5TH STD REFERENCE

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M.I.B.K HIGH SCHOOL, KHANDEPAR - GOA

VANDANA A. S. KERKAR

INDEX - SCIENCE
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TOPIC

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SUPER SENSES
SNAKE CHARMERS STORY
FROM TASTING TO DIGESTING
MANGOES ROUND THE YEAR
SEEDS AND SEEDS
EVERY DROP COUNTS
EXPERIMENTS WITH WATER
A TREAT FOR MOSQUITOES
SUNITA IN SPACE
BLOW HOT, BLOW COLD
A SEED TELLS A FARMERS STORY
WHOSE FORESTS?
LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER
INDEX - HISTORY

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TOPIC

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UP YOU GO!
WALLS TELL STORIES
WHAT IF IT FINISHES?
A SHELTER SO HIGH!
WHEN THE EARTH SHOOK
WHO WILL DO THIS WORK?
ACROSS THE WALL
NO PLACE FOR US?
ON THE MOVE AGAIN
INDEX - GEOGRAPHY
TOPIC
POLITICAL AND NATURAL DIVISIONS
CLIMATE
IRRIGATION
NATURAL RESOURCES
INDUSTRIES, TRADE AND TRANSPORT

Syllabus format for the year (Subjected to changes)

Syllabus for the Formative Examination I

Science:
1. Super senses
2. Snake charmers story
History:
1. Up you go!
Geography:
1. Political and natural divisions
Syllabus for the Summative Examination I

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Science:
1. Super senses
2. Snake charmers story
3. From tasting to digesting
4. Mangoes round the year
5. Seeds and seeds
6. Experiments with water
7. Blow hot, blow cold
History:
1. Up you go!
2. Walls tell stories
3. What if it finishes?
4. A shelter so high!
5. When the earth shook
Geography:
1. Climate
2. Political and natural divisions
Syllabus for the Formative Examination II
Science:
1. A treat for mosquitoes
2. Every drop counts
History:
1. Who will do this work?
Geography:
1. Industries, trade and transport
Syllabus for the Summative Examination II
Science:
1. A treat for mosquitoes
2. Every drop counts
3. Sunita in space
4. A seed tells a farmers story
5. Whose forests?
6. Like father, like daughter
History:
1. Who will do this work?
2. Across the wall
3. No place for us?
4. On the move again
Geography:
1. Industries, trade and transport
2. Natural resources
3. Irrigation
SCIENCE
CHAPTER 1. SUPER SENSES

1. The different sense organs and their senses.(picture)

Meaning- Organ : parts of body

2. Name the different sense organs and their senses.
Ans: The different sense organ and their senses are:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Sense organs
Eyes
Nose
Ear
Tongue
Skin

Senses
See (sight)
Smell
Hear
Taste
Feel

3. How can ants find out their way?

Ans: An ant leave a smell on the ground as they move. Other ants follow the smell to find
their way.
4. How a dog can find out that another dog had come into their area?
Ans: A dog can find out by the smell of urine and potty of other dog.
5. How do the mosquitoes know where we are?
Ans: Mosquitoes can find us by
1. the smell of our body,
2. smell of the sole of our feet
3. from the heat of our body.
6. Why do birds move their head very often?
Ans: Birds cannot move their eyes. Their eyes are fixed. So they have to turn their neck to
see an object.
7. Which birds can see four times as far as we can?
Ans: Kites, Eagles, Vultures
8. Write the name of a bird which has eyes in front of its head. (like human beings)
Ans: Owl
9. Write the names of some birds which have eyes on either side of the head.
Ans: Hen, crow, parrot, pigeon, sparrow etc
10. Any two animals whose ears can be seen.
Ans: Cat , Dog etc.
11. Any two animals whose ears are bigger than ours.
Ans: Elephant, Rabbit etc
12. An animal which hears by feeling the vibrations on the ground.
Ans : Snake
13. Which animals can see things only in two colours?
Ans: The animals that are awake at night can see things only in two colours, black and white.
14. An animal which can see six times better at night than human beings?

Ans: Tiger
15. An animal which lives in water and makes different sounds to give messages to others.
Ans: Dolphin
16. An animal which sleeps during winter season.
Ans: Lizard
17. An animal which sleeps for the longest period during the day.
Ans: Python
18. An animal which sleeps the least(very little)
Ans: Giraffe
19. Pie charts to show hours certain animals sleep.
20. Name the following:
1) The forests where animals are given protection.
Ans: National Parks or Sanctuaries
2) People who kill animals.
Ans: Poachers or Hunters
3) Any two animals killed for their skin.
Ans: Tigers, snakes and crocodiles
4) An animal killed for its horns.
Ans: Rhinoceros
5) An animal killed for its tusks.
Ans: Elephant
6) An animal killed for its beautiful feathers.
Ans: Peacock
21. Why has the government made some forests into national parks?
Ans: To protect the animals from poachers and hunters.
22. Name any two national parks.
Ans: i) Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand
ii) Ghana in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan
23. Name any two wildlife sanctuaries in Goa.
Ans: Bondla, Kotigaon
24. Where in Goa can you find a bird sanctuary?
Ans: The Dr. Salim Ali Bird sanctuary at Chorao in Tiswadi taluka.
25. Name the sense used in each of the following:
1) The ants move in a line
Ans: Sense of smell

2) The dog recovers stolen goods

Ans: sense of smell
3) We enjoy music
Ans: Sense of hearing
4) Our mouth waters on seeing a green mango.
Ans: Sense of taste

(to be continued)