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  LESSON - FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE   QUESTION AND ANSWERS:- 1.     What are some of the things that can be seen from the train window? Some of the things that can be seen from the train windows are Bridges, houses, hedges, ditches, meadows, horses, cattle, hills, plain, painted stations, a child, a tramp, a cart, a man, and a river can be seen from the railway carriage.   2.     Are the stations really ‘whistling by’? The train is ‘whistling by’; the stations are standing still.   3.     What does ‘a tramp’ mean? A tramp is a person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a beggar.   4.     What does ‘brambles’ mean? Brambles are prickly shrubs, especially blackberry shrubs. To gather brambles is to pick Black berries.

  LESSON 6 THE FOUR DOMAINS OF THE EARTH QUESTIONS & ANSWERS:- 1.     Name the four domains of the earth? Lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere are the four domains of the earth.   2.     What is found in the lithosphere? Lithosphere is the outermost solid layer of the earth which is made of rocks and minerals. Lithosphere includes all landmasses. Most of the minerals present in earth are found in lithosphere. Iron, copper and gold are some metallic minerals and coal, oil and natural gas found in lithosphere are mineral fuels.   3.     What are the three states of water? Water exists in three states - solid, liquid and gaseous. The icecaps in the Polar Regions are in the sold form. The water in the oceans, rivers, lakes and seas is in the liquid form. The water vapour in the air is in the gaseous form.   4.     What holds the air around the Earth? The air is held around the Earth due to the gravitational pull of the earth.   5.     What is

  LESSON – 4 ADAPTATION IN ANIMALS DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS. 1.       Hibernation Some animals become inactive and going into a kind of deep sleep during the winter season to protect themselves from cold and to conserve energy when sufficient food unavailable. This called hibernation.   2.       Camouflage Some animals like chameleon and stick insect have ability to blend with the colour of their surroundings to save themselves from their enemies. This is called camouflage.   3.       Migration Some animals move to another place in large numbers when there is a harsh climate and scarcity of food. The large scale movement of animals to escape extreme climatic conditions and in search of food is called migration.   ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. 1.       What do you mean by the term “adaptation”? Any feature that helps an animal to modify itself in some way to survive better in its environment is called adaptation.   2.       What causes an animal speci

  LESSON   5 – MOTIONS OF THE EARTH   QUESTIONS & ANSWERS:- 1.     What was discovered in the sixteenth century? The movement of earth was first discovered in the sixteenth century.   2.     What is rotation? Rotation is the spinning of the Earth on its axis from west to east once in about 24 hours is considered as one day.   3.     How are day and night caused? Day and night are caused by the rotation of the earth. While the earth rotates, the portion of the earth that faces the sun has day and does not face the sun has night.   4.     What is revolution? Revolution is the annual motion of the Earth around the sun along its fixed orbit from west to east.   5.     How are seasons caused? Name the seasons:- The time taken by the Earth to complete one revolution results in the occurrence of four seasons all over the world. These four seasons are summer, autumn, winter and spring.  

      LESSON – 4   BEING A GOOD CITIZEN   QUESTION & ANSWERS:- 1.      Who is a good citizen? A person who performs his duties towards the country and thinks about its well-being is called a good citizen. 2.      Why do you call your school ‘my school’? We call our school ‘my school’ because a school belongs to all the children who study there and we take care of our school. 3.      Mention any two features of democracy? A democracy is the government of the people, for the people and by the people. The democracy allows to exercise the right to vote so as to choose our own leaders. 4.      What must you not do at the historical monuments? We should not try to scribble on the walls of the historical monuments. And we do not dirty the monument compounds by through garbage here and there. 5.      How can you best use the parks? We never shout or create noise in a park. We should not pluck flowers, do not throw garbage here and there and do not write on the

  LESSON – 3 INTRODUCTION TO CIVICS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:-   1.      Define civics:- Civics deals with the rights and duties of the citizens of a country as well the working of the government of that country.   2.      What does civic sense mean? Civic sense means social ethics. It refers to the unspoken duty of a person towards the society.   3.      What is citizenship? Citizenship is the status of a person recognised under the law established by the sovereign country. In general citizenship is quite close to the nationality of a person.   4.      Mention two characteristics of a good neighbour:- 1.      A good neighbour are the people who can reach you before all your relatives and well-wishers in case of emergencies. 2.      The neighbours are our closest help.   5.      Why do we need to be good citizens? A good citizen contributes towards the growth and prosperity of a country. So, we all need to be a good citizens.

  LESSON -2 CALENDARS AND TIMELINE QUESTION AND ANSWERS:- 1.      What does the Gregorian calendar say about leap year? As regards leap year, The Gregorian calendar says ‘every year that is exactly divisible by four is a leap year.   2.      List the name of the months of the Saka calendar? The months of the saka calendar are: 1.        Chaitra 2.        Vaishakha 3.        Jyeshtha 4.        Ashadha 5.        Sharavana 6.        Bhaadra 7.        Ashwin 8.        Kartika 9.        Agrahayana 10.                           Pausha 11.                           Magha 12.                           Phalguna   3.      Comment on the relationship between the Saka and the Gregorian months? The Saka calenda

  LESSON – ANANSI AND FIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER:- 1.      What was the witch’s name and why didn’t she like it? The witch’s name was five. She did not like it because all through her life people had laughed or looked surprised when they heard that was her name.   2.      What was the witch doing in her garden? The witch was stirring her big cooking pot and saying a spell in her garden.   3.      Why was Anansi pleased? Anansi was pleased because he heard the witch and he thought he would be able to use her spell to make some money or get some food.   4.      What was the first animal that Anansi tricked? The first animal that Anansi tricked was Mrs. Rabbit.   5.      Which animals were not fooled by Anansi? Miss frog and Mrs. Shrew were not fooled by Anansi.   6.      What things could you buy in the market? At the market you could buy yams, beets, pulses, grains, sweets potato, pies, and mouth-watering delicacies.   7.      Why was Mrs. Shrew go