ENGLISH LITERATURE Grade: III

Unit 5A Our Home Earth

New Words:
1. special 9. atmosphere
2. surface 10. oxygen
3. percent 11. support
4. hurtling 12. occurs
5. nitrogen
6. measurements
7. Nicolaus Copernicus
8. pressure

Word meanings:
1. hurtling – moving in an uncontrolled manner and at great speed
2. satellites – man-made objects or devices sent to space
3. solar system – the sun and the group of planets that move around it

Make Sentences:
1. surface - The surface of the table is as smooth as silk.
2. ancient – I heard a story about an ancient kingdom.
3. planet - Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.
4. scientist - His ambition is to become a great scientist.
5. believed - We believed him to be innocent.

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Answer the following questions with reference to the context:

1. If you could take a look at the planet from space, you would find that it looks blue.

a) Why does the Earth look blue from space?

Ans. The Earth looks blue from space because most of the Earth’s surface is
covered with water.

b) How much surface of the Earth is covered with water?

Ans. Seventy percent of the Earth’s surface is covered with water.

c) What part of the Earth is covered with land?

Ans. Thirty percent of the Earth’s surface is covered with land.

2. The Earth is a part of the solar system with seven other planets.

a) What did ancient people believe about the Sun?

Ans. The ancient people believed that all the planets along with the Sun moved around
the Earth.

b) What did Nicolaus Copernicus find?

Ans. Nicolaus Copernicus found out that the Sun was at the centre of the solar system
and all the planets including the earth move around it.

c) What does the word ‘ancient’ mean?

Ans. The word ‘ancient’ means very old.

Antonyms:
1. support X oppose
2. important X unimportant
3. learn X unlearn
4. more X less

Synonyms:
1. believe - trust 2. hurtling - speed 3. centre - middle
4. change - switch

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