests release oxygen in the atmosphere and absorb carbon dioxide that too in large amounts. Therefore they are helpful in maintaining the proportion of gases in the atmosphere. They also release vapours of water in large amounts in the atmosphere and thus control the temperature of the atmosphere. They also help in rain fall. Forests are also helpful in reducing the noise pollution.

Question 2.
Discuss the bad effects of firecrackers?
Answer:

• They cause air pollution.
• They cause noise pollution.
• Sometimes accidents take place.
• Money gets wasted.

Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 21 Glimpses of Past Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 21 Glimpses of Past

EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Glimpses of Past Textbook Questions and Answers

Textbook Page No. 139

Victoria Memorial Clock Tower

Fill in the blanks :
(a) Name of the monument is? …………………………….. .
(b) Where is it located? …………………………….. .
(c) When was it made? …………………………….. .
(d) Height of the building is? …………………………….. .
(e) Who built it? …………………………….. .
Answer:
(a) Victoria Memorial Clock Tower,
(b) Faridkot,
(c) 1902.
(d) 115 ft.
(e) Raja Balbir Singh

Textbook Page No. 142

This notice board gives information about Qila Mubarak in Bathinda. Let us read this and note down the information.
(a) Name of the monument
(b) Where is it situated?
(c) Who built it?
(d) Who possessed this fort after Raja Jaipal?
(e) Razia Sultan ruled till?
Answer:
(a) Qila Mubarak or Qila Gobindgarh,
(b) Bathinda,
(c) Raja Deb during the reign of Kushanas,
(d) Mehmood Gazni,
(e) 1236 – 1240.

Question 1.
Write in brief what you know about Qila Mubarak.
Answer:
Qila Mubarak is in Bathinda. It has been built by Raja Deb during the reign of Kushanas in early centuries. After Raja Jaipal, Mehmood Gazni captured this fort. Razia Sultan was imprisoned in Qila Bathinda. In 1754, this Qila was conquered by Chief of Phulkia, Ala Singh. The fort has 32 small and 4 large burjs. Its main door is towards north-east with sharp and pointed rods on it.

Textbook Page No. 145

Activity 1

Have you ever seen any one of the above type of arches in any monument? If yes, where did you see it? You can also write something important about that monument if you remember.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Question 2.
What method is used now-a- days to measure road distance?
Answer:
There are milestones fixed on road sides showing distances. Some big boards are fixed on the roads showing distances.

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Question 3.
What was the use of constructing the Sarai? Ask from your teacher nr some elder in your family.
Answer:
In. olden days, means of transport were not available and usually people have to walk long distances on foot or they used bullock- cart etc. It took so many days to cover the distance. People have to stay somewhere at nights, for their facilities Sarai was constructed.

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Question 4.
How many districts are in Punjab? Write the names of all districts with the help of your teacher.
Answer:

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Question 5.
Write the names of five historical buildings shown in the map and colour the districts in which these historical buildings are situated. Also write the names of these buildings. You can take the help of your teacher.
Answer:
Sarai Akbar (Sri Amritsar Sahib), Takhat-c-Akbari (Gurdaspur), Qila Mubarak (Bathinda), Kos Minar (Ludhiana).

Question 6.
Match the following :
1. Sarai Noor Mahal – (a) Sanghol
2. Takhat – i – Akbari – (b) Amanat Khan
3. Aam Khas Bagh – (c) Noor Mahal
4. Bodhi Stupa – (d) Kalannaur
5. Sarai Akbar – (e) Sirhind
Answer:
1. (c),
2. (d),
3. (e),
4. (a),
5. (b).

Question 7.
Mind Mapping :

Answer:

Question 8.
Which department of Punjab does take care of historical monuments?
Answer:
Archeology department.

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Question 9.
What kind of information do we get from a historical monument?
Answer:
We get the information about the architecture of those times, the material used for construction, who constructed it and when etc.

Question 10.
Which king of Delhi was the father of Razia?
Answer:
Iltutmish.

Question 11.
Where and why were Razia and her husband murdered?
Answer:
Razia’s brother Muiz-ud-Din Bahram Shah murdered Razia and her husband near Kaithal. It was done to get power.

PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Glimpses of Past Important Questions and Answers

1. Tick the correct option :

(i) Daulat-e-khas was built by
(a) Jahangir ( )
(b) Shah Jahan ( )
(c) Altunia ( )
(d) Razia-Sultan ( )
Answer:
(b) Shah Jahan

(ii) Noor Mahal is a town near
(a) Ludhiana ( )
(b) Jalandhar ( )
(c) Amritsar ( )
(d) Sangroor ( )
Answer:
(b) Jalandhar

2. Answer in one/two lines :

Question 1.
Who constructed Hamam and Sarodkhana?
Answer:
Jahangir.

Question 2.
What is Kos Minar?
Answer:
These minars were constructed by Mughal kings after every mile to know the distance while travelling.

Question 3.
Who ordered to build sarai Noormahal?
Answer:
It was built with the order of Mallika Nooijahan wife of Jahangir.

3. Fill in the blanks :

(i) Nanakshahi bricks are also called …………………. bricks.
(ii) …………………. was jailed in Qua Mubarak.
(iii) …………………. started the constniction of Aam Khas Bhag.
(iv) Noor Mahal is a town near ………………….
(y) Kos Minar was c.onstructed by Mughal kings after ………………….
Answer:
(i) lahori,
(ii) Razia Sultan,
(iii) Babar,
(iv) Jalandhar
(v) every mile.

4. True/f alse :

(i) Qila Mubarak is in Ludhiana.
(ii) Nur Mahal is in Amritsar.
(iii) Archeology department takes care of historical monuments.
Answer:
(i) F,
(ii) F,
(iii) T.

5. Match the following column :

(A) – (B)
(i) Qila Mubarak – (a) Lahori brick
(ii) Nanakshahi brick – (b) Jahangir
(iii) Sheesh Mahal – (c) Malika Noorjahan
(iv) Sarai Noor Mahal – (d) Bathinda
Answer:
(i) (d)
(ii) (a)
(iii) (b)
(iv) (c)

6. Mind Map :

Answer:

7. Answer in five/six lines :

Question 1.
Write names of five heritage places and their districts.
Answer:

• Kachcha Quila – Fazilka
• They Gatti – Jalandhar
• Bodhi Stupa – Fatehgarh Sahib
• Kos Minar – Ludhiana
• Sarai Akabar – Shri Amritsar Sahib
• Qila Mubarak – Bathinda.

Question 2.
Write any four district names in map of Punjab.
Answer:

Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 20 Earth to Sky Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 20 Earth to Sky

EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Earth to Sky Textbook Questions and Answers

Textbook Page No. 130

Question 1.
Do any of your relatives live far away? If yes, then write which means of transport do you use to go to meet them. If you travel by more than one mode of transport, you can write the name of all.

Name of village or town where you live	Name of village or town where you go to meet them	Mode of Transport
1. Mohali	Pathankot	Bus
2. ………………………….	………………………….	………………………….
3. ………………………….	………………………….	………………………….
4. ………………………….	………………………….	………………………….
5. ………………………….	………………………….	………………………….

Answer:

Name of village or town where you live	Name of village or town where you go to meet them	Mode of Transport
Mohali	Pathankot	Bus
Jalandhar	Ludhiana	Bus, Train, Car
Amritsar	Delhi	Train, Car
Delhi	Mumbai	Train, Aeroplane.

Textbook Page No. 131

Activity

Have you ever seen any advertisement which shows this kind of warning with some pictures on it? What kind of pictures did it show? Let’s write and draw some pictures.
Answer:
Do it yourself

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Activity 1

Some pictures are given below, write something you know about them, in front of them. You can take the help of your teacher, parents or elder family member.
Answer:

Activity 2

The price of oil and gas is not the same in every city at a particular time. Inquire about the price of oil and gas in your area?
Petrol ………….. ₹/litre
Diesel ………….. ₹/litre
Kerosene Oil ………….. ₹/litre
LPG ………….. ₹/litre
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Activity 3

Note down the expenses of your family on oil and gas, and write it in the spaces given below :
Petrol ₹/month
Diesel ₹/month
Kerosene ₹/month
LPG ₹/month
Coal ₹/month
Wood ₹/month
Answer:
Do it yourself.

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Question 2.
How will you save LPG, wood and kerosene oil?
Answer:
LPG, wood, kerosene oil are usually used as fuel in kitchen. We can use solar energy to save these fuels. We should use biogas. If we use renewable sources of energy, we can save non-renewable sources. If we use pressure cooker for cooking we can save LPG, kerosene, wood etc.

Activity 4

You have already told your relatives about staying at far off places. When you go to visit them you come across so many things in the surroundings. Let’s make a list of them.
Trees, shops ……………..
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Textbook Page No. 134

Question. Sukhdeep’s mother says that like boys, girls should also be given the equal opportunities to move ahead in life. What do you think about this?
Answer:
Girls should also be given equal opportunities to move ahead in life. Girls are doing well in all the fields of life. Girls are in no way less than boys.

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Question 3.
What would you like to become, when you grow up?
Answer:
I would like to become a doctor.

Question 3 (i).
Have you got the opportunity to see the hills?
Answer:
Yes.

Question 3(ii).
Did you do this on foot or by any vehicle?
Answer:
Some part of journey in car and some on foot.

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Question 4.
Fill in the blanks :
(heat, pressure, energy, pilot, limited, mountaineers)
(i) Coal, petrol and gas are formed due to ………………… and ………………… of earth.
(ii) Burning of coal produces …………………
(iii) Sukhdeep Kaur was a …………………
(iv) The sources of energy are …………………
(v) The mountain trekkers are called …………………
Answer:
(i) heat, pressure,
(ii) energy,
(iii) pilot
(iv) limited,
(v) mountaineers.

Question 5.
Who was Bachendripal?
Answer:
She was first Indian lady who climbed Mount Everest.

Question 6.
How were petrol, diesel and L.P.G. formed under the earth?
Answer:
Millions of years ago, big number of animals and trees got buried under the earth. Time passed on, these were covered with the layers of soil, rocks and stones. Due to excessive heat and lack of air under the earth those buried trees and animals got transformed gradually into oil, gas and coal.

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Question 7.
Who was Sukhdeep? What did she want to be in her childhood?
Answer:
Sukhdeep Kaur is a pilot. She wanted to become a pilot since her childhood.

Question 8.
How can we control air pollution caused by petrol and diesel?
Answer:

• We should switch off the vehicle at red light.
• We should go to nearby places on foot or cycle.
• We should use public transport instead of private vehicles.
• Vehicles should be serviced at the appropriate time to decrease fuel consumption.

PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Earth to Sky Important Questions and Answers

1. Tick the correct option :

(i) Correct statement is
(a) L.P.G., Coal etc. are natural resources. ( )
(b) We should save natural resources. ( )
(c) Sukhdeep became a commercial pilot in 2009. ( )
(d) All ( )
Answer:
(d) All

(ii) is not a natural resource.
(a) Air ( )
(b) Water ( )
(c) Polyethene ( )
(d) L.P.G. ( )
Answer:
(c) Polyethene

2. Answer in one/two lines :

Question 1.
Who was first woman pilot instructor from Punjab?
Answer:
Sukhdeep Kaur.

Question 2.
What is mountaineering?
Answer:
Climbing the mountains only on foot is called mountaineering.

3. Fill in the blanks :

(i) Petrol and diesel reserves are ………………………
(ii) Other than petrol and diesel some other resources like ……………………… and etc. will be depleted.
(iii) Sukhdeep was bom on ………………………
(iv) Climbing the mountains or hills only by foot is called ………………………
Answer:
(i) limited,
(ii) coal, gas,
(iii) 13 May 1986,
(iv) mountaineering.

4. True/False :

(i) Petrol and diesel reserves are limited.
(ii) LPG is a natural rešource.
(iii) Electricity is produced by burning coal.
Answer:
(i) T.
(ii) T.
(iii) T.

5. Match the following column :

(A) – (B)
(i) Truck – (a) Petrol
(ii) Train – (b) Diesel
(iii) Scooter – (c) Electricity
(iv) Kitchen Stove – (d) Gas
Answer:
(i) (b)
(ii) (c)
(iii) (a)
(iv) (d)

6. Mind Map :

Answer:

7. Answer in five/six lines :

Question What do you know about first time climbing by Bachhendri Pal?
Answer:
When Bachhendri Pal was 12 years old. She went to a picnic with her friends. There they started climbing and climbed the height of 4000 m. They could not come down because it was late evening. They had to stay there without food and tent.

Next morning they came down. After that Bachhendri Pal took proper training in mountaineering. She made India proud by furling the ‘Tiranga’ on Mount Everest.

Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 19 Life Under Water Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 19 Life Under Water

EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Life Under Water Textbook Questions and Answers

Textbook Page No. 125

Activity 1

Take an empty box of sweets or shoes. Paste a blue paper inside the box. Show the vegetation with grass at the bottom of the box. Colour the pieces of thermocol and make rocks and stones with it. Now paste the pictures of fish and other water animals. Cover it with a lamination sheet. Now, the model of aquarium is ready.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

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Activity 2

Show the various pictures of water creatures to the students and tell them to prepare a model.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Textbook Page No. 127

Question 1.
Fill in the blanks : (Lotus, world, water/aquatic, blue whale)

(i) The whole lives in water.
(ii) animals always live in water.
(iii) The biggest sea animal is
(iv) Leaves of are round and broad.
Answer:
(i) world,
(ii) Water/Aquatic,
(iii) blue whale,
(iv) lotus.

Question 2.
Tick (✓) the right and cross (✗) the wrong sentences :
(i) Animals living under water are called land animals.
(ii) Blue whale is the biggest water animal.
(iii) Water lily grows in fresh water.
(iv) There is vegetation inside the sea.
Answer:
(i) ✗
(ii) ✓
(iii) ✓
(iv) ✓

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Question 3.
Matching :
A – B
1. Shark – (a) Eight legs
2. Octopus – (b) Gills
3. Tortoise – (c) Sharp teeth
4. Fish – (d) Hard shell
Answer:
1. (c)
2. (a)
3. (d)
4. (b)

Question 4.
Tick (✓) the correct answers :

(i) Which one is an amphibian ?
(a) Shark
(b) Crocodile
(c) Whale
Answer:
(b) Crocodile

(ii) Which flower blooms in water ?
(a) Rose
(b) Sunflower
(c) Water Lily
Answer:
(c) Water Lily

(iii) By which organ does fish breathe in water ?
(a) Nose
(b) Lungs
(c) Gills
Answer:
(c) Gills

(iv) Which bird lives on water ?
(a) Duck
(b) Sparrow
(c) Peacock
Answer:
(a) Duck

(v) Animal living in deep, salty sea water.
(a) Frog
(b) Tortoise
(c) Star fish
Answer:
(c) Star fish

Question 5.
Name any five water animals.
Answer:
Star fish, octopus, seal, hippopotamus, whale.

Question 6.
Name any three amphibians,
Answer:
Frog, crocodile, tortoise.

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Question 7.
Which is our National Flower?
Answer:
Lotus.

Question 8.
Name the biggest sea animal.
(From Board M.QuestionP.)
Answer:
Blue whale.

Question 9.
Name some water birds.
Answer:
Duck, Swan.

Question 10.
What do you know about whale ?
Answer:
It is 120 to 150 tons in weight.
It is 90 to 100 feet long.

Question 11.
How do the fish breathe ?
Answer:
Fish use their gills for breathing and use the oxygen dissolved in water.

Question 12.
Write about lotus.
Answer:
Lotus is our national flower. This flower grows in water. Its leaves are round. Flowers can be red and pink. It has a long stalk.

PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Life Under Water Important Questions and Answers

1. Tick the correct option :

(i) Insects have for breathing
(a) gills ( )
(b) lungs ( )
(c) trachea ( )
(d) none ( )
Answer:
(c) trachea

(ii) can swim despite being bird.
(a) Penguins ( )
(b) Frog ( )
(c) Fish ( )
(d) all ( )
Answer:
(a) Penguins

(iii) Crocodile can live on earth as well as in water, it is :
(a) aquatic ( )
(b) territorial ( )
(c) amphibian ( )
(d) ugly ( )
Answer:
(c) amphibian

2. Answer in one/two lines :

Question 1.
Who gives food to plants ?
Answer:
Plants make their own food.

Question 2.
What do you know about water Hyacinth ?
Answer:
It is like a vine which grows in standing water. Its growth is very rapid.

Question 3.
What type of animal is tortoise?
Answer:
It is an amphibian and is very lazy.

Question 4.
Name one amphibian animal.
Answer:
Tortoise

3. Fill in the blanks :

(i) Fish have ………………………………… for breathing.
(ii) Insects have ………………………………… for breathing.
(iii) Water lily and water ………………………………… float on water.
(iv) Weight of blue whale can be ……………………………….. .
Answer:
(i) gills,
(ii) trachea,
(iii) hyacinth
(iv) 120 to 150 ton.

4. True/False :

(i) Penguins can swim despite being birds.
(ii) Fish have scales which prevent it from wetting.
(iii) Sea horses, star fish etc. are found in sea water.
(iv) Tortoise is not an amphibian.
Answer:
(i) T,
(ii) T,
(iii) T,
(iv) F.

5. Match the following column :

(i) crocodile (a) skin
(ii) frog (b) amphibian
(iii) fish (c) lungs
(iv) tortoise (d) gills
Answer:
(i) (b),
(ii) (a),
(iii) (d),
(iv) (c)

6. Mind Map :

Answer:

7. Answer in one/two lines :

Question Write about any two amphibians?
Answer:
Amphibian means those animals which live in water and as well as can live on earth, e.g. crocodiles, frogs, tortoises etc.

• Crocodile : Its jaw is very strong and teeth are very sharp. It can hold its prey very firmly.
• Frog : It can swim very fast in the water and can jump high on the ground. It has a long tongue with which it catches it prey.

Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 18 Water – Basis of Agriculture Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 18 Water – Basis of Agriculture

EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Water – Basis of Agriculture Textbook Questions and Answers

Textbook Page No. 118

Activity 1

Take a plastic bottle. Cut that from the bottom. Do not remove its lid. Make a hole in the lid. Now tie it with the stem of the tree keeping it upside down. Fill it with water from the top. You will see that the plant is being watered by the drops falling from the bottle.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Textbook Page No. 119

Activity 2

Ask the old people, which crops were grown in the old days.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Textbook Page No. 121

Question 1.
Fill in the blanks :
(i) In the first week of July is celebrated.
(ii) The chief crop of Rabi is
(iii) is the main crop of Kharif.
(iv) The production capacity of earth has increased by using
(v) are used for irrigation in Southern India.
Answer:
(i) Van Mahotsav,
(ii) wheat,
(iii) Rice,
(iv) crop rotation,
(v) Ponds.

Question 2.
Tick (✓) the right and cross (✗) the wrong sentences :
(i) Rainfall is the oldest source of irrigation.
(ii) Wheat is a Kharif crop.
(iii) Farming of Paddy is a sign of danger for Punjab.
(iv) Crops can be grown without water.
(v) Emphasis should be laid on variety of crops.
Answer:
(i) T,
(ii) F,
(iii) T,
(iv) F,
(v)T.

Question 3.
Tick (✓) for the correct answers:
(i) In which month is Van Mahotsav celebrated?
(a) June
(b) July
(c) August
Answer:
(b) July

(ii) Which one of the following is the ancient source of irrig ation?
(a) Tubewell
(b) Well
(c) Ponds
Answer:
(b) Well

(iii) What is the main source of irrigation in Punjab?
(a) Tubewells
(b) Canals
(c) Ponds
Answer:
(a) Tubewells

(iv) Which crop consumes much water?
(a) Jowar
(b) Bajra
(c) Paddy
Answer:
(c) Paddy

(v) Which crop consumes less water?
(a) Sugarcane
(b) Gram
(c) Cotton
Answer:
(b) Gram

Question 4.
Write the name of the ancient sources of irrigation.
Answer:
Rain, well, canals, rivers.

Textbook Page No. 122

Question 5.
Write the names of modern sources of irrigation.
Answer:
Tubewells, ponds, canals, drip system, fountain system.

Question 6.
Write the name of two types of crops on the basis of seasons.
Answer:
Rabi crops – wheat, oats, gram, mustard.
Kharif crops- rice, jawar, bajra, jute, cotton.

Question 7.
Write the names of much water consuming crops.
Answer:
Rice, sugarcane.

Question 8.
Write the names of less water consuming crops.
Answer:
Gram (chick pea), bajra (pearl millet), Guar (cluster bean) etc.

Question 9.
What will happen without water? –
Answer:
Water is very essential for life. Without water human beings, animals, plants etc. all forms of life will come to an end.

Question 10.
What are the reasons of groundwater depletion?
Answer:
Following are the reasons of lowering of the water table :

• A large increase in the number of tubewells.
• Misuse and wastage of water.
• Deforestation causes less rain.
• All the Kutcha ground is being covered by cement, marble etc. So rain water cannot seep into the ground.
• Use of polythene which is preventing rain water to go into the ground.

Question 11.
What are the suggestions to control the groundwater depletion?
Answer:

• We should grow crops which consume less water.
• We should use less wood for buildings and furniture in its place use other materials.
• We should plant more trees.
• We should adopt Rain water harvesting system.
• More emphasis should be laid on the crop rotation
• Good habits should be developed to use water wisely.
• The people should be made aware not to waste water.

PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Water – Basis of Agriculture Important Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Tick (✓) the correct option :

(i) is not Rabi crop :
(a) Wheat
(b) Oats
(c) Maize
(d) Mustard.
Answer:
(c) Maize

(ii) Kharif crop is :
(a) Jowar
(b) Maize
(c) Jute
(d) All
Answer:
(d) All

2. Answer in one/two lines :

Question 1.
Name ancient methods of irrigation.
Answer:
Wells, rivers, canals etc.

Question 2.
Name modern methods of irrigation.
Answer:
Tubewell, pond, canal, drip and fountain system.

Question 3.
Name rabi crops.
Answer:
Wheat, mustard, oat, gram.

Question 4.
Name kharif crops.
Answer:
Rice, maize, jute, cotton etc.

3. Fill in the blanks :

(i) Van Mahotsava is celebrated in every year.
(ii) Plants are also
(iii) is used to draw water from under the ground.
(iv) We should adopt system and fountain system of irrigation.
Answer:
(i) July,
(ii) living,
(iii) Tubewell,
(iv) drip.

4. True/False

(i) Drip system is used to save water.
(ii) There are four types of crops according to season.
(iii) Wheat is a kharif crop.
(iv) Rabi crop is grown in Nove-mber.
Answer:
(i) T
(ii) F
(iii) F
(iv) T.

Question 5.
Match the following column :
(A) – (B)
(i) Wheat – (a) Kharif
(ii) Maize – (b) Rabi
(iii) Ancient methods of irrigation – (c) Drip irrigation
(iv) Modem methods of irrigation – (d) well
Answer:
(i) (b)
(ii) (a)
(iii) (d)
(iv) (c)

6. Mind Map :

Answer:

7. Answer in five/six lines :

Question 1.
What are the effects of groundwater depletion?
Answer:

• There will be dearth of drinking water.
• There will be drought and forests will dry up.
• Crops will not grow and there will be famine.
• Water sources will dry up and animals will die of thirst.

Question 2.
Why is cultivation of paddy, alarming bell for Punjab?
Answer:
Paddy crop needs a lot of water, and we are using more and more of underground water. The water table under the ground is going down. That is why cultivation of paddy is alarming bell for Punjab.

Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 17 Water – A Valuable Natural Source Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 17 Water – A Valuable Natural Source

EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Water – A Valuable Natural Source Textbook Questions and Answers

Textbook Page No. 110

Question 1.
What are the three forms of water?
Answer:
Solid, liquid, gas.

Question 2.
Which gases mix to form water?
Answer:
Oxygen and Hydrogen.

Activity 1

Take a piece of used cloth. Wet it with water. Wipe the floor with this wet piece of cloth. Leave the floor as it is. After a while, you will see that the wet floor has dried. Think, where the water has gone from the floor.
Answer:
Water evaporated.

Activity 2

Take a glass of water and put some cubes of ice in it. After sometime you will notice that drops of water appear on the outer surface of glass. Can you tell where these drops of water have come from.
Answer:
Water vapours present in air condense after touching the cold outer surface of the glass and form drops of water on the outer surface of glass.

Textbook Page No. 111

Activity 3

Take a glass of water in a pan. Mix two spoons of salt in it. Now separate the salt from water.
Answer:
Heat this water in a frying pan or in a china dish, when water completely evaporates salt is left in the container. We can also get salt if we place the container in sun for sorne days.

Textbook Page No. 113

Question 1.
Fill in the blanks : (three, blue, cloud, ice)
(i) Water has forms.
(ii) Evaporated water becomes a
(iii) Because of water, earth is called a planet.
(iv) Solid form of water is called
Answer:
(i) three,
(ii) cloud,
(iii) blue,
(iV) ice.

Question 2.
Tick (✓) the correct and cross (✗) the wrong sentences :
(i) Condensed water changes into vapour.
(ii) Pure water has no colour.
(iii) In old days many people were not allowed to get water due to caste-based discrimination.
(iv) Water cycle goes on continuously.
Answer:
(i) F,
(ii) T,
(iii) T,
(iv) T.

Question 3.
Tick (✓) the correct answers :
(i) At what temperature does water turn into ice?
(a) 40°C
(b) o°c
(c) 100°C
Answer:
(b) o°c

(ii) What is the %age of water on earth?
(a) 60%
(b) 50%
(c) 70%
Answer:
(c) 70%

(iii) What dissolves into water?
(a) Salt
(b) Sand
(c) Stones
Answer:
(a) Salt

(iv) What does not sink into water 7
(a) Iron
(b) Stones
(c) Wood
Answer:
(c) Wood

(v) Which gas mixes with oxygen to form water?
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Hydrogen
Answer:
(c) Hydrogen

Question 4.
Write the name of three things that sink into water.
Answer:
Stone, iron, sand.

Textbook Page No. 114

Question 5.
Write the name of three things that float on water.
Answer:
Plastic, wood, thermocol.

Question 6.
Write the names of three things that dissolve into water.
Answer:
Salt, sugar, milk.

Question 7.
List the properties of pure water.
Answer:

• Pure water has no colour .
• It has no taste.
• It has no smell, no shape.

Question 8.
What is water cycle? Explain with a figure.
Answer:
All the water sources like sea, rivers, lakes, etc. get heated and water evaporates and vapours make clouds. When clouds become heavy, rain or snowfall begins. Water again reaches into the rivers etc. and finally into the sea.

Textbook Page No. 115

Question 9.
How can the dissolved salt be separated from water?
Answer:
Heat the solution and boil it, continue heating till all the water evaporates and only salt remains in the container.

Question 10.
What is evaporation? Give some examples.
Answer:
When water is left open, tiny ‘ particles of water evaporate in air, this process is called evaporation, e.g. when we wipe out floor using a wet cloth, the floor dries soon due to evaporation.

Question 11.
When does a thing float on water?
Answer:
When things or objects displace more water than their weight, things float on water.

PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Water – A Valuable Natural Source Important Questions and Answers

1. Tick the correct option :

(i) Properties of water are :
(a) colourless
(b) odourless
(c) shapeless
(d) all correct.
Answer:
(d) all correct.

(ii) Water in compound formed by joining oxygen and
(a) nitrogen
(b) carbon dioxide
(c) helium
(d) hydrogen
Answer:
(b) carbon dioxide

2. Answer in one/two lines :

Question 1.
What is water recharging?
Answer:
When land dug deeply and rain water filled in it. This water went in to land. This process is called water recharging.

Question 2.
Water is cooled upto zero degree cckius, what change will take place?
(From Board M.QuestionP.)
Answer:
Water is cooled upto zero degree celcius than it will change into ice.

3. Fill in the blanks :

(i) On heating, water changes into ………………………….
(ii) Solid form of water is ………………………….
(iii) Vapours condense to form ………………………….
Answer:
(i) vapour,
(ii) ice,
(iii) drops.

4. Truc/False :

(i) Pure water has no colour.
(ii) Water has four forms.
(iii) Stone is insoluble in water.
(iv) Fish, like crocodile can live on ground also.
(v) In olden days many people were not allowed to drink water due to caste based discrimination.
Answer:
(i) T
(ii) F
(iii) T
(iv) F
(v) T.

5. Match the following column :

(i) ice – (a) 100°C
(ii) clouds – (b) cooling
(iii) evaporation – (c) 0°C
(iV) boiling water – (d) steam.
Answer:
(i) (c)
(ii) (d)
(iii) (b)
(iv) (a)

6. Mind Map

Answer:

7. Answer in five/six lines :

Question 1.
What do you know about condensation of water ?
Answer:
Air always have water vapours in it. When temperature decreases these vapours condense into water droplets. This process of conversion of water vapours into water droplets is known as condensation. We can see water droplets on the outer side of a glass filled with cold water. Dew drops seen on the surface of leaves in winter is also example of condensation of water.

Question 2.
In your class, your teacher added ice pieces in a glass half-filled with water. After some time we see small drops of water outside the glass, from where these drops come?
Answer:
Ice water becomes colder than the surrounding air. Water vapours present in air come in contact with glass surface and get condensed to become water drops.

Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 16 Community and Comfort Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 16 Community and Comfort

EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Community and Comfort Textbook Questions and Answers

Textbook Page No. 103

Question 1.
Describe an incident when your neighbours helped you in a particular situation or you helped them.
Answer:
An old lady lives alone in our neighbourhood. All the people in street call her Nani (grandmother). One day she had fallen ill. My parents called the doctor, who checked the old lady and gave treatment to her. My parents stayed with her in her house and took care of her. They prepared meals for her, gave* her fruits, and prepared tea for her. In two days she became fit to do her daily jobs.

Question 2.
What are the benefits of staying in a society?
Answer:
People stay together in a society and help each other in case of any problem or danger. It is also secure to live together.

Question 3.
Among your neighbours which family do you like the most and why?
Answer:
A couple lived in our neighbourhood, they both are teachers in a school. They help each and every person. They are soft-spoken. They help the poor by giving them money. They teach all the children of the society free of cost. They give food to beggars.

Question 4.
Name the community places in your locality and for what purpose are these used? (for e.g. Dharmsala, religious place, marriage palaces etc.)
Answer:
There is a Marriage palace in our village. People use it for functions related to marriages and other related functions.

Textbook Page No. 107

Activity 1

Ask your parents, if they have faced any natural disaster and then who helped them.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Textbook Page No. 108

Question 5.
Fill in the blanks :
(alone, heat and cold, Kutcha, Ambulance, Diseases)
(i) Man cannot live
(ii) houses can fall during rainy season.
(iii) is used to shift patients to hospital.
(iv) spread after floods.
(v) Houses protect us from
Answer:
(i) alone,
(ii) Kutcha,
(iii) Ambulance,
(iv) Diseases,
(v) heat and cold.

Question 6.
Tick (✓) the right and cross (✗) the wrong sentences :
(i) We do not feel secure in community.
(ii) Community buildings are constructed for social functions.
(iii) Neighbours help us when we are in need.
(iv) Honey bees live in colonies,
Answer:
(i) ✗
(ii) ✓
(iii) ✓
(iv) ✓

Question 7.
What problems are faced by people during floods?
Answer:
Kutcha houses fall down. Cattles die, crops get destroyed. There is a scarcity of medicines. People have to live in tents or at higher places till water receds.

Question 8.
Why do men make houses to stay?
Answer:
House provides security and safety to man. It saves him from rain, hot and cold weather. Man is a social animal. He likes to stay together with other people. He lives in house in towns, villages, cities etc.

Question 9.
Which insects live in colonies?
Answer:
Ants, termites, honey bees, wasps etc.

Question 10.
What is an ambulance?
Answer:
It is vehical similar to van. It runs on petrol. First aid facility and some simple medical facilities are available in it. It is used to carry patients and accident victims to hospitals.

PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Community and Comfort Important Questions and Answers

1. Tick the correct option :

(i) Man is a animal.
(a) social ( )
(b) not an ( )
(c) cruel ( )
(d) None. ( )
Answer:
(b) not an

(ii) Choose the correct statement.
(a) Living together is safe ( )
(b) Worker bees collect nectar from different flowers ( )
(c) Crops are destroyed when there is flood. ( )
(d) All correct. ( )
Answer:
(d) All correct.

(iii) If a child is ill, he should be given treatment from:
(a) postman ( )
(b) teacher ( )
(c) cobbler ( )
(d) doctor. ( )
Answer:
(d) doctor.

2. Answer in one/two lines :

Question 1.
Why did not Amandeep come to school?
Answer:
Because his grandfather expired.

Question 2.
How many kinds of bees are there?
Answer:
There are three kinds of bees.

3. Fill in the blanks :

(i) Amandeep did not come to school because his grandfather ………………….
(ii) Man is a …………………. animal.
(iii) Living among your own people is ………………….
(iv) …………………. bee and drones are only for reproduction.
(v) Insects like honey bees live in ………………….
Answer:
(i) expired,
(ii) social,
(iii) beneficial,
(iv) queen,
(v) colonies.

4. True/False :

(i) Termites live in colonies.
(ii) Living together is beneficial.
(iii) A bee sacrifices its life to protect its hive.
Answer:
(i) T,
(ii) T,
(iii) T.

5. Match the following column.:

(A) – (B)
(i) Hospital – (a) Destruction of Building
(ii) Natural Calmity (b) Safety
(iii) Earthquake (c) Ambulance
(iv) House (d) Flood.
Answer:
(i) (c),
(ii) (d),
(iii) (a),
(iv) (b).

6. Mind Map

Answer:

7. Answer in five/six lines :

Question 1.
What do you know about Honey bees?
Answer:
Honey bees live in colonies. These are of three types – queen bee, some male drones and workers. Worker bees do different type of works. They collect nectar from flowers, make hives and cover it with wax. Queen bee and drones are only there for reproduction. In case of danger, worker bees sting the enemyand may sacrifice their life.

Question 2.
Name the community places in your locality and for what purpose are they used?

Community places	Purpose for which used

Answer:

Community places	Purpose for which used
Hospital	For treating patients
School	Children study
Bus stand	For moving to other places
Park	Children play

Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 15 Different Types of Houses Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 15 Different Types of Houses

EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Different Types of Houses Textbook Questions and Answers

Textbook Page No. 96

Question 1.
Where can we find the houses with sloping roofs?
Answer:
Such type of houses is seen in hilly areas. In these areas rainfall and snowfall is plenty. Such houses are seen in Shimla and Manali.

Question 2.
In which areas are igloos built?
Answer:
These are built in areas where snow is available all the time. These are seen in polar regions of earth.

Textbook Page No. 97-98

Question 3.
What do you call to the houses which float on water?
Answer:
Such houses are known as boat houses.

Question 4.
Which kind of people use tents to live?
Answer:
Army men, mountaineers or those who take part in some camp, use tent houses.

Activity 1
Make a name plate of your house on a drawing book/sheet and also mention the type of the house.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Textbook Page No. 99

Activity 2
Make a list of the materials used in building your house. Ask your elders for help.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Textbook Page No. 100

Question 1.
Fill in the blanks :
(sloping, panels, Name-plates, temporary, trees.)
(ii) are used to find the houses.
(ii) In hilly areas, houses of roofs are built.
(iii) Tents are houses.
(iv) Tree houses are built on
(v) Wood is now replaced with iron for making
Answer:
(i) Name-plates,
(ii) sloping,
(iii) temporary,
(iv) trees,
(v) panels.

Question 2.
Tick (✓) the correct and cross (✗) the wrong sentences :
(i) Brick houses are made of mud and soil.
(ii) Caravans are moving houses.
(iii) Igloos are made of snow.
(iv) Brick houses are built in deserts.
(v) Tree houses are built over water.
Answer:
(i) ✗
(ii) ✓
(iii) ✓
(iv) ✗
(v) ✗

Question 3.
Match the Columns :
A – B
(i) Polar regions – (a) Multistorey buildings
(ii) Lakes – (b) Straw roofs
(iii) Metropolitan cities – (c) Igloo
(iv) Desert – (d) Bamboo houses
(v) Assam – (e) House boat
Answer:
(i) (c),
(ii) (e),
(iii) (a),
(iv) (b),
(v) (d).

Question 4.
Use tick (✓) for the correct answers :
(i) What do we call the houses built in multistorey buildings?
(a) Caravan
(b) Flats
(c) Plots
Answer:
(b) Flats (✓)

(ii) Who uses tents?
(a) Soliders
(b) Doctors
(c) Eskimos
Answer:
(a) Soldiers (✓)

(iii) Boat houses are mostly seen in
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Srinagar
Answer:
(c) Srinagar (✓)

(iv) In what kind of houses do Eskimos live?
(a) Igloo
(b) Caravan
(c) Tree houses
Answer:
(a) Igloo (✓)

(v) Which is the latest material among the followings houses? to make
(a) Wood
(b) Stone
(c) Aluminium
Answer:
(c) Aluminium (✓)

Textbook Page No. 101

Question 5.
Which material is used to make mud houses?
Answer:
Soil, mud, dung, wood, husk.

Question 6.
Which material is used to make brick houses?
Answer:
Bricks, cement, sand, stones, wood, iron rods etc.

Question 7.
Where do the people live in metropolitan cities?
Answer:
In metropolitan cities, the people live in multistorey buildings (Flats).

Question 8.
What do we call the houses made of snow?
Answer:
These are called as Igloo.

Question 9.
Where are the tree houses built?
Answer:
These are built in forests and are built over the trees.

Question 10.
What is the basis for different kinds of houses?
Answer:
The basis for different kinds of houses are economic conditions, climatic conditions, physical conditions, availability of material.

Question 11.
Why do people of Assam make bamboo houses?
Answer:
Bamboos are found in large quantity in Assam. This region also faces heavy rainfall and floods. Therefore, the people of Assam make bamboo houses.

Question 12.
Write about the modern materials used to construct houses.
Answer:
Aluminium, Iron, Glass, P.V.C sheets and fibre sheets, large blocks of cement in place of bricks etc.

PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Different Types of Houses Important Questions and Answers

1. Tick the correct option :

(i) Correct statement is :
(a) Less people live in multi-storeyed buildings ( )
(b) Boat houses are mainly found in Punjab ( )
(c) Houses is hilly area have slopy roofs ( )
(d) All correct. ( )
Answer:
(c) Houses is hilly area have slopy roofs

(ii) is not a permanent house.
(a) Pucca house ( )
(b) flat ( )
(c) tent ( )
(d) none. ( )
Answer:
(c) tent

2. Answer in one/two lines :

Question 1.
Which skin is used by eskimos on the floor to sit?
Answer:
They use skin of Reindeer.

Question 2.
What is melting point of ice?
Answer:
It is 0°C.

Question 3.
Who stays in boat house?
Answer:
Tourists stay in boat houses.

Question 4.
Which material is used to make tent?
Answer:
Tent is made up of strong canvas cloth.

Question 5.
Houses built on road sides using tarpaulin, wood, husk etc. are known as. (From Board M.Question P.)
Answer:
These are known as huts.

3. Fill in the blanks :

(i) In Pucca house there is ………………….. on the roof.
(ii) Roof of Kutcha room is made up of …………………..
(iii) People who live in ………………….. are called Eskimos.
(iv) ………………….. are those materials from which heat cannot pass.
(v) In ………………….. area roofs are made from slate stone.
Answer:
(i) lintel,
(ii) bamboos,
(iii) Igloo,
(iv) Non-conductors,
(v) hilly.

4. True/False :

(i) Boat houses are found in lakes of Kerala.
(ii) More people can live in multis¬toreyed buildings.
(iii) Huts are made up of mud and straw,
(iv) Eskimos use skin of reindeer on the floor to sit.
Answer:
(i) T,
(ii) T,
(iii) T,
(iv) T.

5. Match the following column :

(A) – (B)
(i) Kutcha houses – (a) hilly area
(ii) flats – (b) snow house
(iii) Igloo – (c) in lakes
(iv) slopy roofs – (d) cities
(v) boat house – (e) Rajasthan.
Answer:
(i) (e),
(ii) (d),
(iii) (b),
(iv) (a),
(v) (c).

6. Mind Map :

Answer:

7. Answer in five/six lines :

Question 1.
Why are there kutcha houses in Rajasthan?
Answer:
Kutcha houses are cooler than Pucca houses. There is less rain in deserts therefore there is less chance of falling the houses due to rain or flood. Therefore kutcha houses are found in Rajasthan.

Question 2.
Write the name of the pictures :
Answer:

Tree house, Karvan, Tent House, Boat House.

Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 14 Insectivorous Plants Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 14 Insectivorous Plants

EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Insectivorous Plants Textbook Questions and Answers

Textbook Page No. 88

Activity 1

The teacher can tell students the story of a farmer crossing the river with a goat, a bale of grass, and a tiger.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Question 1.
What is a food chain?
Answer:
The food chain in nature is formed by various animals; one animal eats another animal and in turn is eaten by another animal.

Activity 2
Observe carefully the organisms present around you and make a food chain on the basis of their relations of eating others and being eaten up.
Answer:

1. Cereals → Mouses → owl
2. grass → Rabbit → Wolf → lion
3 grass → insects → frog → snake → vulture Paste pictures of animals of the food chain.

Textbook Page No. 89

Activity 3

What will happen to other organisms of food chain if one organism in a food chain disappears? Discuss in the class and write in the space given below :
Answer:
Consider a food chain consisting of grass, insects, frogs, snake and vultures. Suppose due to some reason all snakes got extinct. Then what will be the food of vultures. This way all the vultures will die soon due to non- availability of food. Now there will be no animal which will eat frog. Population of frogs will increase, they will eat all the insects and then nothing remains for the frogs, ultimately frogs will die.

Textbook Page No. 90

Activity 4

Write the names of different animals on cards and give them to the students. After this, ‘who eats whorn, should be linked with a thread. In this way, a food web is formed.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Question 2.
What is food web?
Answer:
When many food chains are inter linked with each other they form a food web.

Textbook Page No. 91

Activity 5

Take a potted plant. Place a cardboard box with a hole on one side of the box. Note down the changes you observe in the plant after a few days.
Answer:
Plant bends towards light Therefore plant bends towards hole.

Activity 6

Pait a tree In the soil or pot in your house. Note down the requirements of the plant for its growth. Also note where does the plant meet its need from? Your teacher and your elders will help you.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Textbook Page No. 92

Question 3.
Fill in the blanks:
(decayed, carbon dioxide, food-web, Green, Sun, Pitcher plant. Sundew plant, food chain.)

(i) In a ……………….. one organism can eat many other organisms.
(ii) In a ……………….. one organism eats only one organism.
(iii) ……………….. plants prepare their food in presence of ……………….. light.
(iv) Plants absorb ……………….. gas from the air.
(v) ……………….. and ……………….. are insectivorous plants.
(vi) Mushrooms get their food from ……………….. materials.
Answer:
(i) food-web,
(ii) food chain,
(iii) Green, sun,
(iv) carbondioxide,
(v) Sundew, Pitcher plant,
(vi) decayed.

Textbook Page No. 93

Question 4.
Tick (✓) the right and cross (✗) the wrong sentences a:
(i) Many food chains get interlinked to form a food web.
(ii) Leaves look green due to a pigment called chlorophyll.
(iii) Plants produce glucose in the form of food.
(iv) Plants pollute the environment.
(v) The leaves of Sundew Plant look like Sun.
Answer:
(i) ✓
(ii) ✓
(iii) ✓
(iv) ✗
(v) ✓

Question 5.
What is Photosynthesis?
Answer:
Green plants in the presence of sunlight absorb carbondioxide from air and absorb water and minerals from soil and synthesise their food. This process is known as photosynthesis.

Question 6.
How does the Pitcher Plant meet its requirements of Nitrogen and Phosphorus?
Answer:
Pitcher plant eats insects. Digestive juices of the plant extract nitrogen and phosphorus from the insects.

PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Insectivorous Plants Important Questions and Answers

1. Tick the correct option :

(i) eats insects :
(a) Pitcher plant ( )
(b) Touch-me-not ( )
(c) Marigold ( )
(J) None. ( )
Answer:
(a) Pitcher plant

(ii) has a long tongue :
(а) Ant ( )
(б) Dog ( )
(c) Chameleon ( )
(d) None. ( )
Answer:
(c) Chameleon

(iii) Look at the food chain and tick the correct option:

(a) eagle eats grass ( )
(b) rabbit eats vulture ( )
(c) rabbit eats grass ( )
(d) grass eats rabbit. ( )
Answer:
(c) rabbit eats grass

(iv) Food chains combine to form
(a) jungle ( )
(b) mixture ( )
(c) food web ( )
(d) group of animals. ( )
Answer:
(c) food web

2. Answer in one/two lines :

Question 1.
When one organism in a food chain also become component of other food chain what it is called?
Answer:
It is called food web.

Question 2.
How do plants prepare food?
Answer:
Plants prepare food in sunlight and by taking carbon dioxide from the air.

Question 3.
What is the process, of preparing food by plants called?
Answer:
It is called photosynthesis.

Question 4.
How does a plant absorb nutrients from soil?
Answer:
They absorb nutrients from soil with their roots.

Question 5.
Why a pitcher plant called so?
Answer:
Leaves of this plant look like pitcher, therefore it is called pitcher plant.

3. Fill in the blanks :

(i) Chameleon has a ……………………. tongue.
(ii) Plants prepare their food in the …………………… .
(iii) Plants take ……………………. gas.
(iv) Pitcher plant, gets nitrogen from …………………….
(v) ……………………. uses its hair-like structure to trap insects.
Answer:
(i) long,
(ii) sunlight,
(iii) carbon dioxide,
(iv) insects,
(v) Sundew.

4. True/False :

(i) Chameleon has a long tongue.
(ii) Frog has a long tongue.
(iii) Plants do not eat insects.
(iv) Money plant can eat insects.
Answer:
(i) T,
(ii) T,
(iii) F,
(iv) F.

5. Match the following column :

(A) – (B)
(i) insect eating plant – (a) frog
(ii) long tongue – (b) sundew
(iii) photosynthesis – (c) plants.
Answer:
(i) (b),
(ii) (a),
(iii) (c).

6. Mind Map :

Answer:

7. Answer in five/six lines :

Question 1.
How will you categorize animals on the basis of their food habits?
Answer:
We can categorize animals in three types.

1. Herbivores. These are animals which only live on plants, fruits, leaves etc. e.g. goat, cow, deer etc.
2. Carnivores. The animals eat other animals only e.g. lion, tiger etc.
3. Omnivores. The animals which eat both plants and animals e.g. bear, monkey etc.

Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 13 Deficiency Diseases Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 13 Deficiency Diseases

EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Deficiency Diseases Textbook Questions and Answers

Textbook Page No. 85

Question 1.
Name the disease that is caused by the deficiency of blood in the body.
Answer:
Anemia.

Question 2.
Write the name of deficiency disease found in the children, if they are weaned from mother’s milk in infancy.
Answer:
Protein-energy malnutrition ; Marasmus and Kwashiorkor.

Textbook Page No. 84

Activity 1

Collect the information related to any famine from your grandfather and share this with your teacher and friends.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Activity 2

Ask the children to make a list of food items they eat for a week.

Answer:
Do it yourself.

Question 3.
Tick (✓) the right and cross (✗) the wrong sentences :
(i) Night blindness is caused due to the deficiency of Vitamin A. ( )
(ii) Deficiency of Iron causes anaemia. ( )
(iii) The citrus fruits contain vitamin D. ( )
(iv) Swelling legs occurs due to Goitre. ( )
(v) Mother’s milk is a complete diet for a child. ( )
Answer:
(i) ✓
(ii) ✓
(iii) ✗
(iv) ✗
(v) ✓

Question 4.
Fill in the blanks :
(sea food, iodine, vitamin C, milk)
(i) Bleeding of gums occurs due to deficiency of …………………..
(ii) Deficiency of iodine can be prevented by taking …………………. .
(iii) Deficiency of ………………….. causes goitre.
(iv) ………………….. is a balanced diet.
Answer:
(i) vitamin C,
(ii) sea food,
(iii) iodine,
(iv) Milk.

Question 5.
What are deficiency diseases?
Answer:
Diseases caused due to deficiency of some necessary nutrients in the body is known as deficiency disease. Example, anemia is caused due to the deficiency of iron in the body.

Textbook Page No. 86

Question 6.
Name all the nutrients present in a balanced diet.
Answer:
Balanced diet contains all the nutrients like fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, etc.

Question 7.
White patches over nails are a symptom of which disease?
Answer:
Anemia.

Question 8.
Complete the following columns based on the information about deficiency diseases read in this lesson.

Answer:

Name of Disease	Due to deficiency of which nutrient	Symptoms
Goiter	Iodine	lower part of throat swollen
Anemia	iron	white patches over nails
Marasmus	Protein-energy	weak body
Rickets	Vitamin D, Calcium	Weak teeth and bones
Scurvy	Vitamin C	Swollen gums and bleeding gums.
Night blindness	Vitamin A	Weak eyesight

PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Deficiency Diseases Important Questions and Answers

1. Tick the correct option :
(i) White patches over the nails is a symptom, of:
(a) anaemia ( )
(b) Goitre ( )
(c) Scurvy ( )
(d) Marasmus. ( )
Answer:
(a) anaemia

(ii) Deficiency of vitamin A causes problem in :
(a) teeth ( )
(b) eyesight ( )
(c) bones ( )
(d) None. ( )
Answer:
(b) eyesight

(iii) A child had weak and bow legs.
He has a disease :
(a) Goiter ( )
(b) Anaemia ( )
(c) Rickets ( )
(d) Scurvy. ( )
Answer:
(c) Rickets

(iv) Which statement is wrong :
(a) Vitamins protect us from diseases ( )
(b) Milk is complete food ( )
(c) Vitamins are found in rice and wheat ( )
(d) Sugar and starch are main carbohydrates. ( )
Answer:
(c) Vitamins are found in rice and wheat

(v) Which vitamin is related with sunlight?
(a) A ( )
(b) B ( )
(c) C ( )
(d) D. ( )
Answer:
(d) D
(i) (a),
(ii) (b)

2. Answer in one/two lines :

Question 1.
What is symptom of deficiency of Iron?
Answer:
White patches over nails.

Question 2.
For anaemic person what is adviced by doctor.
Answer:
Iron and folic acid tablets two times a week after the meals.

Question 3.
If children have problems in teeth and bone, what may be the deficiency?
Answer:
It may be due to deficiency of vitamin D, Calcium and phosphorus.

3. Fill in the blanks :

(i) Oral doses of ………………….. during 9 months to 5 years of age are given to save eyesight.
(ii) ………………….. is a protein-energy malnutrition disease.
(iii) If one sits in sunlight, one gets protection from deficiency of …………………..
(iv) Deficiency of vitamin C causes …………………..
(v) ………………….. is caused due to deficiency of Iodine.
Answer:
(i) vitamin A,
(ii) Marasmus and Kwashiorkor,
(iii) vitamin D,
(iv) Scurvy,
(v) goitre.

4. True/False :

(i) If one is anaemic, it means deficiency of Iodine.
(ii) Citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C.
(iii) Deficiency of iron causes anaemia.
(iv) Vitamin A is related with eyesight.
Answer:
(i) F,
(ii) T,
(iii) T,
(iv) T.

5. Match the following column :

(A) – (B)
(i) vitamin A – (a) Goitre
(ii) Iron – (b) Marasmus
(iii) Protein energy – (c) eye sight
(iv) Iodine – (d) anaemia
(v) Vitamin D – (d) bones.
Answer:
(i) (c),
(ii) (d)
(iii) (b),
(iv) (a),

6. Mind Map :

Answer:

7. Answer in five/six lines :

Question 1.
Draw a table showing names of five deficiency diseases and their cause.
Answer:

Disease	Cause
Night blindness	deficiency of vitamin A
lower part of throat swollen	deficiency of Iodine
Scurvy	Vitamin C
Rickets	Vitamin D
Anemia	Iron