Flying Chalks

  Class 5 th : EVS (Full Syllabus) (i) Answer the following questions: Q. 1 How does a cow recognize its calf? Ans. By smelling and licking it. Q. 2 How does your mother recognize you in crowd? Ans. By our physique. Q. 3 Write the name of any two scientists who worked in the filed of genetics? Ans. Dr. Haragovind Khuraana and Gregor John Mendel. Q. 4 What is adoption? Ans. When legal protection is given to any relatives child or any others child it is known as adoption. Q. 5 Who was called father of genetics? Ans. Gregor John Mendel. Q. 6 On which plants Gregor John Mendel experimented? Ans. Pea plants. Q. 7 What is inheritance? Ans. The transfer of characteristics from one generation to another is known as inheritance. Q. 8 What all famous things are there in a town named Galiakot of Dungarpur district? Ans. The world famous holy shrine of muslim saint Fakhruddin, Sheetla Mata temple, Jain temples and Somnath temple. Q. 9 Where is...

  Chapter 3: We Are Special Page No. 168 Q. 1 How do people who are unable to see, read books? Ans. People read the books through touching embossed  dots who are unable to see. Q. 2 How do they identify the things in bags? Ans. We identified those things by touching them. Page No. 169 Q.1 The word ‘INDIA’ is written below in Braille Script. You also try to write your name in Braille Script with the help of Braille Script chart. Ans.  My name is Flying Chart. So it will be written in following way in Braille Script. Students should also try to write their name in Braille Script using Braille Script Chart. Page no. 171 Q. 1 If there are any students in the class who are unable to see, speak or walk, in what ways will you help them? Ans. We will help them in following ways: (i) We will help them in various works such as taking water, taking out their books and copies etc. (ii) We will help them to move from one place to another. (iii) We will try to make th...

  Chapter 1: Understanding Our Relations Page No. 156 Table 1 Family Members Family Members They live with you or somewhere else, write the name of the place Grandfather (Dadaji) No. He is not alive. Grandmother (Dadiji) Yes. She lives with us. Elder Uncle (Tauji) No. He lives in Jaipur. Elder Aunt (Taiji) No. She lives in Jaipur Father Yes. He lives with us. Mother Yes. She lives with us. Younger Uncle (Chachaji) Yes. He lives with us. Younger Aunt (Chachiji) Yes. She lives with us. Note: Students could change the above table according to their family members with whom they live. Q.1 Who lives in your neighborhood? Ans. There are four families who live in our neighborhood. Q.2 How many of them are nuclear families? Ans. Two Families out of four are nuclear familie...

  Chapter 2: Migration of Families Page No. 163 Q.1 What are the problems which Santu must have faced in the village after migration? Ans. The problems which Santu must have faced in the village after migration are following: (i) He had to live on rant. (ii) He was not feeling well over there as he was missing his own village. (iii) He had to search for some occupation. Q.2 If there is any family in your vicinity which migrated to some other place or settled in your area after migration from some other place, then collect the following information about it- (a) The family migrated to/from which place? Ans. The family migrated from West Bengal. (b) What are the reasons for their mitigation? Ans. The reason for their mitigation are getting better education for their children and getting better opportunities for doing work. (c) How many members are there in their family? Ans. 5 members are there in their family. (d) Who helped them? Ans. Their neighb...

  Chapter 4: Let’s Clean Together Page No. 173 Q.1 Clean India Mission must have been run in your school also. You contributed in what type of works, Make a list. Ans. Yes, Clean India Mission has been run in your school also. We contributed in following type of works: (i) We cleaned few streets around our school. (ii) We tried to spread awareness about cleanliness around our school. (iii) In our school, we made sure that all types of wastes are dumped in dustbin. (iv) In our school, we encouraged each other to collect separate waste as wet and dry. Q.2 What did you experience by participating in this mission? Ans. By participating in this mission, we experienced that If we start working collectively as a team work, we can do huge tasks easily.   We also felt that cleanliness makes our surroundings beautiful. And it reduces the causes of spreading various diseases. Q.3 After working under “Clean India Mission”, what changes have you made in your habits? ...