THE CENTRAL SCHOOL, DUBAI

GRADE:5
OUR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL
RESOURCES
KEY CONCEPTS

 Causes and effects of pollution and ways to reduce air pollution

 Causes, effects and ways to reduce water pollution
 Green house effect.
 Impact of green house effect.
 Global warming
 Natural resources and ways to conserve them
WORK SHEET

I. Choose the correct answer .

1. Which gas out of following is found highest by volume in Air?

A) Nitrogen B) Oxygen C) Carbon dioxide D) Hydrogen

2. Incomplete burning of petrol or diesel in vehicles creates............. gas which is

very poisonous.

A) Methane B) Oxygen C)Carbon dioxide D) Carbon monoxide

3.Taj Mahal is said to be suffering from "Marble Cancer " . What is Marble Cancer?

A) Acidic Rain which corrodes marble.

B) Large number of Fungus in Taj Mahal marbles

C) Yellowing of the marble on account of Soot particles

D) Smokes filling the Taj Mahal from adjoining industries

4. Which gas is primarily responsible for Green House Effect & global warming. ?

A) Nitrogen dioxide B) Sulphur dioxide C)Carbon dioxide D) Hydrogen

Dioxide
 5.Which of the following is an effect of soil pollution?

A) It makes the soil infertile. B)It harms the soil microorganisms.

C)It adversely affects the growth of plants D) All of the above

Study material

I)Choose the correct answer

1. What can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

A.Vegetation B.Oceans
C.Carbon capture equipment D.All the above

Ans: All the above

2. Which of the following disease cannot be caused by drinking of river water

contaminated with untreated sewage?

A. Cholera B. Typhoid C. Tuberculosis D. Diarrhea

Ans: Tuberculosis

3. Which of the following are the best practices to reduce pollution?

A.Carrying cloth-bags to put purchases in while shopping.

B.Switching off unnecessary lights and fans

C.Walking to school instead of getting your mother to drop you on her scooter.

D.All the above

Ans: All the above

4. Choose any two non renewable resources from the following .

A. Water & Minerals B. Sunlight & Wind

C. Fertile soil & forest D. Minerals & fertile soil

Ans: Minerals & fertile soil

II)Fill in the blanks

1. The surrounding in which we live is called our environment

2. Chloro Fluro Carbon is a gas which is responsible for depletion of

Ozone layer around earth to protects us from harmful Ultraviolet rays .

3. Cholera, Typhoid and Jaundice are due to pollution of water.

4. The major contributor of Carbon monoxide is Motor vehicles.

III)True or false
1. The resources that we get from the nature are called natural
resources.
Ans: True
2. Sunlight ,water and wind are the examples of non-renewable
resources.
Ans: False
3. Global warming causes climate change on the earth.
Ans: True

4. The harmful toxic substances that cause pollution are known as

pollutants.
Ans: True
IV)Short Answer type questions
1.What is pollution?

Ans: The harmful changes made in the environment due to various

human activities are called pollutions. There are mainly four types of
pollutions

1.Air pollution 2.Water pollution 3.Soil pollution 4.Noise pollution.

2. What are the effects of air pollution?

Ans: Polluted air causes many respiratory disorders like bronchitis,

asthma & throat infections. It causes irritation to our eyes and skin.
Polluted air produces acid rain and causes damage to the soil ,plants
,animals and living organisms.

3. What is green house effect?

Ans: The heating of the earth’s atmosphere due to the trapping of heat
energy reflected from the earth’s surface by green house gases in the
atmosphere is called greenhouse effect.

4.What is Kyoto Protocol?

Ans: It is an agreement among countries to take steps for reducing
global warming.

5. How does water gets polluted?

Ans: Water is polluted due to human activities, industrial wastes, farm

effluents, sewage from homes and hospitals which is released in to
water bodies. Sea water is polluted by oil spills.
6. What role does the human activity play in the increasing
amount of green house gases?

Ans: Human activities like burning of fossil fuels in automobiles

,industries and cutting down of forests (deforestation ) increase the
level of carbon dioxide and many other harmful gases in the
atmosphere .This has resulted in increased green house effect.

HOT S:How polluted air affects the beauty of Taj Mahal?

V)Long Answers

1. Can global warming lead to an ice age? Justify your answer

with reason?
Ans: Global warming can lead to an ice age. The temperature of the
earth has increased 2.5°C in last hundred years and scientists expect
that in the next century it may rise about 3-4°C Because of global
warming .This increase in the temperature may causes climate change
on earth thus resulting in melting of polar ice ,rise in sea level and
submerging of low-lying areas near the sea. So if we don’t take serious
steps to control global warming it can lead to an ice age.

2. Differentiate renewable & non renewable source of energy?

Ans: Renewable resources are the resources which either never get
exhausted or are replaced naturally within a reasonable time period.
Eg:- sunlight ,water , wind . Non renewable resources are the
resources which cannot be replaced within a reasonable time period ,if
used up. Eg:- coal ,petroleum.
3. Write any four measures to conserve our natural resources?

Ans: Some of the measures to conserve our natural resources are

given below.

1. We should plant more trees.

2. We should reduce the wastage of water by never leaving the tap

open or by never using pipe to wash vehicles.

3. We should use renewable source of energy like solar energy,

wind energy and hydro energy to conserve the fossil fuels.

4. Catalytic converters should be installed in vehicles.

IV.HOT S:How polluted air affects the beauty of Taj Mahal?

V. Value Based Question

Raju and his father were going in a boat in the river. Raju’s father
threw away the cell used

in watches and hearing aids into the water. Raju prevented him
from doing so.

a. As a student of Science, why would you advise Raju’s father not

to throw the cell in the

water body?

b. What is the value associated with the above decision?

Research work

1.How does recycling of paper help in conservation?

2. What might happen if we don’t conserve our natural resources.
Explore how we can conserve.

3. Impact of global warming.