Super Senses — EVS STD 5 — Question

• Take a transparent glass.
• Fill half of it with soil.
• Slowly pour water into the soil using a spoon.
• Observe what happens.

Classify the following things into those seen in houses and those seen in museums:
Television, howdah, refrigerator, old utensils of copper and brass, ancient decorative pots, plastic chair, swords, gas stove, ivory jewelry, gold chain, king's throne, calendar

Classify the following hereditary traits into and non-hereditary traits.

Face, knowing karate, eye colour, playing the tabla, scar on the face, dimples in cheeks, broad nose, being tall, the fruit of a mango tree being a mango, deafness due to injury to the ear, attached ear, a cut finger

Find and list things obtained from forests from the items given below:
Honey, jaggery, lac, gum, sugar, bamboo, tea, books, medicines, resin, bat, ball, logs of wood, clothes, spectacles, leaves

Classify the following things into celestial bodies and things found on the Earth:
Sun, water, moon, oxygen, stars, meteors, sea, wood, planets, petrol, kerosene, constellations

Classify the following food items into sweet, sour and hot tasting stuff:
Tomato, chillies, sugar, clove, jaggery, tamarind, sugarcane, ginger, lemon, rock candy, black pepper, raw mango.

Classify the following substances into those that float on water and those that sink in water:
Wood, iron, iron nail, plastic, soap-case, stone, sand, indigo powder, kerosene, brick, brass bowl, needle

Classify the following disasters into natural and man-made disasters:
Earthquake, war, epidemic, volcanic eruption, drought, stampede, flood, tsunami, escaping, rebellion, cyclone, forest fire. terrorist attack, communal riots.