My Vibrant

P LA NE T
A Book of Environmental Studies
Teacher’s Support Book
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 My Vibrant Planet–0 B. 1. tallest 2. fastest 3. grass 4. largest.
C. 1. Tiger is the dangerous wild animal.
1. About Myself
13. Birds
Do yourself
A. 1. PEACOCK 2. MYNAH 3. CROW 4. PARROT
2. My Body 5. PIGEON.
A. 1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (1) 4. (10) 5. (2) B. 1. wings 2. fly 3. fly 4. Peacock.
B. 1. HEAD 2. EYE 3. HAIR 4. CHEST 5. NECK C. Do yourself.
6. TEETH 7. NOSE 8. FACE.
C. 1. Playing 2. Eating 3. Running. 14. Animals and Their Young Ones
A. 1. PUPPY 2. LAMB 3. CHICKEN 4. CALF
3. Our Sense Organs
B. Do yourself.
A. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (b)
B. 1. see 2. smell 3. hear 4. taste. 15. Plants Around Us
C. Do yourself A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (b)
4. My Family B. 1. (T) 2. (S) 3. (S) 4. (H) 5. (T) 6. (H)
A. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (b) C. 1. LEAF 2. FLOWER 3. STEM 4. FRUIT.
B. 1. many 2. cousins 3. aunt 4. uncle. 16. Flowers
C. Do yourself. A. 1. TULIP 2. HIBISCUS 3. LOTUS 4. SUNFLOWER.
5. My Sweet Home B. 1. (iii) 2. (vi) 3. (iv) 4. (i) 5. (ii) 6. (v)
A. 1. BEDROOM 2. KITCHEN 3. DRAWING ROOM 17. Fruits
4. STUDY ROOM.
A. 1. PAPAYA 2. WATERMELON 3. ORANGE 4. MANGO
B. 1. mud 2. bricks 3. bedroom 4. mother. 5. BANANA.
C. Do yourself.
B. PAPAYA, ORANGE, APPLE, GRAPES, GUAVA.
6. Cleanliness
18. Vegetables
A. 2. (P) 4. (P)
A. POTATO, SPINACH, TOMATO, GREEN PEAS,
B. 1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (a)
CAULIFLOWER, RADISH.
7. My School B. 1. Red 2. Potato 3. White 4. Cooked
A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (c)
19. Means of Transport
B. 1. CLASS ROOM 2. PLAYGROUND 3. MUSIC ROOM
4. LEARNING. A. 1. SCOOTER 2. TRAIN 3. STEAMER
4. AEROPLANE.
C. Do yourself.
B. 1. (P) 4. (P)
D. Do yourself.
C. 1. BUS, SCOOTER 2. HELICOPTER, AEROPLANE
8. People Who Help Us
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (c) 20. Seasons
B. Do yourself. A. 1. WOOLEN 2. SUMMER 3. SWEAT 4. UMBRELLA.
C. 2. (P) 3. (P) B. 1. (W) 2. (S) 3. (R)
9. The Food 21. Water
A. 1. BUTTER 2. RICE 3. FRUITS 4. CHICKEN 5. A. 1. necessary 2. drinking 3. washing 4. water.
WATER. B. Do yourself.
B. 1. (P) 3. (P) 4. (P)
23. Religious Festivals
C. Do yourself.
A. 1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (a)
10. Our Clothes B. 1. (P) 2. (P) 4. (P)
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c)
B. 1. RAINCOAT 2. COAT 3. UNIFORM 4. UMBRELLA. My Vibrant Planet–1
C. 1. fancy clothes 2. woollen 3. rain.
Unit 1 : All About Me
11. Domestic Animals
A. 1. COW 2. DONKEY 3. HEN 4. SHEEP 5. CAMEL.
1. About Myself
B. DONKEY, CAMEL, DOG. Do yourself

12. Wild Animals 2. Our Body is Wonderful

A. 1. GIRAFFE 2. WOLF 3. MONKEY 4. ELEPHANT 5. A. 1. nose 2. eyes 3. ears 4. tongue 5. skin.
TIGER. B. Do yourself
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C. fingers (10), eyes (2), feet (2), ears (2), head (1), nose Unit 4 : My Family
(1), lips (2), legs (2)
10. I Love My Family
3. Our Similar Body Parts A. 1. (T) 2. Do yourself 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T)
A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (b) B. Do yourself.
B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F) C. 1. Do yourself. 2. Do yourself. 3. A family with three or
C. Do yourself. more children is a large family. 4. In a joint family
Unit 2 : Food, Clothes and Shelter grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, uncles,
aunts and cousins all live together. 5. Do yourself.
4. The Food
11. Helping Each Other
A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b)
A. 1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c)
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (F) 4. (F) 5. (F)
B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (F)
C. 1. Do yourself 2. Do yourself 3. (i) Always eat food that
is freshly cooked. (ii) Chew food properly before C. 1. Do yourself. 2. Parents work for the family.
swallowing. 4. We should drink eight to ten glasses of 3. Father buys things of daily need for my family.
water everyday 5. Do yourself. 4. We can help our mother in setting the dinning table.
5. Parents love good children because good children
5. Clothes I Wear always obey their parents. 6. Father brings things from
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (c) the market and earns money for the family.
B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (F) Unit 5 : Fun and Festivals
C. 1. We need clothes to cover our body. 2. We wear 12. Means of Recreation
cotton clothes in summer season. 3. We wear woollen
A. Do yourself.
clothes in winter season. 4. We use raincoats and
gumboots in rainy season. B. Do yourself.
C. 1. Because recreation makes us fresh and active.
6. Different Houses 2. Television, music, picnic, zoo, circus. 3. Do yourself.
A. 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (b) 4. Do yourself. 5. Recreation
B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T) 13. Our Festivals
C. 1. Our home protects us from heat, cold, rain, wild A. 1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c)
animals and thieves. 2. In villages, homes are made
up of grass, hay, wood, soil and mortar. 3. In towns B. 1. gulal 2. diyas 3. sewain 4. tree 5. boats.
and cities, homes are made up of bricks, cement, iron, C. 1. People decorate their houses with lights on diwali.
sand and stone. 4. The architect makes a drawing of 2. People throw colour and apply gulal on one another.
home before it is built. 5. The caravan is a home on On the following day of holi. 3. Ramzan is the month of
wheels. fasting. 4. The Gurudwaras are lighted at night and
Unit 3 : My Surroundings Guru Granth Sahib is recited and Sikhs bow their
heads before the Guru Granth Sahib. 5. Boat race is
7. Our Helpers organized on Onam festival.
A. 1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c) Unit 6 : Natural Environment
B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T)
14. Grandpa’s Farmhouse
C. 1. The police catches thieves and robbers. 2. The tailor
A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (a)
sews new clothes for us. 3. The soldier protects our
country from enemies. 4. The cobbler mends our B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (F)
shoes. 5. The fireman is called to extinguish the fire. C. 1. We keep domestic animals for various uses. Some
8. My Neighbourhood guards the house and some plough the field. 2. Herbs
are very small plants. They have very soft stems.
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c) 3. The three uses of plants are : (i) Plants give us
B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (F) medicines and oils. (ii) Plants give us fruits, vegetables
C. 1. We buy postcards, envelops and stamps from the and grains. (iii) Plants give shelter to birds and animals.
post office. 2. Nurse helps the doctor to take care of 4. Bullocks help in ploughing the field.
the patients. 3. We keep our money in a bank. 4. A 5. Horse was grandfather’s favourite animal in the
doctor looks after us in a hospital. 5. To board a train, farmhouse.
we go to railway station. 15. Up in the Sky
9. My School A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a)
A. 1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a) B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (F) 5. (T)
B. Do yourself C. 1. During the day, we see the sun in the sky. 2. The
C. 1. Do yourself. 2. Do yourself. 3. We learn reading, three shapes of moon are : (i) Full, (ii) Waning gibbous,
writing, drawing and good habits in school. 4. Do (iii) Waxing gibbous. 3. We cannot see the stars in the
yourself 5. Do yourself. sky during the day because of the bright sunlight.
D. Do yourself. 4. When the sun shines after the rain, we see a rainbow.
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 Unit 7 : Health and Safety 4. My Family
16. Health A. 1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b)
A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b) B. Do yourself.
B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (F) 5. (T) C. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T).
C. 1. Health is true wealth. 2. We should brush our teeth
D. 1. There are four members in Kanishka’s family.
twice in a day, in the morning and before going to bed.
2. Kanishka’s father is a teacher. 3. There are nine
3. Early to bed, early to rise, exercise everyday, clean members in Shashi’s family. 4. Families where
your teeth twice in a day, bath everyday. 4. We should grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins live together is
eat clean and fresh food. 5. We should wash our
called a joint family. 5. Common name of a family is
hands before and after meals with a soap so that
surname.
germs cannot enter in our body through food.
D. 1. Early to bed and early to rise. 2. We must do Unit 2 : Food, Clothes and Shelters
exercise everyday. 3. We should take bath everyday. 4. 5. Food for Health
We should cut our overgrown nails. 5. We should eat
our food on time. A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (a)

17. Safety on the Road B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (F).

A. 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (c) C. 1. We cannot live without food. It helps in the growth of
our body. 2. Children should eat plenty of vegetables
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T) because they keeps them healthy. 3. Energy-giving
C. 1. Vehicles keep moving with great speed on roads. food, Body-building food and Protective food.
So, even a slight carelessness can lead to an accident. 4. Because uncovered things are infected with flies
2. We should walk on the left side of the road. 3. and dust and not good for eating. 5. We should eat
Before crossing the road, we should look towards the only to our appetite.
right then to left and then again to the right and
crossed only when it is empty. 4. We should cross the 6. Clothes We Wear
road only when the green light is on. 5. We should A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (c)
stand in a queue while waiting for a bus.
B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T).
My Vibrant Planet–2 C. 1. We wear clothes to protect us from heat, rain and
cold. 2. We wear cotton clothes in summer. 3. Woollen
Unit 1 : All About Me clothes keep our body warm in winter. 4. When we go
out in the rain, we wear raincoats, gumboots and use
1. About Myself an umbrella. 5. A tailor sews the clothes.
Do yourself
7. Home Sweet Home
2. Organs in My Body
A. 1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (a)
A. 1. (b), 2. (a), 3. (c), 4. (c), 5. (b)
B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F), 5. (F)
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T).
C. Do yourself.
C. taste see hear smell feel
D. 1. House protects us from heat, cold, wind, rain and
wild animals. 2. Kutcha houses are made up of mud,
wood, straw and leaves. 3. We should keep our house
neat and clean. 4. We sleep in the bedroom. 5. We
take a bath in the bathroom.
8. Water is Precious
A. 1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (c)
B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (F) 5. (T).
C. 1. We use water for bathing, washing clothes, drinking,
etc. 2. We get water from wells, rivers, handpumps,
D. 1. Our eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin are called lakes, tubewells, streams and rain. 3. We can fall sick
sense organs. 2. Tongue helps us to taste. 3. Our by drinking impure water. 4. Boiling water for 10-15
lungs help us to breathe. 4. Heart pumps blood to minutes makes the water purified. 5. Filtered and
different parts of our body. 5. Our stomach helps us to boiled water is good for health.
break down the food we eat.
Unit 3 : Our Neighbourhood
3. Growing Up
9. Occupations
A. 1. (b), 2. (a), 3. (c), 4. (c)
A. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (b)
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T).
B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (F).
C. Do yourself.
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C. 1. The job that people do is known as occupation. 14. Going Places
2. The potter makes pots. 3. The farmer grows crops.
4. The cobbler mends our shoes. 5. A grocer sells A. 1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (c)
cereals, pulses, spices and other household things. B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T).
6. A clown makes us laugh by doing funny items. C. 1. Bullock-cart, Horse carriage. 2. Man had to walk to
10. Neighbourhood Services go from one place to another. 3. Land, air and water
transport are used to carry goods. 4. Bullock-cart,
A. 1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (c) Tonga. 5. Bus, car, train, aeroplane etc. are the
B. 1. BANK 2. PARK 3. HOSPITAL 4. MARKET modern means of transport.
5. SCHOOL 15. Be Safe
C. A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (b)
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (F)
C. 1. We can get hurt if we do not stand in a queue.
2. We should walk on the pavement. 3. We can fall
Hospital Post office Bank Police station from the stairs and get hurt. 4. A road should be
crossed when it is clear. 5. Because it can cause fire.
D. 1. Children go for study and learn in school. 2. The
postman delivers letters to our house. 3. Police sends 16. Finding Places
thieves and bad people in the society to jail. 4. We go A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a)
to bank to keep our money and jewellery safe. 5. We B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (F).
go to the market to buy books and things of daily
usage. C. 1. The four sides are left, right, front and back. 2. East,
West, North and South. 3. A map is a drawing of a
Unit 4 : Fun and Festivals place, a neighbourhood, a city or a country on a piece
11. Fun and Play of paper. 4. Because we cannot find our way without
direction. 5. Stand facing the rising sun. Direction you
A. 1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (b) are facing the sun is East. At the back of you is the
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (T) West. To your right is the South and to your left is the
North.
C. 1. Recreation makes us refresh. 2. Circus, fair, zoo,
park. 3. We see different kinds of animals at the zoo. Unit 6 : Natural Environment
4. We go to the park for recreation. 5. Ludo, carrom. 17. Our Earth
12. Social Festivals A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (c)
A. 1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (b) B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (F).
B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (F) C. 1. The Earth is made up of land and water. 2. Low and
even land is called plain. 3. The raise part of the land
C. is called a hill and very high hills are called mountains.
Hindu 4. River is a body of water that flows from one place to
another. 5. The vast part of water that has many seas
Sikh in it is called ocean.
18. Animal World
Muslim
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (c)
Christian B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T)
C.
Cow
D. 1. Diwali is the festival of lights. 2. Holi is celebrated in
the month of March. 3. The effigies of Ravana,
Sheep
Meghnad and Kumbhkarna are burnt on Dussehra.
4. Guru Granth Sahib is the holy book of Sikhs.
5. Pongal is a harvest festival. Hen

13. National Festivals Bees

A. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (b)
B. 1. The festivals which are celebrated by all Indians are D. 1. Animals that are kept at home or on farm are called
called National Festivals. 2. Independence Day, pet animals. 2. Animals that live in jungles like tigers,
Republic Day and Gandhi Jayanti are our National lions, zebras and giraffes are called wild animals. 3. We
Festivals. 3. Our country became independent on 15th use the skin of some animals to make leather. 4. We get
August, 1947. 4. We celebrate the Republic Day on honey from honeybees. 5. Animals build houses to
26th of January every year. 5. We celebrated Gandhi protect themselves from heat, cold, rain and other
Jayanti on 2nd of October every year. animals.
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 19. Plant World C.
A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a)
B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (F)
C. 1. Fruit 2. Root 3. Flower 4. Seed 5. Stem. P P
D. 1. Turnip, beetroot. 2. Spinach, coriander 3. Peas, D. 1. Rain is the primary source of water. 2. Rain, pond,
beans 4. Cotton, jute 5. Apple, strawberry. river, lake, etc. 3. We need water for drinking, cooking,
washing, irrigation and for many other purposes.
My Vibrant Planet–3 4. Pond, rain, lake. 5. A tube well is a modern and
Unit 1 : Our Body efficient method of obtaining groundwater.
6. Underground water passes through different layers
1. Our Body and Sense Organs of soil and gets filtered in the process. So this water is
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (b) clean and safe for drinking.
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (F) 5. Shelters
C. 1. See 2. Hear 3. Touch 4. Smell 5. Taste. A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (c)
D. 1. Head, eyes, nose, ears, arms and legs. 2. Ears, B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T)
eyes, hands, legs are in pairs. 3. Nose helps us to C. 1. Den 2. Hole 3. Burrow 4. Beehive 5. Nest.
smell the world around us. 4. We use our arms and
hands for eating, writing, playing, hammering, painting D. 1. Shelter is known as a home. 2. Shelter protects us
etc. 5. Our legs and feet help us to play, walk, jump, from heat, cold, rain and enemies. 3. The lion lives in a
dance and run. den. 4. A good house should have plenty of air,
sunlight and a good drainage system. 5. Do yourself.
2. Living and Non-living Things Unit 3 : Maps and Recreation
A. 1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. Mapping My Neighbourhood
B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (F) 6. (T) A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (c)
C. 1. Chair, Table 2. Kitten, Calf 3. Sunflower, Mimosa B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (F)
4. Hen, Duck.
C. Do yourself.
D. 1. A living thing breathes, moves, needs food, grows,
feels and reproduces. 2. Living things have some D. 1. East, West, North and South. 2. A sketch is a rough
special features such as they move, breathe, need drawing or map of a place. 3. A landmark is something
food, grow, feel, reproduces, etc. 3. Plant does not that we can see clearly from a distance and helps us
move, its parts shows movement. Leaves of some to know where we are. 4. Symbol is a sign. It
plants show movement towards sunlight. Roots of the represents a landmark. 5. Map is a drawing of a
plant move towards the soil. Flowers show movement neighbourhood, city or a country.
by opening and closing their petals. Stomata on leaves 7. Let’s Celebrate
open and close. The most common example of this is
the sunflower plant. It always moves towards the sun. A. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (b)
4. We need food because food gives us energy to B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (F).
work and play. 5. A plant grows from a seed to a C. 1. We like to have fun during rest. It is known as
sapling to a big tree. 6. Non-living things do not have recreation. 2. When we work all the time and have no
life, they cannot move, breathe, grow, feel, reproduce, time to enjoy, our mind becomes dull. Therefore, we
etc. need rest. 3. Do yourself. 4. Jana-Gana-Mana is our
Unit 2 : Food, Clothes and Shelter National Anthem. 5. Vande Matram is our National
Song.
3. Food for Health
Unit 4 : Travel
A. 1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b)
8. Means of Transport
B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T)
A. 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (a)
C. 1. We need food for energy to work and play. 2. Food
contains substances that help our body to grow, to get B. 1. (F) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T)
energy and to keep away illnesses. These substances C. Land (Car, Bus), Water (Ship, Boat), Air (Aeroplane,
are called nutrients. 3. Proteins are nutrients which Helicopter).
help our body to grow. 4. The correct type of food D. 1. Horse, camel, ox, elephant, ass. 2. Land transport,
should be eaten in correct amount. This type of meal Water transport and Air transport are the different
is called balanced diet. 5. Because after covering it is means of transport. 3. We will travel to far off places by
free from dust and flies. train or aeroplane. 4. Aeroplane 5. Camel is the ship of
4. Water in Our Lives desert.
A. 1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (a) 9. Hearing and Talking
B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T) 6. (F). A. 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (a)
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B. 1. (F) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T) and feeding them. 5. We can help a blind person in many
C. 1. Telephone 2. Internet 3. Speed post 4. Newspaper ways such as when we see a blind person trying to cross
5. Letter. the road, we can help them in crossing the road.
D. 1. Means through which we can send and receive Unit 6 : Natural Environment
messages are called means of communication. 2. Any 13. Natural Resources
message or information has to be given to a number of A. 1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c)
people at the same time called is mass communication.
Newspaper, megazines, television, cinema and radio B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T)
are examples of mass communication. 3. Letter, C. 1. (iv) 2. (i) 3. (ii) 4. (iii)
telephone, radio, television. 4. Internet is a network of D. 1. Natural things such as soil, water, coal, petroleum
computers all over the world. 5. Satellites are used for and Sun are called natural resources. 2. The wise use
long distance communication. Many television and preservation of our natural resources is called
programmes can be relayed live in different parts of conservation. 3. Humus is formed by the
the world through them. decomposition of dead animals and plants. 4. Wild
10. The Wheel’s Story animals are hunted for their skins, tusks and horns.
5. Our government has set up many national parks
A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (c) and birds sancturies to protect animals and birds.
B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T) 14. Movements of Earth
C. 1. Early men lived in forests. 2. Early men travel from one A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (c)
place to another on foot. 3. Wheels are used in pulley to
draw water from wells. They are also used in various B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T) 6. (T)
machines and most of the toys. 4. Do yourself. 5. Do C. 1. (iii) 2. (i) 3. (ii)
yourself. D. 1. The spinning of the Earth is called rotation. 2. An
Unit 5 : Safety and Caring axis is an imaginary line that runs through the centre
of the Earth. 3. The Earth’s movement around the Sun
11. Be Safe is known as revolution. 4. The conditions of the
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (c) atmosphere that exist in a particular area in relation to
B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T) things like temperature or rain is called weather.
5. The climate of a region is the average weather
C. condition of an area over a period of time. 6. The Earth
rotates on its axis causing day and night. It takes 24
hours to complete one rotation. 7. The revolution of
the Earth around the Sun causes the formation of
seasons. When a particular type of weather persists
for a long time in a particular region, it is called a
season. The four main seasons are summer, autumn,
First of all, clean the First of all, remove Immediately take the winter and spring. These seasons come one by one
wound with small pads the heat source. victim to a doctor. with the revolution of the Earth around the Sun. We
of cotton soaked in an know that the axis of the Earth is tilted. So, when it
antiseptic. revolves, half of the Earth is closer to the Sun and the
D. 1. Do yourself. 2. The emergency care given to the other half is farther away. The part that faces the Sun
victim before the arrival of the doctor is called the first experiences summer and has long warm days. The
aid. 3. In case the bleeding from the wound does not other side, that is the one which faces away from the
stop, put some ice or cold water on the wound Sun, experiences winter and has shorter days. As the
because blood clots in cold water. 4. Carefully remove Earth slowly revolves, summer changes to autumn.
the sting with a pair of tweezers. To give relief, apply a Then comes winter which gradually changes to spring.
paste of baking soda and cold cream to the affected This is again followed by summer and the cycle
area. A soft pad soaked in ammonia water also gives continues.
relief. Calamine lotion can be applied to reduce itching. 15. The Green Leaves
5. In case of snake bite, apply a tourniquet, just above
the bite, to stop the flow of blood to the heart. This A. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (a)
tight band will help to slow down the spread of poison. B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T)
12. Caring People C. Do yourself.
D. 1. A leaf has a flat, smooth surface called the leaf
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c)
blade. 2. Stomata are the tiny holes which help the
B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T) leaves to breathe. 3. Chlorophyll helps the leaves to
C. 1. We can help them to change their clothes, get them make their own food. This green pigment from the
water, newspaper or anything that they want. 2. Old leaves combines with carbon dioxide present in the air,
people need help and care because old people are week water from the soil and sunlight and prepares food for
and not able to do work properly. 3. We can help the sick the plant. This process is called photosynthesis. 4.
people by talking them and help them in getting medicine, The dead, fallen leaves should be collected in a deep
fresh water, etc. 4. We can help the children in changing pit along with other plant wastes. This pit is known as
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 compost pit. 5. Leaves are useful in many ways. My Vibrant Planet–4
Different types of leaves are used for different
purposes. Unit 1 : Our Body
16. Creepy Crawlies and Flyers 1. Internal Organs of Our Body
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (b) A. 1. (ii) 2. (i) 3. (iii) 4. (b) 5. (a)
B. 1. (F) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (F) B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (F) 6. (T)
C. Do yourself. C. 1. (iii) 2. (v) 3. (ii) 4. (i) 5. (iv)
D. 1. Insects are useful in many ways : (a) Honey bee D. 1. The main function of the skeleton is to provide
collects honey and honey is used by us for several support and shape to our body. 2. Our brain is
purposes. (b) Butterfly and bumble bee help in protected by the skull which is made up of eigth bones
producing more flowers. (c) Silk thread is obtained joined together. 3. Our heart is a small reddish-brown
organ, present inside our chest. 4. We have two lungs,
from silk worms. It is used to make silk clothes.
they help us to breathe. 5. The food that we eat
2. (a) Insects have six legs. (b) Their body is divided through our mouth is partially digested there itself. The
into three parts. (c) They have two feelers called food mixes with saliva which is the juice produced in
antennae. (d) They have soft bodies with no bones. 3. our mouth. The chewed food becomes soft or moist. It
Spiders are not called insects because unlike insects, easily travels down the food pipe and reaches the
spiders have eight legs. 4. Insects hide in nooks and stomach. Digestive juice breaks up the food in the
corners of the house, to protect themselves from stomach. It leads to a long coiled tube called the small
enemies. 5. Spiders spin webs with a liquid that comes intestine which runs into a wider tube called large
out of tiny holes from its back end. This liquid becomes intestine. 6. Kidneys help to remove the liquid waste
think and strong like a thread on drying. products from our body.

Unit 7 : Things, We Made and Do 2. Living and Non-living Things

A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (a)
17. The Potter’s Wheel
B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T).
A. 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (c)
C. 1. Eggs 2. Babies 3. Plant 4. Gills
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T)
D. 1. A Living thing is one that has life in it. It can do many
C. 1. Early men used clay pots for storing grains and things which non-living things cannot do. 2. All living
other things. 2. We use clay because it is cheap and it things move, need food and water, breathe, grow and
can be moulded into different useful shapes and easily reproduce. 3. Toys, bench, book. 4. Plants breathe
decorated. 3. Because it becomes hard. 4. Dishes, with the help of pores on their leaves. These pores are
cups, toys, etc. 5. Step 1 : Knead some clay with called stomata. 5. Non-living things cannot move,
water and make a ball. Step 2 : Push your thumb into breathe and grow.
the centre of the ball to make a pit. Step 3 : While Unit 2 : Food, Clothes and Shelter
pushing your thumb, pinch up the walls. Step 4 : Turn 3. Sources of Food
the piece and pinch to keep even the thickness of the
walls of the piece. Step 5 : To create a flat base, A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (c)
gently pat the bottom on a flat surface. Step 6 : Leave B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T)
this bowl to dry in the sun. Step 7 : When it becomes C.
hard, decorate it. The bowl is formed and you can put Cereals
things in it. Vegetables
18. Textiles Fruits
A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (c) Beverage
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T) 6. (T) 7. (T). D. 1. We need food for energy to work and play. 2. The
C. 1. (iv) 2. (iii) 3. (v) 4. (i) 5. (ii). main sources of our food are plants and animals.
3. We get cereals, pulses, vegetables and fruits, etc.
D. 1. We should wear light cotton clothes in summer from the plants. 4. Mustard oil and groundnut oil.
season. 2. Cotton, jute, wool, silk and linen are natural 5. Cashews, almonds. 6. Meat, eggs.
fibres. 3. Natural fibres are obtained from animals and
plants. While artificial fibres are man-made. 4. Cotton 4. Clothes to Wear
is spin into yarn with machines. 5. We get wool from A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (b)
thick hair of sheep. It is sent to the factory. There it is B. 1. Men 2. Women 3. Rainy season 4. Winter.
washed, dyed and spin into yarn. This thread is known C. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (F).
as wool and it is used to make woollen clothes.
D. 1. India has different types of climates. Some parts are
6. The fibre is twisted to make thread or yarn. This
very cold, some parts are hot and some parts have very
process is called spinning. heavy rains. These diversities in climate affect not only
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 our food habits, but also they are clearly seen in our because the water in the glass is pushing the
dresses. So, people in different parts of India wear cardboard downwards, but the air outside is pushing it
different types of dresses. 2. Trousers and shirts, kurta- upward. Se we can say that air exerts pressure.
pyjama, dhoti-kurta, lungi-kurta and pant-shirt are Unit 4 : Community Services
mostly wear in India by men. 3. Sari is the most
common dress of women in India. 4. Climate is the 8. Public Property
most common factor that brings change in our dress in A. 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (b)
a year. 5. Thick woollen clothes, shawl, cap or turban
protect us from cold. B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (F)
5. A House to Live in C. 1. (i) We should not break glasses or doors. (ii) We
should not tear seat covers or other things. 2. (i) We
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a) should not break chairs and tables in our school. (ii)
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T) 6. (F) We should not litter the place, scrible on walls and
spoil things at school. 3. (i) We should not tear off the
C. 1. (ii) 2. (iii) 3. (iv) 4. (v) 5. (i) pages of books. (ii) We should not make marks on
D. 1. We need a house because it protect us from books. 4. (i) We should not spoil them. (ii) We should
extreme climate, rain, storm, wild animals, thieves and not write on their walls.
robbers. 2. A good house should have good ventilation, D. 1. Schools, hospitals, parks, buses, trains, monuments,
adequate sunlight and good sanitation facilities. 3. A electric and telephone poles, libraries, etc. do not
pucca house is strong house made of cement, bricks, belong to any one person. They are used by all of us.
steel and wood. Kutcha house is not strong. Kutcha So, they are public property. 2. We should not damage
house is made with materials such as mud, straw and chairs, tables or any other property of the school. Thus,
stones. 4. Wooden house, stilt house, igloo. 5. we can take care of school. 3. While travelling in bus
Houseboats are houses that float on water. or train, we should not throw litter and make them dirty.
6. Stilt house are made in flood-prone areas. Water We should not break glasses and doors. We should
often enters the houses in such areas. not tear seat covers or other things. 4. Libraries
Unit 3 : Air and Water provide us with a large range of books to read. 5.
Monuments are the part of our heritage. So, we should
6. Water is Precious preserve historical monuments. 6. We should not spit
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (a) in the hospital. We should not steal things from there.
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T) 9. Agencies of Community Services
C. 1. (iii) 2. (i) 3. (iv) 4. (ii) A. 1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b)
D. 1. We need water for live. We will not find living things B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (F) 6. (T)
in places where no water is available. 2. Plants need
C. 1. (ii) 2. (i) 3. (iv) 4. (iii)
water for photosynthesis. 3. Solid (ice), liquid (water)
and water vapour (steam). 4. The water department D. 1. We need some basic amenities like clean drinking
sends water through underground pipes to the storage water, electricity, roads, health care facilities and
tank. The stored water is then supplied to our homes. schools for healthy and comfortable living so we need
5. (i) When it rains drums, tanks and buckets can be community service. 2. A Municipal Committee looks
filled with water. This water can be used for bathing, after the civic necessities of the people living in towns
washing and watering plants. (ii) Water left after and cities. 3. Gram Panchayats look after the civic
washing clothes can be used to wash floor. necessities of people living in villages. 4. A Municipal
Commitee looks after the civic necessities of the
7. Clean Air people living in towns and cities. In a small town or city,
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (c) this body is called Municipality while in big cities like
Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, this body is called
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T) 6. (F) 7. (T) Municipal Corporation. 5. Some agencies are run by
C. 1. Air is vital for life on the earth. Human beings and people with the help of the government. Government
animals need air to breathe. Plants need air to make support comes in the form of funds. These agencies
food. 2. Nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide. 3. Air are co-operatives and consumer forums. This
has the following characteristics : (i) Air is colourless. agencies are called semi-govermental agencies. Non-
So, we cannot see it. (ii) Air has no smell. It is governmental agencies are run by people who are
odourless. (iii) Air occupies space. 4. Because air has engage in social work. They work in group to improve
weight. So balloon weigh less when it is deflated. the quality of life of the people. The non-governmental
5. Take an empty balloon. Place it on a weighing organizations (NGOs) work to promote social welfare.
balance. Now take another balloon of the same size. They receive funds from voluntary or international
Fill it with air. Keep this balloon on the other pan of the funding organizations. 6. Consumer forums are set up
balance. We will see that the balloon filled with air to punish manufacturers for cheating people by selling
weighs more. 6. Take a glass full of water. Cover the poor quality goods or charging more money. These
glass with a piece of cardboard. Press the cardboard forum look into the complaints of people and take legal
and turn the glass upside down. Remove your hand. action against the guilty.
You will find that the cardboard does not fall. This is
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 10. Our National Symbols down the stairs in a queue. 4. After an accident, the
first medical help that is given is known as First Aid. 5.
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (b)
We should not crowd around him/her. Only two person
B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (F) 5. (T) 6. (T) may attend him/her. If person hurts badly, make the
C. 1. National symbols inspire nationalistic feelings in the person lie down. Call a doctor at once. Do not panic.
countryman. 2. Wheel suggests and inspires us to Do as the doctor says.
move forward and lead the nation to progress and Unit 6 : Travel
prosperity. 3. The green colour stands for life, fertility
and prosperity 4. The National emblem of India has 13. Moving Around the World
been adopted from the Sarnath lion, capital of Ashoka. A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (b)
5. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. 6. Our National B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T).
calender is based on the Saka Era. It consists of 365
days and begins with Chaitra as its first month. The C. 1. (v) 2. (iv) 3. (i) 4. (ii) 5. (iii).
Saka calender was started 78 years after the Christian D. 1. Roads on which automobiles can run very fast
Era. without taking a turn are called Highways. Highways
Unit 5 : Safety and Caring are very important because on highways we can travel
long distances in a few hours. 2. Waterways is the
11. Caring Body cheapest means of transport because they do not
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c) require to built and they do not require money to
maintain. 3. Railways are extremely useful to us. They
B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (F) 6. (T)
are convenient for long journeys. They are useful in
C. 1. (i) We should wash our eyes with cold water carrying goods to far off places. 4. The Suez Canal
everyday. (ii) We should not rub our eyes with dirty was opened in 1865. It connects the Mediterranean
hands or unclean towel. 2. (i) We should use soft Sea with the Red Sea. It reduced the travel time
cotton buds to clean the ears. (ii) We must clean our between Mumbai and London to just two weeks. Thus,
ears regularly while bathing. 3. (i) We should clean our construction of the Suez Canal help India. 5. Almost all
nose regularly while bathing. (ii) We should not insert countries of the world are connected through airways.
any pointed object in our nose. 4. (i) We should clean Thousands of people visit different parts of the world in
our tongue with a tongue cleaner after brushing the connection with their business and trade. Hundreds of
teeth. (ii) We should rinse our mouth well after every government officials visit their countries for their official
meal. 5. (i) We should always wear fresh and clean work. Thousands of students travel by air to study in
clothes. (ii) We should not share our clothes with other countries. Many people travel to seek the art and
others 6. (i) We must brush our teeth twice in a day. (ii) culture of various countries. 6. (i) Indira Gandhi
We should massage our gums with clean fingers. International Airport, Delhi; (ii) Sahara International
D. 1. Our eyes help us to see and enjoy our surroundings. Airport, Mumbai; (iii) Subhash Chandra Bose
2. Our ears help us to hear and differentiate between International Airport, Kolkata.
different types of sounds. 3. Our tongue helps us to 14. Let’s Communicate
taste the food. 4. We should avoid putting our fingers
in our nose as this may cause injury to the delicate A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (a)
parts of the nose or cause bleeding. Also, germs from B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (F)
our fingers may infect the nose. C. 1. (ii) 2. (iii) 3. (i) 4. (v) 5. (iv)
5. Plaque is a yellowish layer which develops between
the teeth and the gums and can cause germ infection. D. 1. Letters, newspapers, books, telephones, etc. are
6. Bath helps to remove sweat, dead skin, other germs the means of communication in our country. 2. We
and dust that stick to our skin. purchase postcards, inland letters, envelops and
stamps form the post office. We send money through
12. Safety First money order. We send our letter and parcels to their
A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (c) destination speedly through speed post. 3. We can
send urgent message by telegrams. 4. Television,
B. 1. (iii) 2. (i) 3. (v) 4. (ii) 5. (iv) radio and newspaper. 5. Internet is a worldwide
C. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T) network of computers. Through Internet, we can send
D. 1. (i) We should not play with scissors, knife, blade, an electronic mail (E-mail) to any part of the world. We
match-sticks etc. (ii) We should not leave them lying can get any information using search engine on the
around. (iii) We should use them carefully in the Internet.
presence of elders. 2. (i) We should walk on the 15. Safety On the Road
footpath or pavement. (ii) We should cross the road at
the zebra-crossing. (iii) We should not board or get A. 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a)
down from a moving bus. 3. We should go up and B. 1. (F) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T) 6. (T)
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C. 1. (ii) 2. (iv) 3. (i) 4. (iii) pollutants. 3. Mixing of pollutants in the air is known as
D. 1. Accidents are more likely to occur if we are careless air pollution. 4. Various skin allergies and diseases like
or if we disobey the rules of safety. Accidents can cholera, typhoid and jaundice are caused by using
occur anytime and anywhere. 2. Many people get hurt polluted water. 5. Many of our activities, like
or killed nowadays on the road accidents because deforestation make the soil lose its fertility and leave it
they do not follow the rules of the road. 3. Traffic lights barren. This is called soil pollution. 6. The sound that
are the signals of the driving on the road. 4. It is safe is unpleasant to hear is called noise pollution.
to cross the road at zebra crossing to avoid accidents. Preventions : Reduce unnecessary noise of horns,
5. Look for the traffic lights. Cross the road only when especially at red lights. By banning the use of
the light is green for you. 6. Stop when the traffic light loudspeakers and by playing music at low volume in
is red for us. We should get ready when it is yellow parties, buses, shops and houses.
and move when light is green. 19. Bricks and Bridges
Unit 7 : Natural Environment A. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (c)
16. Natural Resources B. 1. Bricks 2. Wet 3. Plumb 4. Mortar
A. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (b) C. 1. Bricks are a common, cheap and very useful
B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (F) 5. (F) building material made of baked clay. They are usually
rectangular in shape. 2. The most common shape of
C. 1. (iii) 2. (v) 3. (iv) 4. (i) 5. (ii) bricks is rectangular. 3. The colour of bricks could be
C. 1. Natural resources are valuable things that took red or red-brown depending on the amount of iron and
place naturally in a country such as its water bodies, other impurities in the clay and the method of baking
forests and minerals present in the soil. 2. There are or firing used. The higher the baking temperature, the
two main groups of natural resources : Renewable and darker is the brick. 4. Masonry is the name for walls,
Non-renewable. 3. Sunlight helps us to grow crops pillors and other structures made by laying bricks,
and produce electricity. We harness sunlight to cook stone blocks. etc. 5. The different types of bridges are
through solar cookers. 4. Water is a resource without : (i) Beam bridge (ii) Suspension bridge (iii) Cantilever
which life on the Earth would not be possible. We use bridge (iv) Arch bridge.
water for drinking, washing, cooking, agriculture and
various industrial processes. We use water energy to My Vibrant Planet–5
run machines and produce electricity. 5. Wind energy
Unit 1 : Family and Friends
is used to produce electricity. 6. Soil is home to
various life forms. Moreover, it helps to hold trees and 1. Everybody is Unique
plants firmly to the ground and prevents them from A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (c)
getting eroded. Soil is also used as a raw material for B. 1. (F) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T)
pottery, bricks, toys and other things.
C. 1. Between the ages of sixteen and twenty-three, our
17. Heavenly Bodies body stops growing. This is because body destroys
A. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (b) more cells than it creates. 2. Babies cannot speak and
cannot walk. Crying is the only way that can keep a
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T)
child in touch with the people around it. So, babies cry.
C. 1. (v) 2. (i) 3. (ii) 4. (iii) 5. (iv) 3. All of us have feelings, emotions, likes and dislikes.
D. 1. Eight planets together with the Sun form our solar They are not common. They differ from person to
system. 2. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, person and our thoughts and feeling changes and so
Saturn, Uranus, Sun and Neptune. 3. The Moon is our likes and dislikes. 4. Some people do not eat
round in shape. 4. The Pole Star helped the sailor in onions and garlic, for them the smell may be pungent.
the olden days to find their way. 5. We see a group of Some people are strictly vegetarians, they may not
seven stars in the sky. It is called Great Bear. There even like the sight of eggs. Smell of meat, chicken and
are a number of such groups of stars in the sky. Each fish is foul for them. Thus, a smell that is not liked by a
group of stars is called a constellation. person is said to be foul or fragrant smell for that
particular person. 5. Sense of touch is the sharpest in
18. The Pollution Monster the blind people.
A. 1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (b)
2. Family and Relationships
B. 1. (T) 2.(T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (F) 6. (T) A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (b)
C. 1. (ii) 2. (iii) 3. (iv) 4. (i) B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (F)
D. 1. The release of harmful substances in our C. 1. Migration : A large number of people move to cities
environment is called pollution. 2. The harmful and towns in search of jobs. Moving of people like this
substances that pollute the atmosphere are called is called Migration. 2. Displacement due to
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 construction of dams : Construction of dams common. 4. It is important that we eat the right kind of
displace a large number of people. The displaced food so that our body gets the essential nutrients in
people have to be resettled. When a dam is the right amount. Malnutrition occurs when the body
constructed, thousands of people are affected. These does not get essential nutrients. This lead to various
people are forced to move to new places. 3. deficiency diseases. 5. Food gets spoilt because small
Transferable jobs : Some people have transferable organism, such as bacteria or fungi, cause their decay
jobs. A large number of people migrate to cities and by breaking down the food particles. 6. Cooking,
towns due to transferable jobs. drying, canning, freezing and packaging are some
D. 1. Today people are shifting from one place to another. method of preserving food. We can preserve food by
Some people have transferable jobs. A large number applying the above said method to the food.
of people migrate to cities and town in search of jobs. 5. Producing Food
2. Some people move to another country and settle
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (b)
there. Moving to another country like this is called
immigration. 3. The people living there have to move B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (F)
to some other places with their families. This C. 1. Irrigation 2. Pesticides 3. Agriculture
continuous process of transition has an adverse 4. Floriculturists 5. Famines.
impact on family life. It effects the relationship, family D. 1. HARVESTERS 2. HYBRID SEEDS
values and aspirations within a family. 4. Whenever a 3. PISCICULTURISTS 4. THUPKA 5. LANDLESS
member of the house moves out the household gets LABOURER.
reformed. It takes a lot of courage to leave behind the E. 1. When someone goes to near by village or town for
place and people one has always knows and start a doing work for a particular time and then returns back
new life. to his place after work. Then, this is called seasonal
Unit 2 : Food migration. 2. India is a very big country, due to the
3. Food for Plants and Animals differences in land forms, climate and soil, farmer in
different parts grow different types of food grains,
A. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (d)
vegetables and fruits. Thus, the food habits of people
B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (F) 4. (F) 5. (F) differ from state to state. 3. Commercial farmers own a
C. 1. (v) 2. (i) 3. (vi) 4. (iv) 5. (ii) 6. (iii) large plot of land. They grow crops for sale in the
D. 1. Plants make their own food through a process market. While subsistence farmers own a small plot of
called photosynthesis. In this process they use land and they grow crops just enough to feed their
sunlight, water, minerals and carbon dioxide. 2. Like all family. 4. Farmers needs to grow crops to live and to
living things, plants also breathe. If you look at a leaf feed their family. 5. Famine is a situation where there
carefully through a microscope, you will see tiny pores. is a severe shortage of food. Some factors that causes
These are stomata through which plants breathe. 3. famines are war, cyclones, tsunami, earthquake.
Pitcher plant, venus fly trap, Bladderworts. 4. During Unit 3 : Animals and Plants
the process of photosynthesis, plants release oxygen
6. Senses of Animals
and make their food. 5. Plants need sunlight to grow, a
grasshopper feeds on grass. It is eaten by a frog. The A. 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (a)
frog eaten by a snake. A hawk then eats the snake. B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T)
This is a food chain. The chain in which many C. 1. Horse 2. Deer 3. Dolphin 4. Silkworm 5. Cow
organism eat more than one kind of animals, plants or D. 1. Milk, meat, eggs, cod liver oil, silk, wool. 2. Sense of
insects forming a complex series of food chain. These taste : Bees, Dolphins. Hearing : Cats, dogs, tigers
are called the food webs. sight : Birds. 3. Ants smell with their antennae. It
4. Food and Health helps them find food and direction. Cats use their
A. 1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (a) whiskers to feel the changes in the air. This helps them
feel their way around in the dark. 4. Many people
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T)
depend on animals for their livelihood like madaris,
C. 1. (iii) 2. (v) 3. (i) 4. (ii) 5. (iv) snake charmers, tongawallas, etc. 5. To protect
D. 1. Vitamin C 2. Vitamin A 3. Iron 4. Iodine 5. Vitamin B. animals and to save the forests, the government has
E. 1. We must include all those foods which will provide set up national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.
sufficient quantities of all the constituents of food that
7. Forests and Forest People
our body needs. Also their proportions should be
balanced. Such a diet is called a balanced diet. 2. Iron, A. 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (a)
calcium, minerals, vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates, B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (F)
fat are some of the nutrients we get from food. 3. C. 1. (i) rainy slopes of Western Ghats. (ii) The hills of
When countries are at war, food supplies go to the north east India. 2. (i) baskets (ii) chiks 3. (i) Gaura
soldiers, prices increase and food shortages are Devi (ii) Sudesha Devi 4. (i) fruits (ii) wood 5. (i)

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 santhals (ii) oraons. and their enemies. 5. Hedgehogs and porcupines
D. 1. The cutting down of trees on a large scale is called have spikes on their body.
deforestation. The trees are being cut down because Unit 4 : Water and Shelter
they provide land for cultivation, towns and factories.
2. The roots bind the soil. So, once the trees are cut,
10. Life Giving Water
the soil becomes loose. This result in soil erosion. The A. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (b)
soil loses its fertility due to erosion and does not B. 1. (ii) 2. (iv) 3. (i) 4. (iii).
support agriculture. The fall in agricultural production
leads to food shortage and famines. 3. Forests are an C. 1. BAOLI 2. TANK 3. RICE.
important gift of nature. They give us many things. D. 1. From tube wells and wells people get water when
Wood, either as timber or fine wood, is the most there was no direct water supply. 2. The water is called
important product. Other product include lai, resin, a universal solvent because one important property of
gums, fruits, fodders and medicinal herbs. 4. Tribals water is that it can dissolve a large number of
are depend on the forest for their livelihood. So, they substances in it. 3. An object in water floats if its body
do not harm the forests. They collect fuel wood, fruits, weight or mass is lesser than the up-thrust force. It
seeds, honey, wax and medicinal herbs from the forest. sinks if its weight or mass is more than the up-thrust
5. In rural India, the flora of certain areas is considerd force. 4. Aquatic plants can be divided into three
sacred. The villagers believe that Gods live in them. groups : (i) Free floating plants, example : Duckweed
Therefore, they worship these trees and never cut (ii) Rooted floating plants example : Lotus
them. Such trees are called sacred groves. They are (iii) Submerged plants example : Hydrilla. 5. Free
called Kava in Kerala, Oran in Rajasthan and Devkot floating plants are small in size. They have spongy
in Madhya Pradesh. stems or air-filled part that help them to float freely.
8. Reproduction in Plants 6. Aquatic animals are able to survive in water
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (b) because they have special body parts that help them
survive in water.
B. Do yourself.
C. 1. Many fruits are sweet and juicy. Animals pluck these 11. A House to Live in
fruits from the tree and carry them away to eat. They A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (b)
eat the flesh of fruits and leave the seeds behind. In
B. 1. (T) 2. (F) 3. (F) 4. (T) 5. (T)
this way they help to scatter the seeds. 2. The
potatoes is an underground swollen stem. You will see C. 1. Momadic tribes are always on the move, looking for
many ‘eyes’ on it. These eyes are tiny buds. These food and their animals. So they prefer to live in tensts.
buds can be cut into seperate parts and put into clean 2. People living in a neighbourhood need some common
damp soil. After sometime, the buds will grow into amenities such as water, electricity, roads, parks, shops,
baby plants. In ginger, buds are found at the tips of etc. So, people live together in neighbourhood. 3.
some branches, which grow into new plants. 3. Seeds People who live near one another in a particular place is
need air, water and warmth to germinate. 4. Farmers said to be in neighbourhood. Some facilities that
and gardeners have found a quick way to grow new neighbours share are water, electricy, roads, shops and
plants from stem cutting. The cut portion of the stem is parks. 4. There are different kinds of houses in the same
put in moist soil and watered regularly. The method is place. It is due to the economic status of the people
called artificial vegetative propagation. 5. Yes, it can owning a particular house. 5. The true social insects
be said that a plant has a three stage life cycle : the have a real family life. Aunts live in organised
seed stage, the baby plant stage and adult plant stage. communities in which the member depend on one
Every plant go through these stages in their life cycle. another.
9. Ears and Furs in Animals Unit 5 : Recreation
A. 1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (b) 12. Let’s Celebrate
B. 1. hair 2. hearing 3. spikes 4. hair 5. fur
A. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (a)
C. Do yourself.
B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (T) 6. (T) 7. (F)
D. 1. Ears which can be seen from outside are called
external ears. Dogs and cats have external ears while C. 1. Festivals are celebrated to mark historical or religious
birds and snakes do not have external ears. 2. Whales events. 2. On this day, in 1950, India became a
use their ears to pick up sounds to locate food or find democratic republic. So, this day is celebrated every
their way in the ocean or keep in touch with each other. year with great pomp and show all over India. 3. Diwali,
3. There are some animals for whom skin is not Eid, Guruparva. 4. Christmas is celebrated on 25th
enough. Animals living in cold regions like polar bears December 5. We need recreation to have fun, to feel
and mink fox need something more than skin to keep fresh and to spend time with our family and friends.
themselves warm. Their body covering comprises of Recreational activities give us pleasure. 6. Indoor
thick fur which are tightly packed hair. So, animals games such as carrom, ludo, chess and table tennis
living in cold regions have fur on their bodies while can be played indoors. Outdoor games such as football,
animals living in hot regions do not have fur in their cricket, hockey and lawn tennis are played out in the
bodies. 4. All the animals need a protective covering open.
on their body to protect themselves from heat, cold
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D. national monument and other kinds of buildings. They
are protected and preserved properly. These buildings
are called heritage buildings. 3. The beautiful churches
in Goa were built by the Portuguese. 4. Monuments
Diwali Guruparva Eid Christmas tell us many things about the past. They, not only tell
us about the power and vision of the people who got
13. Games Mania them, but also about the skills of the craftsmen and
A. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (c) artisans of that time. 5. Monuments are preserved by
B. 1. (iv) 2. (iii) 3. (vi) 4. (ii) 5. (i) 6. (v) the Archaeological Survey of India.
C. 1. The games in which a player plays alone against Unit 7 : Natural Phenomenon
another player are called individual games. Example : 17. Natural Disasters
Golf, Chess. The games in which a group of players
A. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (c)
play against another group are called team games.
Example : Football, Cricket. 2. The cooperation and B. 1. (F) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T)
coordination among the team members is called team C. 1. A situation which poses immediate threat to our life
sprit. Every team needs team spirits to win. So, it is and property is called an emergency. 2. We will take
important. 3. Some local games played in India are : following precautions when an earthquake strikes :
Patang bazi, camel and bullock race, Kabaddi, (i) Come out of your house (ii) Do not stand near
Vallamkali. 4. A mirror surface becomes cloudy when windows (iii) If outdoors, keep away from trees,
we blow on it because when the water vapour touches signboards, buildings and electric poles. 3. Indian Red
the cold surface, It condenses on the cold surface and Cross, Valunteers for India Development, First Hand
makes it cloudy. 5. The national game of our country is Foundation, Child Relief and You. 4. In the times of
Hockey. disasters and accidents, emergency treatment is given
to patients before the arrival of the doctor or before the
14. Prides of India patient is taken to a hospital, such emergency
A. 1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c) treatment is called first aid. 5. (i) Make the patient sit
B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (F) 5. (F) upright with her/his head held back. (ii) Press the
C. 1. CV Raman discovery, known as the Raman Effect, bleeding side of the nose firmly (iii) Apply an ice pack
to the nose.
made a very distinctive contribution to physics. For his
discovery. CV Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in 18. Spirit of Adventure
physics in 1921. 2. APJ Abdul Kalam successfully led A. 1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (a)
the development of missile Prathvi and Agni. B. 1. (i) Insat IA (ii) Bhaskara 2. (i) Rakesh Sharma
3. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is located at (ii) Kalpana Chawla 3. Do yourself 4. (i) Edmund
Trombay near Mumbai. 4. Swami Vivekananda started Hillary (ii) Tenzing Norgay.
the Rama Krishna Mission. 5. Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan
C. 1. Do yourself 2. The difference between a star and a
devoted his life to improve the condition of the
planet is that star seems to twinkle but planet shine
muslims.
with steady light. 3. Artificial satellites sent into space
Unit 6 : Travel for some various purposes like : (i) These satellites
15. Fuels help in forecasting the weather. (ii) These satellites
make instant global communication possible. 4. Sunita
A. 1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (b)
Williams is the second woman of Indian origin to go
B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (T) into space. 5. Avalanches are the strong winds that
C. 1. Two main kinds of fuels for vehicles are petrol and harms mountaineers when they try to climb the
diesel. 2. Coal, petroleum and natural gas are called mountains.
fossil fuels. 3. Fuels that can be used again and again Unit 8 : Things We Make and Do
and their stock can be replaced when they get finished
are called renewable fuels. 4. Fossil fuels are formed 19. Growing Food
from the dead bodies of animals and plants. These A. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (c)
remain buried under the Earth for over millions of B. 1. (T) 2. (T) 3. (T) 4. (T) 5. (F).
years. 5. Aeroplane use a special of petroleum-based C. 1. Harvesting is the main occupation of the people of
fuel called aviation fuel. India. 2. We use various fungicides, insecticides and
16. Historical Monuments fertilizers to protect crops. 3. (i) Furrow irrigation
(ii) Basin irrigation (iii) Sprinkler irrigation.
A. 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (c)
4. (i) Nitrogenous fertilizers (ii) Phosphetic fertilizers
B. 1. Monuments are building built in the past. They could 5. Ploughing of the field is nessesary because this
be especially built in the memory of person in the past. help the soil to retain mosture. After this the soil is
2. The government takes special care of some ready for sowing seeds or saplings.
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