ST.

PIUS X HIGH SCHOOL

RAMNAGAR, HYDERABAD

CLASS: V SUB: SOCIAL STUDIES

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Instructions:
1. Download Vth Class e-text book from www.scert.telangana.gov.in
2. Start a new notebook for the class work (single ruled book)
3. Mention the date and write neatly without spelling mistakes

LS. NO.1 ANIMALS – THE BASE OF OUR LIFE

Activity:
Food

Society/ Our
Shelter
Community Needs

Transport
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For food
For protection For transport

For fun
Animals for our
needs For livelihood

For consumer
goods For agriculture
For marriage
Hard words:
1. Base of life
2. Taming animals
3. Livelihood
4. Shepherd
5. Famine
6. Income and Expenditure
7. Self-protection
8. Friends of farmers
9. Agricultural Research Council
10. Pesticides
11. Needs of animals
12. Compassion towards animals
13. Protection of animals
14. Wild life protection act
15. Hunting of animals
16. Bio-diversity
17. Export
18. Industries
19. Self defence

Meaning:
1. Base of life: Supporting part of life.
2. Taming animals: Domesticate (Training or teaching animals).
3. Livelihood: Means of earning enough money to live.
4. Shepherd: A person who rears and takes care of sheep.
5. Famine: Extreme scarcity or shortage of food.
6. Endangered: A plant or animal species that is in immediate danger
of becoming extinct and need protection.
7. Pesticides: Chemical substance used for destroying insects or other
organisms.
8. Protection: An act of keeping someone safe from harm or injury.
9. Wild life protection act: An act for protection of plants and animal
species.
10. Bio-diversity: A variety of plants and animals living under one
habitat.
11. Export: Send goods to another country
12. Industries: Processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods
in factories.

Important Points:
1. In ancient times man depended on animals and tubers for food.
2. Since generations humans have been using animals to fulfil their
various needs.
3. Some animals are used for food, transport, agriculture and fun.
4. Some small creatures like earthworm, spider, ant etc. help the
farmers in agriculture.
5. Government is making laws to protect animals.
6. Some people use animals for their beneficial purpose and ill treat
them to extract more money.
7. Animals and birds should be taken care with love and affection;
proper food should be given to them.
8. Lakes, ponds and rivers should not be polluted as they give shelter
to many animals.
9. The fuels like petrol and coal and pesticides should not be used
indiscriminately as they pollute and harm animals.
10. Trees should not be cut down instead trees should be grown in the
backyard of house, school premises, streets and vacant places.
Conceptual Understanding:
Q1. Name some animals which help us in earning a livelihood?
A) The animals that help us in earning our livelihood are sheep, goat,
horse, donkey, cow, buffalo, dog, camel, hen, monkey etc.
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Q2. Write about the daily activities of a shepherd?
A) Shepherd wakes up early in the morning. He takes the sheep to the
uplands and returns home in the evening when it gets dark. He carries
the lambs that cannot walk. He walks long distance to graze his sheep.
He protects his sheep from wild animals with the help of a dog.
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Q3. Write the names of any four endangered animals?
A) The names of four endangered animals are: 1) Bengal Tiger
2) Battameka pakshi 3) Kalivi kodi and 4) Punganuru cow.

Q4. What are the different needs for which we depend on animals?
A) We depend on animals for various needs.

1. For agriculture – cow, ox and bull.

2. For food – goat, sheep, hen and fish.
3. For protection – dog.
4. For transport – camel, horse, donkey and bull.
5. For livelihood – camel, horse, parrot, monkey, elephant and
snakes
6. For fun – monkey, camel and horse.
7. For marriages – Horse and elephant.
8. For consumer goods – donkey, cow, horse and bull.
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 Q5. Why are earthworms, spiders, and snakes etc., called friends of
farmers?
A) Earthworms: They eat the waste from fields and make the soil
fertile with its excreta. It also allows plants to grow well.
Spiders: Spiders knit the web. The insects and mosquitoes which
harm the crop get stuck in the web. Thus, it protects the crop
from harmful insects.
Snakes: They swallow the rats that eat grains and destroy fields.
Ants: They eat the smaller insects and eggs lying on the plants.
Thus, these animals are called as friends of farmers.
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Q6. How can you say that animals also have needs like us?
A) 1. Animals are living creature like us.
2. They need air, water, food and shelter to live.
3. Besides these, animals also need love affection, kindness and
sympathy.
4. So, I can say that animals also have needs like us.
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Fill in the blanks

1. Our ancestors lived in forest.

2. Since generations man has been using animals to fulfil his needs.
3. Tiger is our national animal.
4. Hunting and selling of wild animals is a crime.
5. Tykrograma lifespan is only one week.
6. Vulture is an endangered bird.
7. Greed makes our life miserable.
8. Man is the only reason and responsible for pollution.
 9. Hunting wild animals is prohibited by the law.
10. The cattle are dying by eating the plastic covers thrown by us.
11. When species begin to disappear quickly they become endangered.
12. The fuel and pesticides should not be used indiscriminately as they
pollute the environment.

Questioning – hypothesis

Q) All animals gathered and decided to take up the ‘Movement on

Protecting Animal Rights’. They passed a resolution to question the
people who exploit their rights. Write, what questions the
representatives of Animal Rights Society would ask people.
A) The representative of Animal Rights Society would ask the people
about:
1. Cow: Cows give you milk. But you do not give proper food to
them. Why do you sell them to butcher?

2. Hen: Hen gives you eggs but you kill them for meat. Why do you do
so?

3. Sheep: Sheep gives you wool. Why do you kill them for meat?

4. Dog: Dog guards your house day and night. Even then you don't give
them proper food and you don't allow them to play with their friends.

5. Donkey: They carry heavy loads for you. Why do you force them to
work even when they are not well?
Experiments- field observation

a) Visit a nearby agricultural field and list out insects/ animals that harm
or help the farmers in the fields.

Insects/ animals Insects/ animals that

that help the farmer harm the crop
Sheep Mosquito
Earthworm Rats
Spider Elephant
Ant Leaf insects
Tykrograma Wolves
Bull/ oxen/ cow

b) Observe the animals in your area which are subjected to violence

and write about them.
A) I observed some animals which are subjected to violence. They are:
1. Dogs: They guard our house day and night but children throw stones
on them and hurt them.
2. Monkeys: Monkeys are caught and taken away by Circus people and
trained to dance, walk on the ropes and ride the bicycle. The owner of
the Circus controls the monkey with a sharp edge stick.
3. Parrot: They are caught and kept in cages by the foretellers.
4. Donkey: They carry heavy loads and are controlled by man with a
stick.
5. Cats: Cats kill mice which eat away our food grains. But we beat them
with sticks and drive them away.
Appreciation

a) How do you feel when you watch animals in the zoo?

A) 1. I feel very happy and excited when I watch the animals in the zoo.
But at the same time I feel very sad and sorry because they do not have
freedom.
2. They are like slaves to the people. It is very bad to take away their
freedom for our selfish motive.
3. Some animals are not taken care properly, they have to live in the
same place till they die.

b) Oxen and bulls work hard the whole year to help in farming. What
benefits do they expect in return? What should we learn from them?
A) Oxen and Bulls work hard the whole year in the fields to produce the
crops. But they get nothing in return except food and water. They also
expect love, affection, care and timely medication when they fall ill.
From animals we need to learn not to be selfish for our needs, to be
obedient, hardworking, to be faithful and help others as they do to the
human beings.
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C) Write and exhibit slogans on love affection and kindness towards
animals.
A) Slogans: A memorable phrase used in advertisement.
1. Don’t kill the animals, kill the animals inside you.
2. Love animals, don't harm them.
3. Animals are my friends, I never hurt them.
4. Freedom of life is everyone's right.
5. Animals are our neighbours, respect them.
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Information skills

Tabulate the information on uses of animals

Sl.no Name of the animal How it is useful to us
1 Cow gives us milk
2 Hen gives us meat and eggs
3 Sheep gives us wool and meat
4 Honey Bee gives us honey

Communication through mapping skills

You have learnt about various animals in the lesson. Draw and colour
your favourite animal pictures.

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