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You may take a printout and use this as a worksheet or read the activities and write down
the answers in a notebook labelled “My Daily 30-Minute Activity”.

Space quiz Jumble

Rearrange the letters in the following
words with clues to find the right word.
Who am I?
1. BARE.................................
1. I have a tail, but I am not an animal or a creature. (Clue: animal with fur)
2. I am born from the death of a star. I have a strong 2. MEAT.................................
gravitational pull that I let nothing, even light, to escape
(Clue: a group)
from me.
3. I am a rock that orbits the Sun.I mostly hang out in a 3. LIFE.................................
region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. But I (Clue: used to bunch papers together)
sometimes make a flyby of other planets, including 5. I like to call myself Mr. Red, but Earth’s astronomers
Earth. have named me after the Roman God of War. 4. LEAP.................................
4. I form different patterns on the night sky - sometimes 6. I am almost similar to Earth in many ways - size, (Clue: a loud ringing sound)
mythological creatures. Each of my patterns has a Greek mass, and proximity to the Sun. That’s why they call 5. PART.................................
story behind it. me Earth’s sister and I love it! (Clue: catch)
Answers: 1. Comet, 2. Black hole, 3. Asteroid, 4. Constellations, 5. Mars, 6. Venus. Answers: 1.Bear, 2.Team, 3.File, 4.Peal, 5.Trap.

Bookworms crossword Word of the day - Quarantine

Try this word search to check whether you know the Quarantine is a strict isolation measure imposed on people to restrict the spread of disease. This measure isolates
names of authors and characters from popular books! people, curbs their movement and prevents the infection from spreading from the infected to the healthy. Quaran-
tines can target individuals who have returned from affected countries, or could involve large groups of people who
may have been exposed to the infection.
The word 'quarantine' comes from the Italian word "quarantena", which is Italian for "40 days". This term was first
used in Venice, Italy, when ship passengers were forced to wait for a period of 40 days before landing. This practice
was prevalent in the 14th and 15th Centuries when the plague was spreading at a rapid pace. Many governments
across the world have now ordered mass quarantines to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

ACTIVITY: Use the word of the day in a sentence.

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On the wild side Earth watch

A quiz on the smallest and the largest from the Complete these sentences with the right
animal kingdom environment-related words.

1. Largest bird ............................... Saltwater crocodile 1. When the last of a species dies, it goes ______________
2. A plant or animal's natural home is called its
2. Largest reptile .......................... African elephant
______________
3. Smallest bird ........................... Pygmy marmoset 3. The mass of air surrounding the Earth is
Across Down
1. His books are sure 2. Shopaholic or not, you 4. Largest land animal .............. Hummingbird ______________
to give you goose- will love her stories. 4. Any kind of contamination of our environment is
bumps! 3. From his home in the 5. Smallest monkey .................... Ostrich
called ______________
8. This 18-year-old hills, he brings us stories of 6. Largest animal in the world .. Blue whale 5. A Government-regulated site where waste is disposed
detective knows how life in the valleys of
to sleuth in style in Himachal Pradesh. 6. Blue whale. of by burying it is a ______________
4. Pollution, 5. Landfill.
her blue roadster. 4. He may not be good at
bird, 4. African elephant, 5. Pygmy marmoset,
Answers: 1. Ostrich, 2. Saltwater crocodile, 3. Humming- Answers: 1. Extinct, 2. Habitat, 3. Atmosphere,
9. Writing helped reading, but this demigod is
this YA author to the star of Camp Half Blood.
cope with his 5. She also goes by the name
obsessive-compulsive Robert Galbraith. Logo quiz The W corner A B C
disorder. 6. He is an imaginative Where is the ball in this
Based on the symbols 1
10. She takes us on chocolatier, who has the best given, guess the name of picture? This iconic
adventures through job in the world. Wonka bar the app or website in the moment changed the
wishing chairs and space provided course of the final 2
anyone?
faraway trees, or on 7. He introduced us to the between England and
camping trips and world of the undead, much New Zealand in the ICC 3
hikes with young before vampires became ODI World Cup 2019.
sleuths. cool. The grid lines are only
to help you, and parts
7. Bram Stoker
of the ball might be in more
Jackson, 5. JK Rowling, 6. Willy Wonka, in 2A.
than one box too! Find that
Down: 2. Sophie Kinsella, 3. Ruskin Bond, 4. Percy the ball is
to the grid,
one box where the ball is or
10. Enid Blyton
According
find them all if you think it
Across: 1. RL Stine, 8. Nancy Drew, 9. John Green, 4. Pinterest, 5. WordPress. Answer:
is in more than one box...
Answers: Answers: 1. Dropbox, 2.Reddit, 3.Tumblr

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Journal writing Write a little note on 'How I keep myself engaged at home.'
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