Science Nature

(Teacher Manual) Class-1

SCIENCE NATURE-1 organs. 5. Skin
1. Living and Non-living Things 7. We Need Food
A. 1. Right 2. Wrong 3. Wrong 4. Right A. 1. fruits, vegetables and cereals 2. milk,
5.Right eggs and meat 3. butter, ghee and curd
B. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. a 4. breakfast, lunch and dinner
C. 1. Living things ...................... animals. B. 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. a
2. Non-living things .............. table. 3. We do C. 1. To live and grow. 2. Plants and animals.
.............. own. 4. Mother .................... baby. 3. Food items that are made from milk.
2. Green World of Plants 4. Foods that help ............. healthy foods.
A. 1. Right 2. Right 3. Wrong 4. Wrong 5. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
5.Right 8. Housing and Clothing
B. 1. Neem 2. Shrubs 3. Climbers 4. A. 1. houseboats 2. rooms 3. bedroom
Creepers 4. clothes 5. cotton
C. 1. c 2.b 3.a 4. b B. 1. c 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. c
D. 1. Big,tall ............ mango. 2. Mint .......... C. 1. To live in. 2. Permanent houses made
Sunflower. 3. The stem of .............. creepers. are of bricks, cement and steel while
E. Do yourself temporary houses are made of mud, thatch
3. Food from Plants and dry grass. 3. Houses that are made of
A. 1. Wrong 2. Right 3. Right 4. Wrong cloth. 4. We wear cotton clothes in summer
5.Right season and woollen clothes in winters. 5.
B. 1. a 2. c 3. c 4. c 5. b Special clothes wear by some people at work.
C. 1. Roots, stems, leaves and flowers. 9. Keeping Fit
2. Fleshy and juicy part of a plant. 3. Cereals A. 1. Wrong 2. Wrong 3. Wrong 4. Right
and pulses. 4. Tea and coffee are beverages. 5.Right
5. Red chillies, cumin seeds and clove. B. 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. b
4. Wonderful Animals C. Eat healthy food ................ surroundings
A. 1. big 2. milk 3. zoo 4. penguin 5. aquatic clean. 2. Makes us feel ..................... of
animal energy. 3. Exercising and playing outdoor
B. 1. c 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. b games. 4. By keeping ourselves dust and
C. 1. c 2. e 3. b 4. a 5. d germs free. 5. Throw trash in trashbin and
5. Animals : Food and Shelter cover the mouth while sneezing.
A. 1. Right 2. Right 3. Right 4. Wrong 5. 10. Stay Safe
Right A. 1. Safety 2. zebra crossing 3. road 4.
B. 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. a Green 5. heater
C. 1. Plant-eaters eat grass and other green B. 1. c 2. a 3. a 4. c 5. c
plants while flesh-eaters hunt other animals C. 1. Staying away from harm. 2. Always
and eat their flesh. 2. Frog, spider and lizard. walk on the footpath and cross the road at the
3. Elephants, monkeys and rabbits. 4. Birds zebra crossing. 3. Do not put ...................
5. Dog and cow. moving bus and do not board .................
6. Our Body moving bus. 4. Red light tells ................... to
A. 1. two 2. two 3. ten 4. two 5. two 6. one 7. go. 5. Do not play ................ blades and do
one 8. two not play with ................. switches.
B. 1. c 2. a 3. a 4. a 5. b 11. We Need Air
C. 1. Many 2. Writing and eating 3. Running A. 1. Air 2. breathe 3. move 4. wind 5. helps
and skipping 4. Eyes, nose ................. sense B. 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. c

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C. 1. When it moves. 2. The air takes up the 4. monsoon 5. fall
space inside the balloon. 3. Moving air is B. 1. b 2. c 3. b 4. c 5. a
called wind. 4. Air occupies space and has C. 1. There are five seasons in a year. 2.
weight. 5. Air helps us to breathe and to burn Weather is the condition of air at a particular
things. time or place. 3. We wear woollen clothes to
12. We Need Water keep ourselves warm. 4. The days of spring
A. 1. Wrong 2. Right 3. Wrong 4. Right and autumn seasons are very pleasant. 5.
5.Right Raincoats and umbrella
B. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. a 14. Up in the Sky
C. 1. Plants need water to grow. 2. For A. 1. Wrong 2. Wrong 3. Wrong 4. Right
drinking and bathing. 3. Rain 4. A large water 5.Right
body that flows towards sea or ocean. 5. Pot, B. 1. b 2. c 3. c 4. c 5. c
bucket, bottle and tank. C. 1. The space above the Earth. 2. The sun.
13. Weather and Seasons 3. No. 4. People who travel in space. 5.
A. 1. sun 2. summer season 3. winter season Because they are very very far from us.

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Science Nature
(Teacher Manual) Class-2
SCIENCE NATURE-2 4. Wild Animals
1. Types of Plants A. 1. Rabbit 2. Monkey 3. Cow 4. Jackal
A. 1. Right 2. Wrong 3. Right 4. Wrong 5. 5. Dodo
Wrong B. 1. b 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. a
B. 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. b C. 1. Animals that live in forests.2. Elephant,
C. 1. In the soil 2. We can classify the plants giraffe and zebra. 3. In nest 4. Herbivores eat
on the basis of their shape and size. 3. In most grass, leaves and fruits while carnivores eat
trees the trunk bears many small stems called the flesh of other animals. 5. Human beings
branches. 4. Shrubs: a. Shrubs smaller than ....................... other things.
trees. b. Shrubs have a thin and hard stem. D. 1. Pride 2. Herd 3. Colony 4. Troop 5.
Herbs: a. The very small plants are called Flock 6. School
herbs. b. Herbs have a soft stem. 5. Bones and Muscles
5. Climbers: a. Climbers cannot erect stand A. 1. Wrong 2. Right 3. Wrong 4. Right
on their own. b. They need support of another 5.Wrong
plant or sticks to stand. B. 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. b
Creepers: a. Creepers crawl along the C. 1. The bones together ............... called
ground. b. Creepers have weak stem. the skeleton. 2. The skull 3. To bend and
2. Uses of Plants twist. 4. To allow us to walk, run and play. 5.
A. 1. Right 2. Wrong 3. Right 4. Wrong 5. The position ................. called posture.
Right 6. Healthy Food
B. 1. c 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. c A. 1. food 2. protective 3. first 4. slowly
C. 1. Plants gives us vegetables, fruits, cereals 5. uncovered
and pulses. Plants also give us coffee, tea, B. 1. c 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. b
sugar, oil and spices. 2. Onion, carrot and C. 1. To live and grow. 2. Rice, sugar, butter,
radish 3. Pulses are very important for the potato, etc. 3. It helps us to .............. from our
growth of children. Children should eat body. 4. Some people ........ called vegetarians
plenty of pulses in their meals. 4. a. Tulsi is and some ........................ non-vegetarians.
used for treatment of cold and cough. b. 5. (a) Wash .............. meals. (b) Always eat
Neem leaves and its bark are used for skin ................. food.
diseases. c. Cinchona leaves are used for 7. Housing and Clothing
curing malaria. 5. Three uses of plants are: a.
A. 1. Pucca 2. flats 3. tents 4. summer 5.
Flowers of some plants are used for
Wool
decoration. b. Some plants are used as
B. 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. c
hedges. c. Dried wood of trees is used as fuel.
C. 1. We need a ............. unwanted animals.
3. Animals Help Us
2. Pucca house is made of bricks ..................
A. 1. Right 2. Right 3. Wrong 4. Right 5.
steel while kutcha house is made of mud. 3.
Right
Houses that float on water. 4. Cotton clothes;
B. 1. a 2. c 3. c 4. b 5. a because they keep our body ................ sweat.
C. 1. lion 2. cow 3. oil 4. tie 5. sheep 5. From sheep.
D. 1. Animals that we .................... animals. D. 1. Igloo 2. Bricks 3. Raincoat 4. Tent 5.
2. Cows, buffaloes and goats. 3. Silkworm Carvan
4. Shoes, jackets and belts. 5. Donkey, horse, 8. Safety
ox and elephant; because they are used to A. 1. Right 2. Right 3. Wrong 4. Wrong 5.
carry .................. our fields. Wrong
E. 1. Bread 2. Butter 3. Cheese 4. Curd 5. B. 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. a
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C. 1. Our carelessness 2. On the pavement. vapours rise up and cool down to form clouds.
3. Do not lean out .............. moving vehicle. D. 1. Snow 2. Steam 3. Ice 4. Sun
4. Do not play ..................... slide or see-saw. 12. Weather and Seasons
5. Swimming tube. A. 1. Weather 2. Season 3. Loo 4. Winter
9. Air season 5. Rainbow
A. 1. feel 2. air 3. Clean 4. storm 5. dry B. 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. b
B. 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. c C. 1. Weather is a ............ and time. 2.
C. 1. Air is a mixture of gases. 2. Gases, When one .............. season; five seasons. 3.
water vapours, dust particles, smoke and We wear cotton .............. calm. We enjoy
germs. 3. By growing more plants. 4. Breeze is .............. and fruit juices. 4. December and
a soft blowing wind while storm is a fast January 5. During this season .............. rains
blowing wind. 5. Wind helps ................... on a lot.
water; Wind moves ............... of a windmill. 13. Rocks and Minerals
10. Water A. 1. GRANITE 2. MARBLE 3. CHINA
A. 1. Rain 2. Wells 3. dirty 4. tap 5. hosepipes CLAY 4. QUARTZ 5. SILICA
B. 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. b B. 1. a 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. c
C. 1. Rainwater fills ............... called surface C. 1. Rocks are .............. valleys. 2. Rocks
water. 2. Wells, tube wells .............. ground are ............. and soft. 3. Slate. 4. Gold and
water. 3. Potable water 4. The clean ............. silver 5. Gemstones are ................ different
potable water. 5. Close the ........... bathing. colours. Ruby and Sapphire.
D. 1. Driving 2. Rafting 3. Surfing 4. Water 14. Sun, Light and Shadow
pool A. 1. Wrong 2. Right 3. Right 4. Wrong 5.
11. The Water Cycle Right
A. 1. Water 2. Steam 3. freezing 4. solid B. 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. b
B. 1. c 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. a C. 1. The sun is a .............. the west. 2. The
C. 1. Solid, liquid and gas. 2. When water sun heats .............. clothes. 3. Bulb and tube
changes ............. called evaporation. 3. When light. 4. When any object ................ called a
steam ........... called condensation. 4. The sun shadow. 5. Because the shape ...................
heat ............. seas and oceans. 5. Water position of the sun.

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Science Nature
(Teacher Manual) Class-3
SCIENCE NATURE-3 C. 1. Grass, leaves and plants. 2. Animals
1. Living and Non-living Things that eat both ........................ as omnivores.
A. 1. Right 2. Wrong 3. Wrong 4. Right 5. 3. Some herbivores ...................... chewing
Wrong of cud. 4. Omnivores ........................ small
B. 1. c 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. c pieces. 5. Dogs and cats ............................
C. 1. All people, animals and plants are lapping.
living things. Things that are made by man D. 1. Goat 2. Cow 3. Squirrel 4. Frog 5. Dog
and can not breathe are non –living things. 2. 4. Wonderful Birds
Man-made things: Things that are made by A. 1. Right 2. Right 3. Wrong 4. Right 5.
people are called man-made things. Natural Wrong
things: Things that are created in nature are B. 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. c
called natural things. 3. Cut flowers are once C. 1. c 2. d 3. e 4. b 5. a 6. f
living as they were once a part of living plants. D. 1. feathers 2. warm 3. Cardinal 4. talons
4. Many animals such as cows, buffaloes, 5. Penguins
camels, tigers breathe through their nostrils E. 1. Body feathers, flight feathers, down
and insects like cockroaches breathe through feathers. 2. In upstroke ............. flying. 3.
their tiny air holes called spiracles. 5. Birds like woodpeckers ............. their nests.
Humans, animals and plants reproduce their 4. Birds like sparrows ............. at the back. 5.
own kind. Humans and most animals give A tailor bird ................. fibres. 6. The birds
birth to babies that are like themselves. This is .............. hatching.
called reproduction. F. Do yourself
2. Plant Life 5. The Human Body
A. 1. Right 2. Right 3. Wrong 4. Wrong 5. A. 1. b 2. a 3. e 4. c 5. d
Wrong B. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. c
B. 1.a 2. c 3.b 4. a 5. b C. 1. Cells are ............... activities. 2. The
C. 1. a. The part of the plant that remains human ................... column. 3. Digestion is
under the ground is called the root. b. The ............. the anus. 4. The lungs ...............
part which is above the ground is called the body. 5. Excretory ............... carbon dioxide.
shoot. 2. Roots absorb water and nutrients D. Do yourself
that plants need to grow. They can also store 6. Safety First
food. 3. The shoot system includes the above-
A. 1. Wrong 2. Wrong 3. Right 4. Right 5.
ground structures of plants. That means it
Wrong
includes the leaves, buds, stems, flowers and
fruits of plants. 4. The leaves take sunlight B. 1. a 2. c 3. c 4. a 5. c
and carbon dioxide from the air and convert C. 1. Knives ............ or appliances. 2. Diwali
the nutrients to plant food. This process is ........... quickly. 3. Do not .......... school gate.
called photosynthesis. 5. The underside of 4. First aid is ............ arrives. 5. If there's
the leaf has very tiny pores, called stomata. 6. bleeding .............. pat dry. D. Do yourself
The process by which a seed grows into a tiny 7. Housing and Clothing
plant is called germination. A. 1. Igloos 2. Houseboat 3. Cotton clothes
D. 1. Stem 2. Roots 3. Flower 4. Leaves 5. 4. Silk 5. Polyester
Fruit B. 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. b
3. Eating Habits of Animals C. 1. We all .............. our house. 2. People
A. 1. Right 2. Wrong 3. Right 4. Wrong 5. ......... called nomads. 3. A good house
Right ........... germ-free. 4. We should ............ kept
B. 1. a 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. b covered. 5. Fibres we get .............. man-made

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fibres. D. Do yourself C. 1. Our solar system ........ planets. 2. There
8. Air and Water are .............. Neptune. 3. Crescent moon
A. 1. Wrong 2. Right 3. Right 4. Wrong 5. .............. full moon. 4. Some stars ..............
Right constellations. 5. A telescope is ............ stars.
B. 1. b 2. c 3. b 4. c 5. a D. Do yourself
C. 1. Air is ................. to live. 2. Air contains 12. Soil and Rocks
.............. of glass. 3. Water exists ............... A. 1. Plants 2. Soil 3. Humus 4. Loamy
into water. 4. In the atmosphere .................. 5. Diamond
precipitation. 5. The water cycle ................. B. 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. a
back again. D. Do yourself C. 1. The topmost .................. soil. 2. Soil is
9. Weather and Seasons formed .................. or more. 3. Sandy, clayey
A. 1. winds 2. rainy 3. loo 4. hilly 5. spring and loamy. 4. Loamy soil ................... plants.
B. 1. b 2. a 3. a 4. c 5. c 5. Granite is ................. buildings.
C. 1. On some days sun shines ............ of the D. 1. d 2. c 3. b 4. a
day. On some days ............ cloudy days. 2. 13. Light, Sound and Force
We wear ............ sweat. 3. They use ............ A. 1. Right 2. Wrong 3. Right 4. Wrong 5.
warm. 4. During monsoon ............ getting Right
wet. 5. Floods cause a lot ................. roads. B. 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. b 5. a
D. 1. Sunny 2. Rainy 3. Storm 4. Breeze C. 1. Bulb, torch .......... on them. 2. Shadows
10. The Earth are ............ of light. 3. Sounds that ............
A. 1. Right 2. Wrong 3. Right 4. Wrong 5. noises. 4. Force helps us ............ rolling it. 5.
Right The force that ............ called friction.
B. 1. b 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. c D. 1. Pushing 2. Pulling 3. Pushing
C. 1. Our Earth is ..................... their life. 2. 14. Measurement
Photographs ............... called astronauts. 3. A. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. c 5. c
The Earth ............. called rotation. 4. The B. 1. e 2. c 3. d 4. b 5. a
rotation of ............ 24 hours. 5. Our Earth C. 1. scale 2. Capacity 3. litre 4. hours
........... a year. 5. Temperature
11. The Solar System D. 1. Metre (m) 2. Capacity is ............. hold.
A. 1. Sun 2. Planets 3. Moon 4. New moon 3. Time is ............. seconds. 4. Temperature
5. Constellations ............. object is. 5. The standard .............
B. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. a kilogram (kg). E. Do yourself

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Science Nature
(Teacher Manual) Class-4
SCIENCE NATURE-4 4. Adaptations in Animals
1. Food for Plants A. 1. habitat 2. fins 3. hump 4. arboreal 5.
A. 1. Wrong 2. Right 3. Right 4. Wrong 5. horns
Wrong 6. Right B. 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. c 5. b
B. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. a 6. b C. 1. Camels have thick skin and long legs to
C. 1. The leaf blade or lamina ................ keep them off from the hot sand and help to
place. 2. Chlorophyll, sunlight, water and keep its body cool. They .............. water and
carbon dioxide. 3. Chlorophyll 4. In stomata, food. 2. Polar bear has .......... protects it from
exchange of gases between the leaf and enemies. 3. They have lungs ................ moist
atmosphere takes place. The pores also help skin. 4. Animals like tick ............... parasites.
in the loss of water from the plant, called 5. Polar bear and chameleon are two animals
transpiration. 5. Moulds and mushrooms get that camouflage. Thus, they confuse .............
their food from dead and decayed plants and camouflaging. 6. Some birds of cold .............
animals. 6. The ultimate source of from severe cold.
................. consumers. 7. A chain exists in D. 1. Fish 2. Hen 3. Tortoise 4. Octopus
nature for obtaining food. A chain that shows 5. Our Food and Nutrition
a series of organisms where each member A. 1. Right 2. Wrong 3. Right 4. Right 5.
depends on the lower member in the series for Right
food is called a food chain. D. Do yourself B. 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. a
2. Adaptations in Plants C. 1. Rice, Wheat 2. Butter, Ghee 3. Eggs,
A. 1. Right 2. Wrong 3. Right 4. Wrong 5. Pulses 4. Milk, Carrot 5. Tomato, Orange
Wrong 6. Right 6. Milk, Cheese
B. 1. b 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. c 6. b D. 1. Food contains ............ called nutrients.
C. 1. The living and dwelling place of a plant 2. Carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and
or an animal is known as its habitat. 2. The minerals. 3. Carbohydrates give us ...............
plants have to adjust according to the rich in carbohydrates. 4. Proteins help our
environment by changing some of their parts. ................... called body-building nutrients.
5. Roughage helps the body to get rid of
These modifications in the structure and
undigested food. E. Do yourself
function of an organism to adjust the various
6. Teeth Structure and Digestion
habitats are known as adaptations. 3. Trees A. 1. temporary 2. root 3. enamel 4. Canines
growing in plains .................. sunlight. 4. 5. mouth 6. stomach
The trees in these ................ their branches. B. 1. b 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. a 6. c
5. The roots of floating plants are ................. C. 1. Wrong 2. Wrong 3. Right 4. Right 5.
spongy stem. 6. These plants are carnivorous Wrong
in nature. Their leaves are modified to trap D. 1. Human beings ...... and the permanent.
insects. D. Do yourself 2. A tooth is basically ............. called the
3. Reproduction in Animals neck. 3. Incisors, Canines, Premolars and
A. 1. f 2. e 3. b 4. c 5. d 6. a Molars. 4. For healthy teeth .................. our
B. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. a teeth strong. 5. The process by which
C. 1. The process by .............. reproduction. ................ the body through the anus. 6.
2. Animals like lion ................. after few Wash your hands ............ interval of time.
days. 3. An egg has ............... provides it with E. Do yourself
water. 4. Frogs lay their eggs ............... grows 7. Safety Rules
into an adult frog. 5. Four stages or three A. 1. Accidents 2. potholders 3. wet 4.
stages. D. Do yourself pavement 5. hand signals 6. cold water

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B. 1. b 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. b 6. b machines 4. inclined plane 5. energy 6.
C. 1. Right 2. Wrong 3. Right 4. Right 5. geothermal energy
Wrong 6. Right B. 1. b 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. c 6. c
D. 1. Do not play ........ to handle hot objects. C. 1. d 2. a 3. f 4. b 5. c 6. e
2. Do not leave ............. you may fall down. D. 1. Force helps us ...................... change
3. Do not run up ............ fight with anybody. its direction. 2. The force that
4. Cross the road .............. traffic light is red. .......................... gravitational force. 3.
5. First aid is the .................. doctor arrives. Wheel and axle .............. move loads. 4.
6. Wash the cut ................ adhesive bandage. Pulley is used ............... sailboat. 5. Sun,
E. Do yourself Wind, Water, Fuel and Earth. 6. Mechanical
8. Clothes energy, chemical energy, heat energy,
A. 1. good 2. Cotton 3. rubber 4. animals electrical energy, magnetic energy and sound
5. silkworm energy.
B. 1. a 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. c E. 1. Frictional Force 2. Mechanical Force 3.
C. 1. d 2. c 3. e 4. b 5. a Gravitational Force 4. Muscular Force 5.
D. 1. We wear clothes ......... rain and insects. Gravitational Force
2. Some people wear ............ called uniform. 12. Our Universe
3. Natural fibres and Man-made fibres. 4. A. 1. Right 2. Wrong 3. Wrong 4. Right 5.
Cotton is obtained from ............... beautiful Wrong 6. Right
clothes. 5. Clothes should be ............ insects B. 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. a 6. b
or moths. C. 1. Stars are not ................ called planets.
E. 1. N 2. N 3. M 4. N 5. M 6. N Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
9. Weather, Air and Water Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. 2. Mercury is
A. 1. gases 2. oxygen 3. three 4. bacteria the ........... solar system. 3. Venus is the
5. boiling ............ and evening. 4. The Earth has
B. 1. b 2. a 3. a 4. c 5. b ............ centre of the Earth. 5. Volcano is the
C. 1. Right 2. Wrong 3. Wrong 4. Right5. ............. called lava. 6. The spinning
Wrong ............. the Earth.
D. 1. Air is a mixture ............... and water D. 1. Sun 2. Earth 3. Mars 4. Saturn 5.Neptune
vapours. 2. During the day ............... land 13. Soil
breeze. 3. Evaporation is the ................. its A. 1. soil 2. weathering 3. living 4. Sandy 5.
vapour form. Condensation is the .............. soil erosion
its liquid form. 4. The heat of the sun B. 1. a 2. c 3. c 4. b 5. a
................. called the water cycle. 5. Soluble C. 1. Right 2. Right 3. Wrong 4. Right 5.
and insoluble 6. When water is .................... Right
called decantation. E. Do yourself D. 1. Soil is formed ............... and forms soil.
10. States of Matter 2. Soil is a mixture .............. air and water. 3.
A. 1. Wrong 2. Right 3. Right 4. Wrong 5. The uppermost layer ............ rock (bedrock)
Wrong layer. 4. Sandy soil ............ to touch. Clayey
B. 1. a 2. c 3. c 4. b 5. c soil .................. lot of water. Loamy soil
C. 1. Table, Chair 2. Juice, Coffee 3. .................. holding capacity. 5. The top layer
Perfume, Smoke ................ called soil erosion. E. Do yourself
D. 1. Matter is anything ............ made up of 14. Pollution
atoms. 2. Solid, liquid and gas. 3. Solids have A. 1. Wrong 2. Right 3. Wrong 4. Wrong 5.
definite ................... touch. Liquids do not Right
................ poured. Gases do not .................. B. 1. a 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. b
perfume. 4. In gases, the .......... at high C. 1. The addition ............. called pollution.
speed. 5. The solid substance ............. called 2. Air pollution, Water pollution and Land
solvent. pollution 3. Gases like ............... also pollute
E. Do yourself air. 4. Water pollution .............. animals and
11. Force, Work and Energy plants. 5. Walking or cycling ..............
A. 1. force 2. muscular force 3. simple properly and safely. D. Do yourself

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Science Nature
(Teacher Manual) Class-5
SCIENCE NATURE-5 B. 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. a 6. c
1. Growing Plants C. 1. The skeletal system 2. Vertebrae 3.
A. 1. Wrong 2. Right 3. Right 4. Right 5. Femur 4. Ball and socket joint 5. Cardiac
Wrong 6. Right D. 1. The skeletal system .............. of our
B. 1. b 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. c body. 2. Bones are hard ........... bone marrow.
C. 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. e 5. d 3. The different ............... and girdles. 4. The
D. 1. Organisms produce more of their own point where two ........... called ligaments. 5.
kind by the process called reproduction. 2. Pivot joint .............. movable joints. 6. There
Seeds with one cotyledon are called are three .................... cardiac muscles.
monocots. Seeds with two cotyledons are E. Do yourself
called dicots. 3. Germination is the process by 4. Nervous System
which a plant grows from a seed. 4. Seeds of A. 1. Right 2. Wrong 3. Right 4. Right 5.
some plants are very light. They have special Right 6. Wrong
parts such as hair or wings like structure B. 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. b 6. b
which help them to be blown around with the C. 1. b 2. d 3. e 4. c 5. a
breeze or wind. 5. Winter crops are known as D. 1. Our nervous system ................ and the
Rabi crops. Summer crops are known as nerves. 2. The cerebrum is the ...............
Kharif crops. 6. The practice of growing circulating blood. We have three ................
plants on a large scale is called agriculture. from the brain. 3. Our brain ............... reflex
Various stages of agriculture are: ploughing, actions. 4. Our eyes ................... to the brain.
sowing, adding manure and fertilisers, 5. The ear has .............. in the inner ear.
irrigation, protecting crops and harvesting E. Do yourself
and winnowing. E. Do yourself 5. Food, Health and Hygiene
2. Animals: Habitat and Adaptation A. 1. Carbohydrates 2. Proteins 3. Calcium
A. 1. Right 2. Right 3. Wrong 4. Wrong 5. 4. sleep 5. disease 6. Virus
Right 6. Right 7. Wrong B. 1. b 2. b 3. c 4. c 5. c 6. b
B. 1. c 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. a 6. c C. 1. The food we eat ............. and minerals.
C. 1.c 2. e 3. f 4. a 5. d 6. b 2. The food pyramid ................. and healthy.
D. 1. A habitat is a place where an animal 3. Some diseases can spread ................ called
lives that provides all of its needs for survival germs. Non-communicable .........................
including food, water, shelter and a place to deficiency diseases. 4. There are different
raise its young. 2. A desert is a dry place ................. athlete’s foot. 5. Communicable
................ are found in deserts. 3. The outer diseases ............ indirect contact. 6. Diseases
covering of animals keeps them warm. 4. The that are ............... deficiency diseases.
colour and/or pattern of an animal often D. Do yourself
allows it to either blend in or stand out from 6. Safety and First Aid
its environment. This is called camouflage. 5. A. 1. Wrong 2. Right 3. Wrong 4. Right 5.
Mosquitoes suck blood from the body ........... Right 6. Wrong
seeds and fruits. 6. Ducks waddle because B. 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. a
they ................ is called waddling. 7. Many C. 1. Always check the brakes ................ or
animals tend to change ............... is known as stones. 2. Never go near ............... in a boat.
migration. E. Do yourself 3. If your clothes ...................... put off fire.
3. Skeletal System and Muscular System 4. A sprain occurs ........................ swell up.
A. 1. organism 2. backbone 3. joint 4. pivot A fracture ...................... move the part. 5.
5. movement 6. Voluntary Sit down .................. to a doctor. 6. Wash the

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wound .................. anti-rabies injection. ................... and in watches. 5. When plants
D. Do yourself died ................. remains into coal. 6.
7. Air and Water Petroleum is also .............. and cosmetics.
A. 1. atmosphere 2. ozone layer 3. oxygen E. Do yourself
4. Rain 5. Evaporation 6. insoluble 11. Force, Work and Energy
B. 1. a 2. c 3. c 4. b 5. c 6. a A. 1. Frictional 2. muscular 3. Energy 4. coal
C. 1. Our planet Earth ........ the atmosphere. 5. solar energy 6. windmills
2. The atmosphere of the ........... in the space. B. 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. c 5. b
3. With the help of given ............... supports C. 1. This push or pull ............... the moving
combustion. Water can dissolve ............. in object. 2. Frictional force helps ............ easily
many vehicles. 4. Atmosphere is very on board. 3. Magnets exert .................
important ................... water cycle. 5. In this magnetic force. 4. Work is done ..………..... a
process, dirty ............... is the pure water. 6. shelf, etc. 5. To do work ...…………. do work.
What you will do ............... in the glass. 6. Light Energy ………….. Biomass Energy.
D. Do yourself D. 1. Frictional Force 2. Electrostatic Force
8. The Moon 3. Elastic Force 4. Frictional Force
A. 1. e 2. d 3. b 4. c 5. a 12. Simple Machines
B. 1. c 2. a 3. b 4. a 5. a 6. b A. 1. rod 2. effort 3. levers 4. Pulley 5. wheel
C. 1. Right 2. Right 3. Wrong 4. Wrong 5. 6. fulcrum
Right B. 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. c 6. a
D. 1. The surface of the moon ...…………. C. 1. Simple machines ..….………. Screw. 2.
and valleys. 2. The moon has no ....……… on A lever has three ....………… to be done. 3. In
the moon. 3. The moon changes ................... order to move .…………… called fulcrum. 4.
waning phase of the moon. 4. When the sun A pulley is a ...…………. heavy engines. 5.
................... partial lunar eclipse. 5. An Fixed pulley……….… to pull the load.
artificial satellite ..................... upon their 13. States of Matter
uses. 6. Uses of Satellites ................ around A. 1. Right 2. Wrong 3. Right 4. Right 5.
the world. E. Do yourself Wrong 6. Wrong
9. Soil B. 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. a 5. b 6. a
A. 1. Soil 2. Clayey 3. living 4. deserts C. 1. Matter contains …….. ‘building blocks
5. Deforestation 6. embankments of matter’. 2. Matter exists in …………… all
B. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. a 6. b directions. 3. A change in which no
C. 1. Our Earth's crust ...........…………… ………………. of a bulb. 4. A change in
and animals. Soil is important .........……… which new ….....……. of food. 5. Solubility
fertility of soil. 2. Sandy, clayey and loamy. 3. is the …....……… uniform nature. 6. Liquids
The upper layer …….……… is bedrock. 4. that dissolve ………….. surface of water.
The removal of topsoil ………… growth of D. Do yourself
plants. 5. The factors .................. cause soil 14. Natural Disasters
erosion. 6. Plant more and .....……… against A. 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. b
winds. D. Do yourself B. 1. c 2. e 3. a 4. f 5. b 6. d
10. Rocks and Minerals C. 1. tectonic 2. seismic 3. seismograph
A. 1. c 2. e 3. b 4. f 5. a 6. d 4. crater 5. Active
B. 1. b 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. c 6. c D. 1. A natural disaster …………….. life and
C. 1. Wrong 2. Wrong 3. Wrong 4. Right 5. property. 2. An earthquake ………. seismic
Right 6. Wrong waves. 3. Types of Volcanoes …............. an
D. 1. They are the earliest ............... form extinct volcano. 4. Tsunamis are giant
igneous rocks. 2. When lava cools ................ …………. along the coasts. 5. It is a type of
foot scrubber. 3. The Earth's surface ………..……. as a hurricane.
................. called sedimentary rock. 4. Slate E. Do yourself

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SCIENCE NATURE-6 2. Components of Food
1. Food and its Sources A. 1. Carbohydrates 2. Sugars
A. 1. Fuel 2. Nutrients 3. Omnivores 3.Animal 4. Minerals 5. Nutrients 6.
4. Ingredients 5. Milk 6. Autotrophs Hungry 7. Protein
7. Scavengers B. 1. a 2. c 3. d 4. d 5. b 6. a
B. 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. d 6. c C. 1. e 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. d
C. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. T D. 1. The process by which living
D. 1. The food provides energy and things obtain and use food is called
helps the body to grow and replace nutrition. 2. Simple carbohydrates and
worn-out cells. 2. Non-vegetarians are complex carbohydrates. 3. Butter,
the people who eat plant products as cheese, cream, ghee, milk, eggs and
well as animal products such as meat, meat are animal sources of fat. 4.
fish, etc. 3.The materials used to prepare Roughage is the substance in plant foods
any food item are called ingredients. 4. that our body cannot digest. 5. The daily
Parts of plants which can be eaten raw intake of food which contains all the
or in cooked form are called edible parts. necessary nutrients in the right
5. We make many products from milk, quantities is called a balanced diet.
like butter, cheese, cream, curd and 6. Diseases caused by the lack of some
paneer. These products are called dairy nutrients in food are known as
products. 6. Scavenger is an animal that deficiency diseases.
mainly consume dead bodies of E. 1. Carbohydrates are the main
animals. They help to keep the sources ............. carbohydrates during
surroundings clean. digestion. 2. Proteins help the body
E. 1. The function of food are : a. It ........... peas, grams, and beans. 3. Water
provides energy for various .................. helps to absorb ................. temperature
fit and healthy. 2. We eat different parts through sweating. 4. A person's daily
of plants. Parts of plants which can be diet ...................... protein-rich diet. 5.
eaten raw or in cooked form are edible Deficiency of proteins in .....................
parts. ................ vegetables and seeds. seen over the body. F. Do yourself
3. Besides milk, animal ............. 3. Fibre to Fabric
vitamins and minerals. 4. Autotrophs: A. 1. fabric 2. Denim 3. cotton 4.
Living organisms which .................... twisting 5. wool, spun 6. synthetic
and for others. Heterotrophs: Living B. 1. a 2. b 3. d 4. d 5. a 6. b 7. a
organisms which .......... human beings, C. 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. F
etc. 5.Carnivores eat only other animals. D. 1. Clothes are ………. needs. They
.................... to tear the flesh. 6. A food protect ……......…. good and smart 2.
chain is a series ..................... one living Primitive people did not …......……. of
thing to another. dead animals. 3. Clothes are made up
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of cotton .......…. and humid weather. 5. properties. 2. A mixture in which
Syntheic clothes are ………. and humid ………. a homogeneous mixture. 3. A
climate. 6. Cotton is a soft .......……. the mixture whose ………. a heterogeneous
cotton plant. mixture. 4. The process of separation
E. 1. Weaving is a process …….....…. ………. called filtration. For example.
woven by this method. 2. In knitting a After preparing ………. using a strainer.
single ………...... or by machine. 3. The 5. It is a method ….......……. flour pass
fibres are made …......….....…. is called through.
spinning. A number of fibres …...……. F. 1. Many naturally occurring ………
twisting them together. 4. Jute is following reasons. For example. We
produced …..…......…. process is called ….......... potable water. Sometimes, we
retting. 5. The fibres of some …...……. need to …....……. (crude oil). While
examples of synthetic fibres. producing a …......... of the substance.
F. Do yourself 2. It is a method ……....... stones from
4. Sorting Materials into Groups sand. 3. The process of settling ……….
A. 1. sorting 2. supermarket 3. material water to the cities. 4. Distillation is done
4. translucence 5. soluble 6. smooth 7. ………. left in the flask. 5. Fold the
volume circular pieces .......……. separated by
B. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. c 6. b 7. b filtration. 6. A solution when reached
……….... saturated solution. If we keep
C. 1. g 2. f 3. d 4. c 5. e 6. b 7. a
adding ......……. has become saturated.
D. 1. The bark of tree, rock and sand
G. 1. Heterogenous 2. Harvesting 3.
paper. 2. You feel different ………. basis
Filtration 4. Evaporation 5. Distillation
of their texture. 3. Cotton, wool and
6. Sedimentation
rubber ball. 4. In solids, silver ……….
conductors of heat. 5. Clothes, paper 6. Changes Around Us
wool ………. conductors of heat. A. 1. irreversible 2. chemical 3. lemon
E. 1. The method of grouping ………. juice 4. expansion 5. heated, contracted
are stocked together. 2. Placing as 6. thermometer
sorting ………. of different types. 3. If B. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. a
almost all ………. a clear glass. If light C. 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. F
can pass through ………. dust-laden air. D. 1. The effects of changes ………. by
4. Some materials are soluble ………. some cause. 2. Changes that can be
are soluble in water. 5. You may have easily ………......... reversible changes.
noticed ……...…. bronze have lustre. Melting of ice-cream ….……. reversible
F. Do yourself changes. 3. Changes that cannot ……....
irreversible changes. For example :
5. Separation of Substances
Burning ………. fuel is an irreversible
A. 1. sediments 2. filtration 3. distilled
change. 4. You might have ……….
4. apparatus 5. bullocks 6. immiscible 7.
making cottage cheese. 5. Other change
evaporation 8. temperature
that ………. spoilage of food.
B. 1. c 2. a 3. a 4. a 5. c 6. a 7. a 8. c
E. 1. A change in which no new …......
C. 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. F 7. F called a physical change. Breaking of a
D. 1. d 2. f 3. b 4. e 5. c 6. a …....... cause of the change. 2. A change
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change. Burning of a candle ……..... ribs are thin, …...……. stomach and the
vapour (new substances). 3. You have kidneys. 3. Joints are of four main
already ……….... solids on cooling. 4. ………. and forth or sideways. 4. Body
Corrosion is another ………. exposure movements are the ………. bend and
to moisture. 5. You may have seen straighten the legs. 5. Snails have a soft
………. rails in summers. body, which they can pull .......…. crawl
F. 1. Reversible 2. Condensation 3. on a variety of surfaces. F. Do yourself
Irreversible 4. Expansion 5. Contraction 9. The Living Organisms and their
7. Getting to Know Plants Surroundings
A. 1. herbs 2. aerial roots 3. internode A. 1. desert 2. tropical 3. Tundra 4.
4. axillary buds 5. veins 6. ovules 7. rainforest 5. submerged 6. migrate 7.
tendrils climate
B. 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. d 6. a B. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. c 5. b 6. a 7. d
C. 1. c 2. g 3. e 4. f 5. d 6. b 7. a C. 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. T
D. 1. The roots spread …......... prevent D. 1. The word ‘habitat’ means ………
soil erosion. 2. In addition, there ……… place for them. 2. It refers to salt ……….
examples of climbers. 3. The stem of found in marine habitats. 3. Plants
some ………. by the leaves. 4. If you living in water ……….... also known as
look carefully ………. provide support. hydrophytes. 4. The habitat provides
5. Leaves of some …….....…. weak …….... survive, breed and flourish. 5.
climbers. Abiotic components are the …….....…
E. 1. Tap root is the main ……. as biotic components.
secondary roots. Fibrous roots which E. 1. Some of the adaptations found
grow …..……. wheat and rice. 2. The ………. and low height intensities. 2. The
stem holds the plant …… thus provide presence of specific ……........ is called
support. 3. The stomata also ............…. adaptation. For example, a fish ……..…
plant form the soil. 4. Leaves perform a camel in the desert. 3. Depending upon
various …............................ known as the living conditions ..……. goats, yaks,
photosynthesis. F. Do yourself sheep and pines. 4. Some of the
8. Body Movements adaptations found ………. enable them
to float. 5. Camels are adapted to live in
A. 1. Skeleton 2. femur 3. slimy 4.
hot dry ……… for walking on soft sand.
bristles 5. vertebrae 6. single cell 7. tibia,
fibula F. 1. Habitat 2. Succulents
B. 1. b 2. a 3. d 4. d 5. c 6. a 7. a 3. Xerophytes 4. Hydrophytes
C. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. T 7. T 8. F 5. Camouflage 6. Nocturnal
D. 1. A tissue, as you ………. form an 10. Motion and Measurement of
organ. 2. Groups of different ………. Distances
an organ system. 3. Bones are joined A. 1. measurement 2. linear 3. periodic
…….….. called ligaments. 4. At the 4. oscillatory motion 5. estimation 6.
place …….....…. against each other. 5. millimetre
The spine is also .......…. twist our back. B. 1. b 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. d 6. b
E. 1. The skeletal system ………. C. 1. d 2. e 3. f 4. c 5. a 6. b
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standard units. 2. When an object pin-hole camera. F. Do yourself
changes its position ………. it is said to 12. Electricity and Circuits
be at rest. 3. The Earth rotates (rotational A. 1. transmission 2. filament 3.
motion) ………........ path (translational electric cell 4. terminals 5. incomplete
motion). 4. The General Conference on 6. electric current 7. graphite
Weights ……....…. in 1960. 5. When an B. 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. d 6. a
object moves to and fro ........………. as C. 1. d 2. e 3. f 4. b 5. c 6. a
oscillatory motion. D. 1. When we connect the two ends
E. 1. In ancient times, people have to ………. electric current is called electric
travel …….....…. to measure time. 2. In circuit. 2. The electric circuit in which
taking measurement of a length, ………. known as a closed circuit. 3.
….……. error is called parallax error. 3. The electric circuit in ………. is broken
A thread or a divider can …….......… is called an open circuit. 4. A dry cell
the distances between the arms. 4. has two ends ………. metal plate and is
When a body moves in a ………. negative (–).
around a fixed point. F. Do yourself E. 1. We use a variety of things in our
11. Light, Shadows and Reflections ………. on electricity are rather wide.
A. 1. sensation 2. luminous 3. 2. The principle on which an ……….
translucent 4. ideal mirror 5. parallel them and torch will not glow. 3.
beam 6. shadow 7. plane mirror Materials that allow an electric current
B. 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. b 6. c 7. c …… which are insulators. 4. An electric
C. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. T cell is used ………. electricity or electric
D. 1. You will notice that …….…. the current. There are some chemicals
path of light would be invisible. 2. The inside ………. replaced by new cells.
objects that do not ………......... non- Secondary cells are the cells …....... are
luminous objects. Such as a book, table, also called rechargeable cells. They are
cricket ball and walls are the examples mainly used in ……… and car batteries.
of non-luminous objects. 3. An optical F. 1. Circuit 2. Current 3. Insulator 4.
medium ……… translucent or opaque. Switch 5. Filament 6. Cell
4. When light falls on …....……. we can 13. Fun with Magnets
see that object. 5. When an opaque A. 1. directions 2. repels 3. magnetism
object ………. shadow of the object. 6. 4. magnetic 5. weak 6. magnet
The property of light …….. rectilinear B. 1. a 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. a 6. b
propagation of light. C. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F
E. 1. An object which emits light D. 1. Any substance ………. called a
……… called artificial sources of light. magnet. Magnets are found in Northern
2. Optical media are of three …........…. Greece called Magnesia. 2. Magnets are
let any light to pass through it. used ………. to produce electricity. 3. In
3. A shadow has the following a bar or .....………. is the south pole. 4.
characteristics: ............ formed a screen Magnetite is a natural …...……. shapes
is necessary. 4. When you switch on a and strength. 5. Besides iron, there are
torch in the ……................ travels in a two other .........… magnetic substances.
straight line path. 5. Light travels in the 6. Wood and plastic are ….............. by a
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E. 1. The most popular legend related level. 7. The cyclic pattern in which
………. place Magnesia or Magnes ................ is known as the water cycle.
himself. 2. The instrument ……....…. G. Do yourself
called a magnetic compass. A freely 15. Air Around Us
suspended magnet ……...….. the Earth A. 1. rustle 2. atmosphere 3. empty
by travellers. 3. To keep them safe, bar 4. combustion, electric bulbs 5. sunlight
magnets ………......... called magnetic 6. dust particles 7. lungs 8. breathing
keepers. 4. The important properties of B. 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. b 6. a 7. b 8. b
magnets …................... such as iron. 5. C. 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. T 8. T
Credit cards, ATM cards and …....…. D. 1. We can feel the presence ……….
magnet to produce electricity. 6. When fluttering when opened. 2. Atmosphere
like poles of the two magnets …...……. is a layer of gases ………. becomes
the magnets are facing each other. thinner and thinner. 3. Nitrogen,
F. Do yourself oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapour,
14. Water dust and smoke are the components of
A. 1. aquifers 2. frozen 3. water vapour air. 4. Various human activities ……….
4. accumulation 5. population 6. spoil the quality of air. 5. Take a burning
leakage 7. water 8. famine candle and ………. space in the glass
B. 1. a 2. c 3. c 4. b 5. d 6. a 7. a occupied by air.
C. 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. T 8. F E. 1. Until the eighteenth century,
D. 1. c 2. d 3. e 4. a 5. b 6. g 7. f …...……. water vapour are also present.
2. Birds have a very …....…........ easily
E. 1. About 71 per cent of the ……….
pass through them. 3. Nitrogen:
known as the blue planet. 2. Water
Nitrogen is a major component of
occurs in all ….............……. different
………. long chimneys in factories. 4.
temperatures. 3. The various sources of In the process of photosynthesis, plants
water on the earth are as follows: make their own food ……....…. plants
rainwater, groundwater, surface water, produce oxygen. 5. Air is not only ..……
ocean water and frozen water. 4. Most play several musical instruments.
of the water ………. of streams called F. 1. Atmosphere 2. Photosynthesis 3.
natural springs. 5. Some ways of water Stomata 4. Breathing 5. Respiration 6.
conservation are: a. Avoid wastage of Pollutants 7. Water Vapour
water and recycle ...................... 16. Garbage in, Garbage out
absorption of water by soil.
A. 1. wastes 2. naturally 3. management
F. 1. The state of water can be ………. is
4. recycled 5. plastic bags 6. electronic
known as condensation. 2. The water in 7. biodegradable
sea, river, …….... is called precipitation. B. 1. d 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. c 6. a
3. Utilising a resource carefully ………. C. 1. Unwanted things …….... called
become less useful. 4. One way of wastes. 2. Waste that can be …........….
………. 'catch water where it falls'. 5. called biodegradable waste. 3. Waste
The water level in ponds, ……. is also that does not ……....…..... called non-
badly affected. 6 Surface runoff biodegradable waste. 4. The finished
harvesting: In urban areas, the rain product obtained …...….…. is excellent
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D. 1. Waste that can be broken down wood, utensils from metals, etc. 4. Some
…......……. dangerous for all living tips for recycling paper are: .......……….
creatures. 2. The waste is collected by from used or old newspapers. 5. Careless
the ………. to make beneficial products. disposal of plastic bags ………......... bad
3. Management of wastes especially effect on people who breathe it.
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SCIENCE NATURE- 8 B. 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. d 5. d 6. a 7. b
1. Crop Production and C. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. T 5. T 6. T 7. T 8. T
Management D. 1. Long ago, in 167, Anton van
A. 1. Agriculture 2. Crop 3. Rabi 4. Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch .................. are
Loosening 5. Transplantation 6. also known as microbes. 2. The study of
Fumigated 7. Pisciculture microorganisms is known as
B. 1. c 2.a 3. b 4. c 5. d 6. b microbiology Scientists who study
C. 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F m i c r o o r g a n i s m s a r e k n ow n a s
D. 1. The branch of science that deals microbiologists. 3. Microbes can be
with growing plants and raising classified widely into bacteria,
livestock for human use is called protozoa, fungi, algae and viruses. 4.
agriculture. 2. When a large number of Viruses are the microscopic and most
plants are grown at same place for food, primitive organisms known to man. 5.
is called a crop. 3. When agriculture The process by which a microbe breaks
practices are carried successfully by down carbohydrates to form acid or
using old or modern tools, these are alcohol and carbon dioxide is called
known as farming implements. 4. Soil fermentation. 6. Pathogens enter our
anchors the roots of plants, provides body through air we breathe, the water
nutrients and water to them, and also we drink and the food we eat.
provides oxygen to the roots.5. The E. 1. Microorganisms are found
instrument used for ploughing is called everywhere .................... dry deserts to
a plough. marshy places. 2. Fungi are present
E. 1. Kharif crops are sown during everywhere ................... saprophytic or
..................... examples of rabi crops. 2. parasitic. 3. The characteristics of
Following are the advantages of viruses are as follows: a. They are so
ploughing: a. ploughing makes the soil small ................... from their host cells.
................... decomposition make the 4. The process by which .......................
soil fertile. 3. Crop rotation: When a form alcohol. 5. Microorganisms in
crop is grown ................... atmospheric agriculture increase soil fertility. Some
nitrogen to nitrates. 4. Irrigation means ....................... increase soil fertility. 6.
supplying water to ................. minerals Viruses contain pathogens ...................
are also absorbed. 5. Vegetables and hepatitis and many more. 7. Some
fruits are preserved in cold .................. simple methods of limiting ..................
grains and ensure safe storage. given to the patient.
F. Do yourself F. 1. Microbiology 2. Antibiotics
2. Microorganisms: Friend and Foes 3. Carriers 4. Fermentation
A. 1. Microorganisms 2. Bacteria 3. 5. Lactobacillus 6. Pathogens
Protozoa 4. Algae 5. Lactose 6. 3. Materials: Metals and Non-Metals
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3. malleable 4. hammering 5. copper temperature …...…..…......... than their
6. kerosene 7. rust proofing ignition temperature. 6. Solid fuels,
B. 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. d 5. a 6. c 7. b liquid fuels and gaseous fuels are the
C. 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. T 7. F three types of fuels in nature.
D. 1. All materials are ...........…..…. D. 1. Fuels can be classified on
elements. Hydrogen, carbon, …...…..... …...…........ millions of years to form. 2.
as elements. 2. Sodium, potassium, The conditions necessary for .....…..…
aluminum and magnesium. 3. Metals fire (Ignition Temperature). 3. Complete
are generally shiny, …...…..…. uranium combustion takes place …...…..... there
and zinc. On the other hand, non-metals are remnants of ash. 4. The simplest fire
do not conduct heat or electricity extinguisher is the soda-acid …...…..….
...…..…. and bromine. 4. All the metals is produced. 5. Non-luminous zone: The
react ...…......... sodium and potassium. luminous zone is surrounded …...…..
5. Sulphur is used in …...…..…. dyes least hot part of the flame.
and gunpowder. 6. Copper and E. Do yourself
…...…..… factory equipment. 5. Conservation of Plants and
E. 1. Metals and non-metals can be Animals
identified on the basis of their A. 1. biodiversity 2. CO2, O2 3. soil
appearances and other physical erosion 4. endangered 5. endemic 6.
properties …......... melting and boiling biosphere 7. wildlife
points. 2. Activity-2. on page 33. 3. B. 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. d 5. c 6. a 7. b 8. a
There are several ways of …........... as C. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. T 7. F
stainless steel. 4. Like sodium oxide and D. 1. Biodiversity can be defined
potassium oxide, …...….....…. or non- …...…..…. in an area. 2. Plants and
metal. Potassium + Oxygen …...…..…. animals together maintain …...…..….
Potassium oxide Magnesium + Oxygen silk, lac and gum. 3. The plants found in
…...…..….Magnesium oxide 5. When a a …...…..…. called fauna of that area.
metallic salt solution …...…..…. metals 4. A great variety of plants and animals
place below. …...….. protecting valuable resources.
CuSO4 (aq) + Fe(s) …..…. FeSO4 (aq) 5. Natural and human activities .......….
+ Cu (s) F. Do yourself freezing temperature. 6. Grazing
4. Combustion and Flame animals eat young …...…..…........ and
trunks. 7. Replanting of new …...…..….
A. 1. b 2. e 3. f 4. g 5. c 6. d 7. a is also called afforestation.
B. 1. c 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. d 6. a 7. a E. 1. Every component of biodiversity
C. 1. Combustion is defined as the serves ......…...…. force of wind and
…...…..…. carbon dioxide. 2. A water.2. Deforestation has the following
substance that burns in air (oxygen) to …...…...... rainfall and drought. 3. Trees
produce heat .......…...…..…. of non- are cut down (deforestation) for ..…..….
combustible substance. 3. A sudden petroleum and ores. 4. A wildlife
reaction with …...…..…. application of sanctuary is a protected area …...….
pressure. 4. The amount of heat Bandipur Wildlife Sanctuary. On the
liberated when unit mass ...........…..…. other hand, a biosphere is that part of
its calorific value. 5. The lowest the earth …...…..….... (encompasses

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Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka). 5. ….....…. a stage when it can reproduce.
In the Red Data Book, species are 3. The animals which give birth …...…..
classified …...….. threat of extinction. development is complete. 4. In a hen,
6. Due to illegal trade ...…..…. is called internal fertilisation …...…...... egg and
poaching. 7. There are three levels of hatches. 5. If the ovum is not fertilised
endangerment- threatened, …............. by a sperm, …...…..… as menstruation.
called vulnerable species. F. Do yourself 6. In sexual intercourse, the male
6. Cell- Structure and Functions transfers sperms …..................... a new
A. 1. transparent, colourless 2. storage 3. individual.
nerve cell 4. cytoplasm 5. chromosomes E. 1. Another method of asexual
6. prokaryotic 7. dictyosome …...…..…. individuals is called binary
B. 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. d 5. c 6. a 7. a 8. b fission. 2. In the specie of hydra,
C. 1. T 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. T 7. F …...….…. called budding. 3. In external
D. 1. The basic structure unit of an fertilisation, the fusion of male and
organ. 2. Cell membrane is permeable ..….......…. cat and also human beings.
and allows water, .............…. shape to 4. Fertilisation results in the formation
the cell. 3. Chromosomes contain the of zygote .......…..…. fully-formed baby.
…...….......... resembles its parents. 4. 5. The male reproductive system
Organisms such as amoeba, ...…..…. or includes a pair of testes. They are
trillion cells. 5. The endoplasmic …...…..…. the female’s body.
reticulum is a …..…..…. support to the F. Do yourself
cytoplasm. 8. Reaching the Age of Adolescence
E. 1. In 1838, two German biologists A. 1. sexual maturity 2. adolescence 3.
…..…..…. interaction of its cells. 2. puberty 4. female 5. thyroxin 6. diabetes
Robert Hooke was the first …....…..…. 7. menstruation
appearance of a honeycomb. 3. Cells B. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. a 6. b 7. c
exist in different shapes. They may be C. 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. T 7. T
flat, …...…..…. function it performs. 4. D. 1. The stage of life ..…...…....…. as
Based on the type of nucleus, a cell puberty. 2. On an average, girls …...…..
…...…... examples of prokaryotic cells. person to person. 3. Apart from sex
F. 1. Mitochondria 2. Vacuoles 3. hormones, …...…...........…. the master
Organelle 4. Cytoplasm 5. Dictyosome gland. 4. The most visible change during
6. Plastids 7. Genes puberty ….................….. body parts for
7. Reproduction in Animals growth. 5. Lack of sufficient insulin
A. 1. gametes, zygote 2. embryo 3. causes diabetes. 6. The World Health
external 4. reproductive system 5. Organisation (WHO) defines............
scrotal sac 6. sperms, vagina 7. ovum, adolescence as ......…........... secondary
oviduct sexual characteristics.
B. 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. a 6. d 7. a 8. c E. 1. During adolescence the body
C. 1. c 2. d 3. a 4. f 5. g 6. e 7. b undergoes …........... eggs every month.
D. 1. The process by which an 2. Apart from sex hormones, ….........
organism is able to produce more of its condition called dwarfism. 3. In
own kind is known as reproduction. 2. females, the reproductive phase ............
Reproduction is very important is controlled by hormones. 4. Good

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nutrition, proper exercise and rest, called the force of friction. 2. When you
…........ excellent ways to exercise. 5. push a heavy box, it does not
Hormones are present in animals as …................. moving the box difficult.
…............... cannot become adult frog. 3. A surface offers friction because of
F. Do yourself ............ offers more friction. 4. A shape
9. Force and Pressure which is ................ through fluids.
E. 1. It will not be possible …................
A. 1. chapattis 2. gravity 3. non-contact
the absence of friction. 2. Friction causes
force 4. Sir Isaac Newton 5. pressure
the moving parts ................ the
gauge 6. higher pressure 7. electrostatic
machine reduces. 3. The force which
B. 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. d 5. a 6. b
opposes the motion when the ................
C. 1. e 2. d 3. f 4. c 5. b 6. a
examples of sliding friction. On the
D. 1. A body cannot start …....... get in other hand, the force which opposes the
and so on. 2. Pressure in Pascal= Force motion …............ make the movement
in Newton/Area in metre square. 3. If easier. 4. There are certain situations
you immerse the funnel …................. when …............... to improve their grip.
pressure increases with depth. 4. The Friction reduces the speed of a moving
layer of air which is present ….............. object, …................. and the board.
column above it. 5. While playing
F. Do yourself
football …........ the ball. 6. The formula
11. Sound
for pressure is: Pressure = Force / Area.
A. 1. vibration 2. voice box, windpipe
From the formula .............. the pressure
3. oscillations, frequency 4. amplitude 5.
increases.
combination 6. infrasonic 7. auditorium
E. 1. When applied on an object, force
B. 1. b 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. d 6. a 7. a 8. b
…........... without the action of a force.
C. 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F 6. T 7. T
2. (a). The force exerted by a charged
…............ another charged body. (b). D. 1. When an object vibrates, …........
our ears as a sound. 2. The time taken
Every object in the universe …......... of
for the pendulum …............. measured
the force of gravity. 3. An instrument
in seconds. 3. Bats and some other
used to measure pressure is ….........
….............. as infrasonic sounds. 4. The
pressure increases with depth. 4. Take a
maximum distance …................ of the
plastic …................. all the directions.
oscillation. 5. In humans, the sound is
5. Pressure is inversely ............... it a
….......... make different sounds. 6. Bats
greater stability.
have large ears that are very …...........
F. 1. Motion 2. Barometer 3. Force 4.
has a good meal.
Manometer 5. Pascal 6. Pressure
E. 1. A simple pendulum consists
10. Friction ............... complete one oscillation. 2.
A. 1. irregularities 2. rolling friction 3. Our ears are sensory organs …..............
nuisance, minimum 4. machinery, register the sound. 3. Quality or timbre
automobiles 5. steel, steel surfaces 6. describes those characteristics of
streamlined 7. Gymnasts 8. machines …......... in their waveforms. 4. Stringed
B. 1. b 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. c 6. a 7. b 8. b instruments: They are instruments in
C. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. T 7. T 8. F which …........... violin and sarod. Wind
D. 1. Roll a ball on the …................. instruments: They are instruments in

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which …............. shehnai and trumpet. reflection, <=i =<r. 3. The main use of a
Percussion instruments: They are periscope …................ of the water. 4.
instruments in which ................ dholak A kaleidoscope is a …................ form
and mridangam. 5. Noise can affect beautiful designs. 5. The surfaces of
................. blood pressure and heart most objects around ............... reflects
problems. 6. To control noise, we need light in this way.
to ..................... the impact of noise. 7.
E. 1. The eye is a natural optical
Loud and excessive sound …................
…................ formed on the retina. 2.
producing loud noise.
The formation of the image behind
F. Do yourself
................. with concave lenses. 3.
12. Chemical Effects and Electric Some features of image formed by a
Current plain mirror: Size: Look at …................
A. 1. stationary 2. orbits 3. neutral displays lateral inversion. 4. Luminous
4. electrolytes 5. Electroplating 6. silver, objects are those that .................... see
gold 7. electroplating objects around us. 5. When two or more
B. 1. c 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. b 6. c 7. a mirrors …............... seen when you
C. 1. c 2. g 3. d 4. e 5. f 6. b 7. a visit a hair cutting saloon.
D. 1. electrons, protons and neutrons F. Do yourself
particles. 2. The uninterrupted, …......... 14. Stars and The Solar System
as electric circuit. 3. When electric
A. 1. astronomers 2. Alpha Centauri 3.
current is …............ called the chemical constellation 4. Little Dipper 5. North,
effect of electric current. 4. The liquids South 6. Uranus 7. asteroids 8. Sputnik-1
which conduct …........... electricity are
B. 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. d 6. a 7. c 8. d
non-electrolytes.
C. 1. d 2. c 3. e 4. f 5. b 6. a
E. 1. An atom is made up of ...............
D. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. F
through a conductor. 2. Electroplating is
one of the chemical effects ............... E. 1. The universe …................ called
chromium on them. 3. When an electric celestial bodies. 2. A light year is
current is passed ….................. is called …................ large distance. 3. Saturn is
electrolysis. 4. Electroplating has many often called …................ the help of a
benefits ............. rims and many others. telescope. 4. This is the only planet
where life …................ form to be
F. Do yourself
created. 5. When a small object from the
13. Light space reaches ….............. are called
A. 1. ciliary muscles 2. incident ray 3. meteorites. 6. Sailors and …................
normal 4. light 5. mirrors 6. focusing 7. during night.
concave 8. optical nerve F. 1. Stars are seen in …................
B. 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. a 6. b 7. b 8. c shining across the sky. 2. A comet is a
C. 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. F 7. T 8. F celestial body which …................
D. 1. Reflection is defined …............... appear again in 2062. On the other side,
polished surface. 2. First Law of there is a large gap between the orbits
Reflection: The incident ray, …............. …................ asteroid is Ceres (diameter

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1000 km). 3. The moon appears to 6. Water which is fit for drinking is called
change ….................... all over again. potable water.
4. One of the most …............... summer F. 1. Air pollution can result from
season. 5. Artificial satellites are sent for …............. natural air pollutants. 2.
…............... been launched by ISRO. Greenhouse gases trap …................ to
G. Do yourself global warming. 3. Another effect of air
15. Pollution of Air and Water …................ some species of fishes. 4.
A. 1. smoke, carbon monoxide Purification of water in …................
2. eutrophication 3. Ganga 4. pollutants city and town. 5. Smog is a combination
5. gasoline 6. greenhouse 7. industrial of ….......... harms the environment. 6.
effluent 8. 1985 When toxic substances enter lakes,
B. 1. a 2. d 3. b 4. b 5. b 6. a 7. c 8. b …........ affecting aquatic ecosystems.
Domestic sewage: The main organic
C. 1. b 2. c 3. e 4. d 5. a
materials are …................ technical
D. 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. F 8. T
problem. Agricultural runoff: The use of
E. 1. Air pollution occurs when
land for agriculture …................ life in
…................ humans, animals and
plant. 2. suspended particulate matter. It the water bodies. 7. The following
consists of …................ vapour. 3. The methods can be used to purify water at
case of the Taj Mahal is a reminder homes. Boiling: This is the …................
…................ marble of the Taj Mahal. are called RO filters.
4. Carbon dioxide and methane 5. G. 1. Pollution 2. Lead 3. Chlorination
Boiling and addition of chlorine tablet 4. Pollutants 5. Smog