EVS WORKSHEET CLASS V

What special power do animals have?

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Why does a dog sniff have and there?
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How do ants move?
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How do they find the way?
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What does a guard ant do outside the ant hill?
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How do mosquitoes find us?
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What do most of the birds have their eyes?
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How the birds eyes different?
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Why do birds keep moving their necks often?
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How does a tiger make its area?
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What is special about a tiger’s ears?
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What is hibernation?
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What is wild life conservation?
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What is poaching?
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Give two examples of each
Endangered animals – _____________________________________________________________
Extinct animals – _____________________________________________________________

Find out and write for what these animals are killed.
Elephant - _____________________________________________________________
Tiger - _____________________________________________________________
Musk deer - _____________________________________________________________
Rhinoceros - _____________________________________________________________
Snakes - _____________________________________________________________

Name an animal which

a) has sharp eye sight - ________________________
b) can see six times better at night - ________________________
c) has sharp sense of smell that makes it part of a police team - ________________________
d) can smell human odour, body heat and body humidity - ________________________
e) is active at night - ________________________

Write few lines about “Tiger”

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Name some communities that depend on animals for their livelihood.
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How do animals help us?
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Name two organizations that discourage the use of animals for experimentation and entertainment.
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Fill in the blanks
1. Silk is obtained from the _________ of silkworm.
2. The dried dung of animals like cow and buffaloes are used as ________.
3. Pearls are obtained from ___________.
4. A snake charmer remove the __________ of snake to make them harmless.
5. Animals like bears, monkeys, lions are used in ___________ for entertaining people.
6. __________________ is called farmer’s friends.
7. Cob hair oil is obtained from __________.
8. The ________ of elephants are used to make decorative items and jwellery.
9. The instrument used by snake charmers is called ________.

What is digestion?
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What is digestive system?
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What is the role of tongue in digestive system? Draw labelled diagram of tongue.
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Which part of our body helps in identifying taste?

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How does the tongue help in identifying tastes?
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How does the tongue help in identifying different tastes?
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Why should you chew your food properly before swallowing it?
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What should you do it someone has loose motions or vomiting?
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Where can you get ORS?
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What makes us feel thirsty?
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What happens when you play games outside?
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What does glucose water do?

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What does glucose drip do?

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How do you get it know that you are hungry?

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Write food items made of unripe mangoes?
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Write food items made of ripe mangoes?

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Foods that have a small shelf life and rot (spoil) easily are called _________________
Examples: _____________________
Foods that have a large shelf life and do not decay easily are called _________________
Examples: _____________________

What are the reasons for spoilage of food?

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What are the natural reasons that cause decay of fruits and vegetables?
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Under what conditions do microorganisms cause food decay?

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Explain the methods of food preservations.

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What are the reasons for shortage of food?
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Is there any kind of pickle made in your house? What kind of pickle is it? Who makes it? From
whom did they learn to make this pickle?
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What all things are needed to make any one type of pickle in your house? How is the pickle made?
Find out the recipe and write.
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Complete the sentences using the words from the word box.
Stem Leaves Oxygen Fruit Seed Water
Pollen Roots Life cycle Petiole
1. Rarely, a plant can grow ______________ that we can eat.
2. All plants need food, sunlight and ______________.
3. Plants give off ______________ to help us breathe.
4. The part of the plant that holds it straight is called the ______________.
5. Animals, insects carry ______________ from flower to flower.
6. New plants arise from ______________.
7. The part of the plant that grows underground is ______________.
8. The process that shows how the plants grow, lives and dies is called ______________.
9. The part which attaches leaf to the stem is ______________.
10. The part of the plant that grows on the stem is ______________.
Name any twelve parts of the plant.
a) ________________ b) ________________ c) ________________
d) ________________ e) ________________ f) ________________
g) ________________ h) ________________ i) ________________
j) ________________ k) ________________ l) ________________
Make lists of :
Seeds that are used as spices in your home.
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Seeds of vegetables.
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Seeds of fruits.
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Light seeds (check by blowing them).
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Seeds which are flat.
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Complete the table chart for seeds.
Name of the seed Colour Shape (draw) Texture

Rajma

Mustard
Coriander
(Dhanya)
Pepper

Groundnut
Fenugreek
(Menthi)
Cumin
(Jeera)
Chana

Chilli

Watermelon

Choose the correct answer from the box given below to fill in the blanks.

colours, smell, urine, faintest , silkworm, necks, animals,

ears, black , white, snakes, sharper, tiger, language,
endangered, poachers, four, body parts, 17 to 18, leaves, 40,
six, 8, alert, scent, 3, whiskers.
1. Dogs can make out if another dog has come into their area by the smell of the __________ or potty.
2. Birds move their __________ very often.
3. __________ cannot see as many colours as we can.
4. Some animals can hear the __________ sound.
5. Ants leave some __________ on the ground.
6. Some male animals like __________ can recognise their females by their smell.
7. Animals that would soon become extinct are called __________ animals.
8. People who kill animals are called hunters or __________.
9. Many animals are killed for their __________.
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10. Some birds like kites, eagles and vultures can see __________ times as far as we can.
11. Kites, eagles and vultures can see things from a distance of ____ metres, what we can see from a
distance of 2 metres.
12. A sloth spends almost __________ hours a day sleeping while hanging on a tree upside down.
13. It is believe that animals that awake in the day time can see some __________.
14. It is believed that animals are awake at night can see things in __________ and __________.
15. There is a link between the size of the animals __________ and their hearing.
16. Animals that have bigger years can hear __________ sounds.
17. __________ feel the vibrations on the ground.
18. Animals have their own __________ to communicate.
19. __________ is one of the most endangered animals.
20. The tigers’ __________ are very sensitive and can sense the movements or vibrations in the air.
21. Tiger’s roar can be heard up to __________ km away.
22. Tiger is one of the most __________ animals.
23. Musk deer are killed just to make a little __________ from its musk.
24. The sloth eats the __________ of the same tree on which it lives.
25. Sloths live for about __________ years and in that time they move around on 8 trees.
26. A tiger can see __________ times better at night than human beings.

Choose the correct answer to fill in the blanks.

bamboo, treasure, been, Kalbeliyas, Nag Gumphan, snakes,
poisonous, death, medicines, fangs, two, four,
tube, snake, gourd, bite, protect, poison.

1. ____________ are the people who catch snakes and make them dance by playing the been.
2. Snakes dance when the ____________ is played.
3. __________ are an important part of Saperas. (Snake Charmers)
4. Designs of snakes that are used in rangoli, embroidery and as wall decoration in Saurashtra (Gujarat)
and south India are called ____________.
5. Snakes are a ____________ for Kalbeliyas.
6. Snake charmers keep snakes in ____________ baskets.
7. Snake charmers make ____________ from the plants collected from the forest.
8. Some snake bites cause ____________ on the spot.
9. A snake has ____________ hollow teeth.
10. The poisonous teeth of snakes are called ____________.
11. Most of the snakes are not ____________.
12. Only ____________ types of snakes are poisonous in our country.
13. There is a ____________ of poison in a snake’s mouth.

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14. The medicine for a snake bite is made from the snake’s __________.
15. Kalbeliya dance has movements similar to the dance of a __________.
16. The musical instruments been, tumba and khanjiri used by Kalbeliyas except dhol are made from dried
____________. (lauki)
17. The government has made a law that no one can catch snakes/wild animals to ____________ them
from being killed.
18. Snake charmers can know the type of snake from the marks of its_____________.
Name the animal
1. that takes away your food if you are eating in an open ground. _____________
2. that turns its head to see around. _____________
3. that can see four times as far as we can. _____________
4. that can feel the vibrations on the ground. _____________
5. that can warn about a danger by giving a warning call in the forest. _____________
6. that makes different sounds to give messages to each other in sea. _____________
7. that sleeps in the cold season. _____________
8. that is killed for its skin. _____________
9. that is killed for its tusks. _____________
10. that looks like a bear and spends 17 to 18 hours in sleep. _____________
11. that can finds its female by its smell. _____________
12. that has eyes in front of its head like humans. _____________
Choose the correct answer to fill in the blanks.
proper, weak, hunger, taste, glucose drip, strength,
ORS1, sugar, salt, churns, energy, acidic,
taste buds, 300C, digestion, Dr. Beaumont, smell, grow,
digestive juices, hunger, strong, slowly, eating, tongue.

1. If we have vomitings and loose motions we feel _____________.

2. A person is given a __________ and _________ solution when he has loose motions and vomitings.
3. ________ can also be given to the persons who have loose motions and vomitings.
4. If the condition of the patient is very bad due to vomitings and motions the patient is put on a
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5. Glucose gives some ___________ immediately to the body.
6. A glucose drip is given for instant ___________.
7. Our __________ changes with mood.
8. To get enough and __________ food is the right of every child.
9. In Kalahandi district (Odisha) many labourers die due to __________.
10. The juices in the stomach are ___________.
11. The sense organ of our body that tastes the food is _____________.

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12. Our tongue has tiny bumps called _____________ which help us to taste the food.
13. The sense of taste and __________ are interconnected.
14. The glucose drip is given for quick strength even without _____________.
15. _____________ is the breaking down of food into simple forms which our body can use.
16. _____________ carried out many experiments and revealed many secrets about digestion.
17. _____________ help in digesting the food.
18. Our stomach _____________ the food for digestion in our body.
19. The temperature of our stomach is about ______.
20. To __________ and develop we need ________ food.
21. In our country many people die of _____________.
22. Onion, garlic and saunf have _________ smell.
23. To digest the food properly, we should eat __________ and chew the food well.
Answer in one word.
1. The process of breaking down of food in simple form which the body can use. _____________
2. The tiny bumps present on the tongue. _____________
3. The liquid in our mouth that helps in digestion. _____________
4. A muscular bag in our body that churns food. _____________
5. Food like chips, sweets, burgers, sandwiches, pizzas, samosas, soft drinks that make us unhealthy.
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Look at the picture of the tongue given below and mark the parts of the tongue where you can taste
sweet, bitter, salty and sour.

Choose the correct answer to fill in the blanks.

pulp, fibre, sugar, four, jaggery,
dust, layer, cloth, jelly, Mamidi tandra, sun.
MAMIDI TANDRA RECIPE3
1. Mamidi tandra takes ____________ weeks of hard work.
2. The ____________ of mangoes is extracted in a vessel.
3. Then it is strained through a fine muslin cloth to remove ____________ in the pulp.

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4. Then the ____________ is crushed.
5. ____________ and jaggery are added to the pulp.
6. Then the pulp is ____________ on the mat.
7. The thin layer is left to dry in the ____________.
8. Then the thin layer is covered with a cloth to avoid ____________.
9. Next day another ____________ is spread on last day’s layer and left it to dry in the sun.
10. Layer after layer is added until the ____________ grow thick like a golden cake.
11. After four weeks the ____________ is ready to eat.
What are the conditions a seed need to sprout (germinate)?
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Write any four seeds that you eat.
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What is there inside a seed?
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How do plants reproduce?
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Name the plants that we got from South America.
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Name the plants that come from Europe.
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Name the plants that we got from Africa.
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Name the plants that the world got from India.

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Draw a pitcher plant and colour it. Explain how it trap the insects.

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Uzbekistan, Chabutaras, lake, step wells, Jaisalmer, check dams.

1. Sar means a __________.

2. King Ghadsi of ____________ got made Ghadsisar lake 650 years ago.
3. Al-Biruni a traveller from ____________ visited India more than a thousand years ago.
4. Raised platforms around a lake are called ____________.
5. Bavdis (Baolis) are ____________.
6. Johads are _______________.
Name two seeds used as
Cereals – _____________________________ Pulses – _____________________________
Spices – _____________________________ Oil – _____________________________
Draw the parts of a seed and explain each part.

Name two insectivorous plants. ________________________________________________

Write the reasons for shortage of water.
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What is dispersal of seeds? Explain with the help of block diagram.
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What is rain water harvesting?

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Draw the picture of some containers in which water is usually stored in homes.

Write name of any two:

Lakes – _________________________________ Rivers – _________________________________
Seas –_________________________________ Oceans –_________________________________

Write any four ways in which you can save water.

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Write a paragraph on “Uses of water”
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What is baoli?
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Look at the water bill and answer the questions.

1. From which office has this bill come?

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2. In whose name is the bill?
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3. How much money do theyhave to pay for each month?
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4. Do you pay water bill and how much?Ans:-_______________________

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