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1. Efforts are being made to reduce the consumption of petrol and diesel.
2. National highways link all the states.
3. Overseas water transport is mainly for trade and tourism.
4. Border roads are constructed along the borders for the movement of army.
5. Increase in transportation cost is added to the price of an item.
6. Transport is an indicator of the level of development of an country.
7. Sirways
PLANTS
Ans: Chlorophyll is the green coloured pigment present in the leaves of plants.
Ans: Air, water and warmth are the three conditions required for proper germination of a seed.
Favourable conditions like appropriate air, water, soil and proper temperature are required for
proper seed germination.
Ans: Sugarcane, rose, grapes are the examples that reproduce through stem cutting.
Q 2: Seeds do not germinate when they kept in an ice box or refrigerator. Why?
Ans: Seeds do not germinate when they kept in an ice box or refrigerator because:
Q 4: List any three natural ways of seed dispersal. Give one example for each of them.
Ans: We can grow a rose plant without seeds by stem cutting, its vegetative part. Stem cuts are
plants in the soil to absorb nutrients from soil. New shoot develop from the bud present in the node.
a. Seed coat
b. Cotyledons
c. Micropyle
d. Embroya
a. Seed coat:
1. It covers the seed.
2. It protects the seed from outside injuries, etc…
b. Cotyledons:
1. It stores the food for the new baby plant.
2. It supplies to the new baby plant.
c. Micropyle:
1. It allows water to enter inside the seed.
d. Embroya:
1. It give rise to root through its lowerradicle part.
2. It give rise to shoot through its plumule part.
Name them:
The process, by which green plants make their own food is called Photosynthesis. Plants need raw
materials like carbon di-oxide and water. These are converted into food in presence of sunlight and
chrolophyll.
Carbon di-oxide is taken from air through stomata. Stomato are the tiny pores present on the leaf
surface.
Insectivorous plants are the plants that trap and feed on insects.Venus flytrap and Pitcher plants are two
examples of such plants.
Reproduction: The process, by which a living things produces more of its own kind, is called
reproduction. Plants reproduce their own kinds in two ways:
Nutrients are the substances present in the food that are required for proper growth and development
of our body. Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals are the main nutrients present in
different food stuffs.
1. Balanced diet
2. Regular exercise
3. Proper rest
4. Good personal hygiene
5. Clean and hygienic surroundings
Disease: A disease is any defect, or abnormality, found in the body. It may be due to malfunctioning of
some body part or due to lack of particular vitamins and minerals in the body.
Diseases, which generally do not get transmitted from one person to another are, called non-
communicable diseases.
Diseases, that are caused due tpo some deficiency in our diet, are known as deficiency diseases.
Anaemia Iron
Nigt blindness Vitamin A
Scurvy Vitamin C
Goiter Iodine
Beri-beri Vitamin B
Answer the following questions in brief:
1. Extreme weakness
2. Paralysis of body parts
Q 3: Name any two diseases that are spread through the bite of mosquitoes?
Ans: Diseases like Malaria and Dengue spread through the bite of mosquitoes.
Q 4: A girl finds it difficult to see in dim light and has dry and scaly skin. Name the disease she might
be suffering from?
Ans: The girl finds difficult to see in dim light and has dry and scaly skin. These are the symptoms of
the disease ‘Night Blindness’.
Ans: We should not allow water to stagnate around our homes because
Ans: The nutrients which are required in very small quantities are Vitamins and Minerals.
Answer the following questions:
Q 2: Suggest some measures that can help us to prevent the occurrence of deficiency diseases?
Q 3: How can we prevent the spread of germs from a sick person to a healthy person?
Ans: We can prevent the spread of germs from a sick person to a healthy person in following ways:
Q 4: Isha was suffering from chicken pox. Her teacher visited her or not to come to school till she had
recovered completely. Why?
Ans: Isha was suffering from chicken pox. Her teacher visited her or not to come to school till she had
recovered completely because:
1. Chicken pox is viral diseases which spread sick person to a healthy person.
2. Chicken pox is a communicable disease which spreads through direct contact with a sick
person.
3.
Name them:
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True or False:
Q 1: Name any two water bodies that exist on the surface of earth?
Ans: River and Pond are two water bodies that exist on the surface of the Earth.
Q 2: What are the animals living in water known as? Write names of two such animals.
Ans: Animals living in water are known as aquatic animals. Ex – Fish and Whale.
Ans: Water lily, Lotus, Duckweed and Hydrilla are four aquatic plants.
Ans: Plants absorb water from the soil with the help of their roots. The root have tiny root hairs
which help in the absorption of water and minerals from the soil.
Ans: Besides its domestic use, the three other uses of water are:
Q 2: How does water help in excretion of waste material from animal bodies?
Ans: The waste materials from animal bodies get dissolved with water to form urine and sweat. Urine
and sweat are the excretory waste material.
Ans: The four ways in which water is important for plants are:
Q 4: How can ground water can be drawn out through tube wells?
Ans: Ground water is also drawn out using tube wells. In a tube well, a long pipe is inserted into the
ground where it dips below the ground water level. Water is then drawn by using a hand pump or en
electric pump.
Ans: Earlier people used to draw ground water from boolis or step wells. A step well is a well having
steps on all sides. This enables people to go down to fetch water.
Ans: In cities, water is supplied through well planned water supply system. The river water is purified
by series of method. First the river water is sediment, then filtered, chlorinated and ozonized for its
purification. The purified water is supplied to homes and offices through network of pump and pipes.
PROPERTIES OF WATER
Q 1: Define a solution?
Ans: The mixture formed whan a substance dissolved completely in any medium is called solution.
Ex- Lemonate.
Q 2: What is a solvent?
Ans: The medium in which a substance (solute) is dissolved to form a solution is called a solvent. Ex -
Water
a. MILK AND Lemon juice are two liquid which dissolve in water.
b. Petrol and Hair oil are two liquids which are insoluble in water
c. Cork and thermocole are two solids which float on water.
d. Iron nails and coins are two solids which sink in water.
Ans: Evaporation: The change of a liquid into its vapour form on heating is called Evaporation.
Condensation: The change of vapour form of a substance into liquid form on cooling is called
Condensation.
Ans: Water, from oceans, seas, rivers and lakes changes into vapour as it evaporates due to heat of
the sun. These water vapours rise up. As these go very high, gets cooled and condense to form tiny
drops of water. In this way, cloud are formed. As more and more water vapour condense, the drop of
water in the cloud get bigger and bigger. Finally, they fall back on earth a rain.
Ans: The rain water is the purest form of natural water. As it reaches the surface of earth, it gets
impure, because they dissolves many harmful gases like sulphur di-oxid, etc… present in the air. It also
mixes with dust particles, smoke that are suspended in the air.
Ans: aa
FUELS
Domestic fuels: It is gaseous fuels, like LPG, PNG and biogas that are now commonly used as domestic
fuels. These are cleaner fuels as they do not produce smoke on burning and do not leave ash after
burning. They are convenient to use and are more efficient. They are also eco-friendly.
True or False:
Ans: The examples each of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels are:
Ans: Coal, crude oil and natural gas are the three main fossils fuels.
a. They are exhaustible and take millions of years for its formation.
b. They cause environmental pollution and cannot be recycled easily. If they are observed or
misused can cause energy crisis.
c. They are costly and not easily available.
Answer the following questions:
Ans: Fossils fuels are fuels that are formed by decomposition of plants & animals matter, buried deep
under the surface of earth, at the high temperature and pressure prevailing there. Such buried animals
and plants matter gets changed into fossil fuel over a period of millions of years.
Q 2: When is a source of energy said to be a renewable source of energy? Give two examples of such
sources.
Q 3: When is a source of energy said to be a non-renewable source of energy? Give two examples of
such sources.
Ans: Powerhouses use coal for generating electricity. Coal is being burnt to produce heat energy. This
heat energy is used to produce steam from water. The energy of steam is used to produce electricity.
Or
Powerhouses burn coal to convert water into steam. This steam energy is used to operate
turbines which in turn, help to generate electricity.
Q 5: Why should efforts needed to be made to reduce the use of fossil fuels?
Ans: The efforts need to be made to reduce the use of fossil fuels are:
Coal burns
Production of steam
Turbine turns
Electricity produced
The big water wheel which is made up of iron are called turbines.
Extra questions:
Q 1: What is a fuel?
Ans: A substance that produces energy on burning is called a fuel. Ex – Wood, LPG, etc…
Wood, coal, coke and cowdung cakes are some examples of solid fuels.
Ans: Fossils fuels are fuels that are formed by decomposition of plants & animals matter, buried deep
under the surface of earth, at the high temperature and pressure prevailing there. Such buried animals
and plants matter gets changed into fossil fuel over a period of millions of years.
Q 7: What is hydroelectricity?
a. Coal
b. Wood
Ans: aa