A - FILL IN THE BLANKS

1) Air helps the birds to fly

2) Plants need air to make their food.
3) Living things need air to breathe.
4) Aeroplanes and hot air balloons fly in the sky with the help of air
5) Kites can fly in the air
6) Air contains smoke; dust germs and water vapor.

B – Fill in the bblanks

1. I start as liquid. When I got cold in the refrigerator; I freeze into ice.
2. I started as liquid. I get heat I change into water vapour.
3. I started as gas. But when I cooled down; I changed into water.

C – WRITE TRUE OR FALSE FOR FOLLOWING STATEMENTS

1) True
2) False
3) True
4) False
5) False
6) False

D – DEFINE THE FOLLOWING

1) EVAPORATION
The process by which water changes into water vapour on heating is called
evaporation.
2) CONDENSATION
The process by which water vapor changes into water in the form of water
droplets on cooling down is called condensation
3 ) FREEZING
The process by which water changes into ice or snow is called freezing.
4 ) MELLTING
The process by which ice or snow changes into water is called melting.
5 ) HAIL
The small balls of ice that falls on earth as a solid form of rain is called hail

F ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN SHORT

Q1 – NAME TWO COMPONENTS PRESENT IN AIR
Answer 1 – Air contains many gases; water vapour; smoke ; dust and germs
Q2 – WHY DO WE NEED AIR?
Answer 2 – Living things need air for their survival. Plants and animals need the
oxygen present in the air for the process of breathing. Plants need carbon dioxide
present in the air to prepare their own food through the process of
photosynthesis.
Q3 – DEFINE WATER CYCLE
Answer 3 – Water cycle is the natural process in which water continuously
changes its form from one state to the other state.
Q4 – NAME THE THREE FORMS OF WATER.
Answer 4 – The three forms of water are solid state – ice/snow; liquid state –
water/ water droplets and gaseous state – water vapour.
Q5 – HOW CAN WE KEEP AIR CLEAN?
Answer 5 – We can keep the air clean by planting more and more trees

G LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

Q1 – LIST THE USES OF AIR
Answer 1 – The major uses of air are
a) All living things require oxygen present in the air for breathing
b) Plant needs carbon dioxide present in the air to prepare their own food
through the process of photosynthesis
c) Air is needed for the process of burning
 d) Birds; aeroplane and hot air balloons require air to fly in the sky
e) Dried leaves; small pieces of paper and kites fly in the sky with the help of
air
f) Air is filled up in tyres; balloons and balls to give them a fixed shape.

Q 2 – DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN
A) EVAPORATION AND CONDENSATION
B) FREEZING AND MELTING
Answer
EVAPORATION
The process in which water changes
into water vapour on heating is called
evaporation
Liquid (water )------- gaseous (water
vapur)
CONDENSATION
The process in which water vapor
changes into water /water droplets on
cooling down is called condensation
Gaseous (water vapor)--------- liquid
(water / water droplets)

FREEZING
The process in which water changes
into ice or snow on decreasing or the
temperature or cooling is called
freezing
Liquid (water) ------- solid (ice /snow)
MELTING
The process in which ice or snow
changes into water on increasing the
temperature or heating is called
melting
Solid (snow/ice)----- liquid (water)

Q3 DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF WATER CYCLE

Answer 3 – There are 4 main stages of water cycle
A ) EVAPORATION – The sun heats up the water present in the water bodies and
forms water vapor
B ) CONDENSATION – As water vapor rises up in the sky; it starts cooling down
and changes into tiny water droplets. These water droplets join together to form
clouds
C ) PRECIPITATION ( RAIN) – When clouds become heavy and cannot hold any
more water droplets; they fall down on the earth as rain
D ) COLLECTION – Rain water fills up the water bodies which again gets heated
up by the sun’s heat and the cycle continues

Q4 – WHY DOES IT RAIN IN WARMER PLACES AND SNOW IN COLDER PLACES?

Answer 4 – In very cold places such as high mountains; water freezes and falls
down on the earth in the form of snow. In warmer places; water does not freeze.
Therefore; in these places water falls down on the earth as rain.

Q 5 – DRAW STEPS OF WATER CYCLE AND NAME THE PROCESSES