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Lesson Our Community Life 20 Concept Map Complete the given concept map. Our Community Life Rules Community They have to be followed People like to live in a community. by everyone. Community involves our advantages of rules family, friends and neighbours. They are ___________________ Community life 47 for everyone. (1) It is interdependent. Daily needs are fulfilled by community. Bring _______________________ to our lives. (2) Run community life. Help in keeping things fair and teach us co-operation.

Remembering Very Short Answer Questions 1) Match the following (Textbook, Pg. 122) A B 1) Helping each other a) rules are necessary 2) For a community to run smoothly b) is called co-operation 3) Rules are the same c) are called rules d) for everybody Fill in the blanks 2) At home we live with our ______________________________________. 3) People like to live in a ___________________________________. (Textbook, Pg. 122) 4) Friends do not live with us at our _________________________________. Strike out the wrong word 5) Living in community / unaccompanied means living with parents, neighbours and friends. 6) People co-operate / hinder with each other in a community life. Mark true or false 7) Sports make us unhealthy. [       ] [       ] 48 8) Community life is independent. Short Answer Questions Answer the following 9) With whom do we live at home? (Textbook, Pg. 122) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Think and tell 10) When do we feel secure? (Textbook, Pg. 122) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Understanding Very Short Answer Questions 49 Fill in the blanks 11) In a community, we get ____________________________________. (Textbook, Pg. 122) 12) Community life is _______________________________________. (Textbook, Pg. 122) Answer in one word 13) In community life, people help each other. This is known as: Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ 14) What is needed to build co-operation between the people? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ Short Answer Questions Answer the following 15) Who provides us with education and health in our community life? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ Our Community Life

________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Think and tell 16) Why should we follow rules? (Textbook, Pg. 122) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Long Answer Question Answer the following 17) What do you mean by mutual co-operation? How does it benefit our community life? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Application 50 Very Short Answer Questions Strike out the wrong word 18) Rules are necessary / unnecessary for the smooth running of community life. 19) Rules bring discipline / indiscipline to community life.

Short Answer Questions 51 Answer the following (Textbook, Pg. 120) 20) What if there were no farmers… Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 21) What if there were no schools… Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 22) What if there were no hospitals… Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 23) What if garbage were to pile up… Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Long Answer Question Answer the following 24) We all are fond of playing games. What do we learn while playing games? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Our Community Life

________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Higher Order Thinking Skills (H.O.T.S.) Short Answer Question Answer the following 25) Rules help to prevent quarrels, fights and partiality. What do you think? (Textbook, Pg. 121) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Activity 26) Enlist some of the rules followed in the game of cricket. Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ 52 ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

Formative 27) Who all do we need? Stage 1: Make a list of all the things you have used today. Stage 2:  Write who produced these things for you. If you used a geyser to heat the water for your bath, then find out who installed it for you? Who are the people who have helped to make your life the way it is? Stage 3:  Make a map to connect yourself to all these people like the map shown below. You can add as many people as you want and make more connections like: Me→Shopkeeper Farmer→Baker 53 Our Community Life

Lesson Public Services for Community 21 Life Concept Map Complete the given concept map. Public Services for Community Life Public services Population transport villages: _____________________ (1) water ____________________ (2) cities: large public ______________________ (3) Government banks local administration post office municipality gram _____________________ (4) 54 Remembering Very Short Answer Questions Fill in the blanks 1) _____________________________ give loans to people in need. (Textbook, Pg. 126)

2) T he ___________________________________ is used to keep in touch with friends and 55 relatives. (Textbook, Pg. 126) 3) I nstitutions formed by the co-operation of the people are called _________________ ______________________. (Textbook, Pg. 126) 4) The _______________________________ was used in Golconda to deliver letters. Complete the words 5) It runs the administration of the village. (Textbook, Pg. 126) G ____ ____ ____ P ____ _____ _____ ____ ______ _______ _____ _____ 6) It runs the administration of the town. (Textbook, Pg. 126) M ____ ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ ____ ____ ______ _____ y 7) It is present in big cities. (Textbook, Pg. 126) M ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ l C ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ n 8) Money is kept safe in a b _____ _____ k. Short Answer Questions Think and tell 9) What is a ‘local government’? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10) How do factories help us? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Public Services for Community Life

Understanding Very Short Answer Questions Strike out the wrong word 11) Public facilities are available for everyone / politicians. 12) The population of cities is small / large. Name the following 13) Provides transport at low cost: Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ 14) Helps us keep in touch with family and friends: Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ Short Answer Questions Answer the following 15) What are public services? (Textbook, Pg. 126) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 16) What public services do we use in public life? (Textbook, Pg. 126) 56 Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 17) Which services does the local government provide? (Textbook, Pg. 126) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Long Answer Question Answer the following 18) What is ‘dak’ system? Where was it first started? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Application Very Short Answer Questions 57 Circle the correct word 19) To form a gram panchayat, the population of a village should be at least 500 / 5000. 20) Public services are provided out of money from our fees / taxes. Short Answer Questions Think and tell 21) What is a group gram panchayat? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Public Services for Community Life

22) Which forms of local transport are available in India? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Long Answer Question Answer the following 23) How can we help the administration to run the public services smoothly? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Higher Order Thinking Skills (H.O.T.S.) Short Answer Question What’s the solution? (Textbook, Pg.125) 24) How will you solve water-related problems? 58 Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

Activity 25) W  hich of the governing bodies mentioned in the pictures operates in your city, town or village? Make a list of the services offered by your local government. (Textbook, Pg. 124) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Formative 26) Which Public Services do you use? 59 Stage 1: Use a large sheet of paper to draw a scene of your town or village to show the people and services that are available to you. For example, you may want to show a postman and a post-box, a public bus, a policeman, water towers and public toilets. Make sure that you observe your surroundings to get a real picture. Stage 2: With your friends, confirm that you have covered all the possible services and people. Draw a little star over the services that you use. Stage 3: Make a list of public services that you think are useful and which you want to try out. For example, ‘I want to use a public bus to go from my town/village to another city.’ Public Services for Community Life

Lesson Who Fulfils Our Needs? 22 Concept Map Complete the given concept map. Who Fulfils Our Needs? Occupations Basic needs air nature-based occupations: _________________ (1) agriculture, fishing food _________________ (2) manufacture: making automobiles, pots, clothes and so on Other needs education 60 trade: selling farm produce, clothes medicines shop keeping and so on providing service: teachers, doctors, lawyers, bankers

Remembering Very Short Answer Questions Fill in the blanks 1) Air, food, water and ___________________________ are the basic needs of every living thing. 2) _________________________ work in the field to grow crops. 3) Many other ___________________________ are undertaken by agricultural products. 4) ___________________________ provide milk, meat, eggs and leather. Strike out the wrong word 5) A doctor provides goods / services to us. 6) There are five / four main classes of occupation. 7) Usually, people take on the activity / occupation that their father and grandfather have worked on before. 8) In the pottery industry, clay is the raw material / finished product. Short Answer Questions Answer the following 9) Can you name the occupation shown in the image? 61 What are the people with this occupation called? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10) What do you mean by occupation? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ Who Fulfils Our Needs?

________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Understanding Very Short Answer Questions Fill in the blanks 11) Making automobiles is an example of ________________________________ of goods. 12) ______________________ is a type of occupation in which people sell farm products. 13) Teachers or doctors provide ____________________________ to the people. 14) ___________________________ is used to feed cows, buffaloes and goats. Short Answer Questions Answer the following 15) What are the four main classes of occupation? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Think and tell 62 16) If we do not farm the land in our country, what will happen? (Textbook, Pg. 132) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

Long Answer Question Answer the following 17) What are the occupations of the people in your locality? (Textbook, Pg. 132) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Application Very Short Answer Questions 63 Strike out the wrong word 18) In industries / farming, the obtained raw materials are processed to make finished products. 19) If the products are made at home on a small scale, it is called a cottage / large industry. Short Answer Questions Answer the following 20) Give three examples of industries. (Textbook, Pg. 132) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Who Fulfils Our Needs?

Think and tell 21) What do you mean by agro-based occupation? Explain with examples. Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Long Answer Question Answer the following 22) What is meant by an industry? Give an example. Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Higher Order Thinking Skills (H.O.T.S.) Short Answer Question Answer the following 64 23) Write the missing links. (Textbook, Pg. 132) a) Cotton  _______________________  Textile b) ________________  fruit processing  jam / jelly c) Iron  automobile industry  _____________________

Activity 24) Visit a weekly market / mall / cloth shop. Obtain some information about the occupations there. (Textbook, Pg. 132) Ans. Various occupations in your surroundings 1) 6) 2) 7) 3) 8) 4) 9) 5) 10) Formative 65 25) Handicrafts Stage 1: Find out the names of all the handicrafts and art forms in the state of Maharashtra. A few have been filled for you: Who Fulfils Our Needs?

Name of the art form Type of art Region where Have you seen a real this is made item of this art form? Paithani Warli Bidri Stage 2: In the second column, write what type of art it is. In the third, write where these arts and crafts are practised and made. For example, Paithani is a type of sari that comes from a place called Paithan, near Aurangabad. Stage 3: In the last column, write whether you have seen a real work of this type of art. Paste a picture of the art form and label it. 66

Lesson 23 Growing up and Growing Old Concept Map Complete the given concept map. Growing up and Growing Old Plants: as they grow People: as we grow seedlings baby small plants school-going boy/girl trees adult flowers _______________________ age (1) ______________________ (2) death death: Trunks 67 become weak.

Remembering Very Short Answer Questions Fill in the blanks 1) When a baby is born, everyone is __________________________. (Textbook, Pg. 137) 2) Regular _____________________________ has its advantages. (Textbook, Pg. 137) 3) ___________________________ develop from flowers. (Textbook, Pg. 137) 4) When a seed germinates, a _____________________________ is produced. Mark as true or false 5) As a baby grows, its height and weight also grow. (Textbook, Pg. 137) [ ] 6) The seedling absorbs water and some nutritious substances from the soil. (Textbook, Pg. 137) [ ] 7) At the age of 40, people grow in height. [ ] 8) Fruits develop from leaves. [ ] Short Answer Questions Think and answer 9) When do plants begin to flower? (Textbook, Pg. 137) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 68 10) What is germination? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

Very Short Answer Questions 69 Strike out the wrong word 11) Eating chips / fruits lead to a healthy living. 12) The leaves / seedlings absorb water and nutrition. 13) The sprouting / rotting of seeds is known as germination. Mark true or false 14) A plant can grow even if the sprout doesn’t take root in the soil. (Textbook, Pg. 137) [ ] Short Answer Questions Answer in brief 15) How can good health be maintained? (Textbook, Pg. 137) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 16) Until how many years of age do children continue to grow? (Textbook, Pg. 137) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Long Answer Question Answer the following 17) How does a seed become a fruit? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Growing up and Growing Old

________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Application Very Short Answer Questions Answer in one sentence 18) Grandfather’s hair turns white. Some old men show another sign of old age on their heads. What is it? (Textbook, Pg. 136) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ 19) Beans like moong, matki and chawali sprout after being soaked in water. What other word will you use to describe this process? (Textbook, Pg. 137) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ Short Answer Questions Answer the following 20) How does a cat move her kittens from one place to another? (Textbook, Pg. 136) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 70 21) How does old age affect the skin? (Textbook, Pg. 137) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

22) Draw a picture of the fruit and seeds of a pea plant. (Textbook, Pg. 137) Ans. Long Answer Question 71 Answer the following 23) How will you guess? (Textbook, Pg. 136) You want to guess whether a stranger is older or younger than your parents. Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Growing up and Growing Old

Higher Order Thinking Skills (H.O.T.S.) Short Answer Question Answer the following 24) “All plants die. However, their causes are different.” Why do you think trees fall? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Activity 25) In a pot, sow the seeds of a plant of your choice. Observe its growth. Every Sunday, draw a picture of the plant according to your observations. (Textbook, Pg. 137) Ans. 72

Formative 26) Look how I grew Stage 1: Talk to your parents and family members. Ask them to tell stories about you when you were younger. Write these stories down. Stage 2: Draw pictures with the stories to show what happened. Stage 3: Make a scrapbook about your life like a storybook. 73 Growing up and Growing Old

Lesson Our Clothes 24 Concept Map Complete the given concept map. Our Clothes As per other factors As per season taste: As per what we like. rainy: We use _____________________ and ________________________. (1) winter: We wear warm clothes. occupation: like doctors, summer: We wear lawyers, policemen and ________________________ clothes. (2) so on convenience: on what As per gender is easy to wear men: dhoti, __________________________, 74 shirts and so on (3) women: saree, salwar kameez, frock and so on

Remembering Very Short Answer Questions 75 Fill in the blanks 1) There are _________________________ seasons in a year. 2) Each season is approximately ______________________ months long. 3) We wear _______________________ clothes in winter. 4) Uniforms worn by soldiers ________________________ the environment around them. Strike out the wrong word 5) Sari, salwar kameez and frocks are worn by men / women. 6) Clothes that people wear changes with region / land. 7) Traditional costumes are bright clothes with blue / golden threads. 8) We wear uniforms / casual dresses to school. Short Answer Questions Answer in short 9) Which seasons do you experience in one year? (Textbook, Pg. 142) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Think and tell 10) In which months do the summer, rainy and winter seasons occur? (Textbook, Pg. 139) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ Our Clothes

________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 11) We wear warm clothes in winter as protection against the cold. What will happen if we wear warm clothes in summer? (Textbook, Pg. 139) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 12) Animals do not wear clothes. How do they protect themselves from the cold? (Textbook, Pg. 139) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 13) Many trees shed their leaves in winter. When do they grow new leaves again? (Textbook, Pg. 139) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Understanding 76 Very Short Answer Questions Mark true or false 14) There are no changes to weather according to seasons. [ ] [ ] 15) Seasons affect the life of human beings alone. [ ] 16) Mundase, pheta and pagadi are all forms of headgear.

17) Soldiers use khaki coloured clothes in deserts. [ ] Short Answer Questions Answer the following 18) Why do we need to change types of clothes according to the seasons? (Textbook, Pg. 142) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Find and tell 19) Write the names of some traditional clothes worn in your neighbourhood. (Textbook, Pg. 142) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Long Answer Question Give reasons 20) Kamal has to walk to her uncle’s house, but it is raining heavily. What will she have to do to reach her uncle’s house without getting wet? (Textbook, Pg. 141) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 77 ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Our Clothes

Application Very Short Answer Questions Answer in one word 21) Wearing uniforms gives a person a unique __________________________. 22) What coloured clothes do soldiers wear when they go into a jungle? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ Short Answer Questions Find and tell 23) Write the names of three occupations that require uniforms. (Name occupations not mentioned in the chapter) (Textbook, Pg. 142) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 24) Jacob has worn woollen clothes, but he is feeling very hot. What kind of clothes should he wear? (Textbook, Pg. 141) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 78 ________________________________________________________________________________ Long Answer Question Answer the following 25) Try This (Textbook, Pg. 139) Look at the clothes that people around you are wearing. Write down differences in their clothing based on the points given below.

Name of the Colour of Type of cloth Uniform according to occupation person the cloth Higher Order Thinking Skills (H.O.T.S.) Short Answer Question 79 Find and tell 26) The clothes made of which materials are worn in: a) summer b) winter c) rainy Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Our Clothes

Activity 27) Visit a clothes shop or exhibition. Draw pictures of the clothes that you like. Write four or five lines about them. (Textbook, Pg. 142) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 80 ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

Formative 28) The Journey of Wool Stage 1: Where does wool come from? Does it come to us directly in the form of woollen cloth? Draw a picture of where wool comes from. Stage 2: What happens to the wool when it is removed from the sheep? With the help of your parents, read the process here: http://www.blackberry-ridge.com/ prosdscr.htm and write down the steps followed. Stage 3: Write down the process in the order in which it happens. Also, add pictures where possible and share it with your class. 81 Our Clothes

Lesson 25 Changes in Our Surroundings Concept Map Complete the given concept map. Change in Our Surroundings Shadows Day and night mornings: They are long and fall to the ______________________. (3) When the sun ________________, there is light. It’s called day. (1) afternoons: Shadows become very short. When the sun sets, it is dark. it’s called night. evenings: They are long and fall to the east. Sun rises in the _________________ and sets in the ________________. (2) 82 Phases of the moon They are the different shapes of the moon. full moon: completely round in shape new moon: Moon can’t be seen.

Remembering Very Short Answer Questions Fill in the blanks 1) Bats are ______________________________ animals. (Textbook, Pg. 149) 2) When their stomachs are full, cows and buffaloes sit in a peaceful place and ______________________________. (Textbook, Pg. 149) 3) _____________________ are the first to sense the end of the night. (Textbook, Pg. 149) 4) When the sun rises, its light is _______________________. (Textbook, Pg. 149) Mark true or false 5) The moon cannot be seen on the day of the new moon. (Textbook, Pg. 149) [ ] 6) Some living things set out in search of food after the sun has set. ] (Textbook, Pg. 149) [ 7) The day when the moon looks triangular is the day of the full moon. (Textbook, Pg. 149) [ ] 8) Birds start chirping at dawn. (Textbook, Pg. 149) [ ] 9) The sun gradually shifts towards the east. (Textbook, Pg. 149) ] [ Short Answer Questions 83 Think and answer 10) What are shadows like when the sun is directly overhead? (Textbook, Pg. 149) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Changes in Our Surroundings

11) After the day of the new moon, for how many days does the moon grow bigger? (Textbook, Pg. 149) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Understanding Very Short Answer Questions What are the following called? 12) The different shapes of the moon seen every day. (Textbook, Pg. 149) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ 13) Animals that rest during the day and search for food at night. (Textbook, Pg. 149) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ 14) The day on which the moon is completely round. (Textbook, Pg. 149) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ 15) The day on which the moon cannot be seen. (Textbook, Pg. 149) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ Answer in one sentence 16) When your shadow is very short, where is the sun in the sky? (Textbook, Pg. 148) 84 Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ Short Answer Questions Think and tell 17) When do shadows become long? (Textbook, Pg. 149) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 18) Why do bees hover around flowers? (Textbook, Pg. 149) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Long Answer Question Answer the following 19) Explain the phases of the moon. Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Application Very Short Answer Questions 85 Answer in one sentence 20) Make a list of flowers which bloom in the morning. (Textbook, Pg. 148) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ 21) After how many days does a new moon follow another new moon? (Textbook, Pg. 148) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ Changes in Our Surroundings

Short Answer Questions Think and tell 22) What is meant by ‘crescent moon’? (Textbook, Pg. 148) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ What can be done? 23) Slices of amla are to be kept to dry in a place that receives sunlight all day. What can be done? (Textbook, Pg. 148) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Long Answer Question Answer the following 24) On a clear day, go to an open field near your school. Find a tall object like a pillar, a tree, or a flagpole, or erect a pole in the courtyard of your school. Write your observations in the table. Date: ____ / ___ / ______ Time 8.30 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 12.00 p.m. 1.30 p.m. 3.30 p.m. 86 Length of the shadow Direction of the shadow

W hat do you learn from these observations? Write your conclusions under the table. (Textbook, Pg. 149) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Higher Order Thinking Skills (H.O.T.S.) Short Answer Question 87 Think and tell 25) Try this (Textbook, Pg. 147) F  ind an open space from where you can see the sky clearly. Go there at a fixed time every evening for a week. a) Do you see the moon in the same place every evening? b) Does the shape of the moon look the same every evening? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Changes in Our Surroundings

Activity 26) Certain festivals are celebrated keeping in mind the position of the moon. Find out about these festivals, gather some pictures and write about them. (Hint: Vat pournima – Full moon of the Jyestha month; Naralipournima – Full moon of Shravana, and so on) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Formative 27) Sunset Art Stage 1: Observe your surroundings at sunset for three days. Note one spot you are most fond of. Answer the following questions: 88 • What is the colour of the sky? • What are the colours of the clouds? • What do the colours of the birds flying in the sky appear as? • If there is something in the distance, is its colour clear to us? Make a rough sketch of what you observe.

Stage 2: Take a fresh sheet of paper and draw a sunset scene. Stage 3: Paint the picture. • First, paint the sky in the different colours of sunset. • Wait for the paint to dry before you paint the birds and other things. Write a paragraph to describe the scene you saw at sunset. Be observant and try to remember all the details. 89 Changes in Our Surroundings

Lesson As We Go from the Third to the 26 Fourth Standard Concept Map Complete the given concept map. As We Go from the Third to the Fourth Standard Taking care of others Independence _________________________ (1) equal rights duties friends Taking care of the environment plants 90 __________________________ (2) Remembering Very Short Answer Questions Fill in the blanks 1) Learning does not mean only going to __________________________.

2) We study the ________________________________ because we can learn from it, too. 3) W e must ______________________________ to the work that our parents and other members of our family do. 4) Everyone must feel _______________________ and secure. 5) We celebrate our Independence Day on the ______________ of August every year. 6) Match the following Group A Group B 1) The environment a) have equal rights 2) India is b) independent 3) All citizens of India c) do not match anyone else’s 4) Our fingerprints d) belongs to us and others e) is our duty Answer in one word 7) What does everything in nature always follow? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ 8) Name one thing we are free to choose in our country. Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ Short Answer Questions Answer the following 91 9) Why do your parents tell you to behave yourself? (Textbook, Pg. 157) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ As We Go from the Third to the Fourth Standard

10) Do you ask if your parents have eaten well? (Textbook, Pg. 157) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Understanding Very Short Answer Questions Mark true or false 11) The environment takes care of all our needs. [ ] 12) Birds do not take care of their young ones. [ ] 13) What we do and how we behave does not affect the environment. [ ] 14) Independence means we can behave as we wish. [ ] Short Answer Questions Give reasons 15) What can you do to help the adults in the house? (Textbook, Pg. 157) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 92 ________________________________________________________________________________ 16) How do you help when someone at home is not feeling well? (Textbook, Pg. 157) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

Long Answer Question Answer the following 17) How are birds similar to our families? Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Application Very Short Answer Questions Mark true or false 18) While buying bus and train tickets, it is best to stand in a crowd. [ ] 19) Janine, who is tall, is inferior to Hari, who is short. [ ] Short Answer Questions Answer the following 20) What will happen if we pluck flowers in a public garden? (Textbook, Pg. 150) 93 Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ As We Go from the Third to the Fourth Standard

21) What will happen if we throw garbage from our homes on to the road? (Textbook, Pg. 150) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 22) Why must we not carve our names on the walls of historical monuments? (Textbook, Pg. 150) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 23) Why must we not throw plastic carry bags and bottles here and there? (Textbook, Pg. 150) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 24) What are the advantages of a queue over a crowd? (Textbook, Pg. 152) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Long Answer Question 94 What’s the solution? 25) L ook at the picture. Each child in the picture is different from the other. Why do you think the boy in the blue T-shirt is sad? How can you make a difference to this situation?

Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Higher Order Thinking Skills (H.O.T.S.) Short Answer Question Think and tell 26) What does it mean to depend on one another? (Textbook, Pg. 151) Ans. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Activity 95 27) Try this (Textbook, Pg. 151) a) Apply ink on your fingertips. Get their impressions on a piece of paper. Do your finger prints and those of your friends look different? b) Look at two leaves on the same twig. Do you see any differences? As We Go from the Third to the Fourth Standard

Ans. a) Fingerprint b) Differences between the two leaves: ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Formative 28) Diversity Stage 1: Find out the twenty-two official languages of India. Stage 2: On a map of India mark the following: 96 • All the names of the states • The main language spoken in each state Stage 3: How many people do you know who speak more than one of these languages? For example, Mr. Nair speaks Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi and English. Write their names and the languages they speak.