Environmental Studies-3

1. Poonam’s Day Out

I. Hard words:

1.     Cot

2.     Cheek

3.     Mischief

4.     Pigeon

5.     Wiped

6.     Sticky

7.     Crawl

8.     Movements

9.     Tail

10.                        Pond

11.                        River

12.                        Ground

13.                        House

14.                        Thought

15.                        Feet

II. Fill in the blanks:

1. Snake does not have legs and moves by sliding on the ground.

2. Cheetah is the fastest animal.

3. This animal lives in water as well as on land .It is a Frog.

4. Most land animals have four legs.

5. Giraffe is the tallest animal

III. Circle the odd one out:

1. Elephant, horse, cockroach, cat – cockroach

2. Horse, dog, cow, wolf – wolf

3. Wasp, honeybee, parrot, squirrel – parrot

4. Frog, fish, crocodile, tortoise – fish

IV. How do these animals move?

1. A Sparrow – fly

2. A Snake – crawl

3 .A Frog – hop

4. A Fish – swim

5.  A Horse – walk

V. Answer the following:

1. Name some very big animals.

Ans: Blue whale, elephant, ostrich.

2. What are herbivores?

Ans: Plant eating animals are called herbivores. Example: horse, goat.

3. Where do the animals live?

·        Some animals live on land.

·        Some in water

·        Some on trees.

4. How do animals move from one place to another?

 Ans: Some animals walk, some crawl, some fly and some swim. For this some animals use their feet, wings and also tails.

2. The Plant Fairy

I. Hard words:

1.     Neighbourhood

2.     Marigold

3.     Jasmine

4.     Mehendi

5.     Trunk

6.     Quickly

7.     Straight

8.     Margin

9.     Round

10.                 Triangular

II. Fill in the blanks:

1. Children were playing hide and seek in the garden.

2. Plants with thick or thin trunk are called trees.

3. Short plants with soft and green stems are herbs.

4.  Plants with weak stems that cannot stand erect and grow creeping on ground are creepers.

5. Plants with weal stems that grow around some support are called climbers.

6. Medium – sized bushy plants with thin woody stems are shrubs.

III. Unjumble the given words to find the parts of a plant:

1. Part of the plant which remains under the ground - [OOTR] – ROOT.

2. Green part which prepares food for the plant – [EFLA] – LEAF.

3. Part of the plant which bears seeds –[RITUF] – FRUITS.

4. Colourful and attractive part of the plant – [WOLFER] – FLOWER.

5. Part of the plant which supports it – [TEMS] - STEM.

IV. Answer the following:

1. Name the different types of plant.

Ans: The different types of plants are trees, shrubs, herbs, creepers, climbers and water (aquatic) plants.

2. Name the different parts of a plant.

Ans: The different parts of a plant are root, stem, branch, bud, flower, leaf, and fruit.

3. What are the things (uses) we get from plants?

Ans: Vegetables, fruits, pulses, spices, cereals, rubber, paper, fiber, medicines, furniture, wood etc.

4. List the uses of leaves.

Ø Some leaves like tulsi, neem and mint have medicinal values.

Ø Banana leaves are used as plates.

Ø  Palm and Coconut leaves are used as thatch for roofs.

3.Water O’ Water

Hardwords

1.Quench

2.Thirst

3.Dew

4.Snow

5.Steam

6.Waterfalls

7.Swells

8.Lakes

9.Misfortune

10.Floods

11.Fields

12.Break

13.Springs

14.Earth

15.Evaporation

Fill in the Blanks:

1.     Water has Three forms.

2.     We get water from taps in our houses.

3.      Without water life is impossible on the earth.

4.     Like animals,plants also need water.

5.     The solid form of water is called ice.

Choose the correct answer:

1.     The huge source of salty water is ocean.

a.     Ocean              b. river                 c. Lake                  d. pond

2.     Main source of water is rain

a.     River               b. underground     c. rain                    d. sea

3.     An animal that lives only in water is fish

a.     duck                b. fish                             c. crocodile           d. tortoise

4.     A plant that needs more water – rice

a.     Cactus             b. rice                   c. date                   d. palm

5.     Water helps in Excretion of wastes.

a.Digestion of food        b. Excretion of wastes   c. both    d. none of these

Question and Answer:

1) Name River that flows throughyour village or city.

ans: A river that flows through ourcity is Palar river.

2). How do you store drinking water inyour home?

ans: Drinking water should be stored incovered and clean container

3) Name the longest river of India.

Ans: The longest river of India is Ganga.  

4) List the reasons shortage of water.

ans:  * Less Rainfall
*Drying up of rivers
* Wastage of water

4. Our First School

Hardwords
1)Family
2) Nuclear
3) Joint
4) Brother
5)Mother
6) Father
7) Sister
8) Grand Parents
9) Parents
10) Similarity

11) Angry
21 Dhobis
13) Members
14) cousin
15) Remove

Fill in the blanks:

1)    The people who live with you in yourhouses are your family members

2)    Families may be Nuclear or joint.

3)    A joint family is a big family.

4)    The people placed in one line of a familytree make up a Generation

5)    Two children born at the same time fromsame parents are called Twins.

Question and Answers:
1) Which is our first our school?
ans: our family is our first school. Welearn many things from our family.
2) Who is the head of your family?
ans: Father is the head of our family
3) Name the types of families.
ans: There are two types of families
* Nuclear family
* Joint family

4) What is a Joint family?

Ans:  a joint family is a family where parents , children, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins live in the same house.

5)What does the family teach us?

Ans: Most families follow a set of customs and traditions

Some common customs are :

·        Eating dinner together

·        Celebrating festival together.

What do you learn from

1.     Your father - Discipline, Good habits

2.     Your mother - Cooking, Cleanliness

3.     Your brother -  Respect, Obedience

4.     Your sister - Affection , Quarrel

7.Saying Without Speaking

Hard words:

1.Mudras

2.Bhavs

3.Expression

4.Feelings

5.Angry

6.Situation

7.Special

8.Happy

9.Sad

10.Actions

Fill in the blanks:

1. Sense organs helps to know about world .

2. Sign language is used for people who cannot hear or speak.

3. Dancers convey their feelings through mudras and Bhavs.

4. By looking at someone’s face we can tell if the person is happy sad or angry.

5.In the poem, I have sister, My sister cannot hear, the sister can play the piano instrument.

Questions and Answers:

1.How many sense organs do we have? Name it

Ans: We have five sense organs. Eyes, nose ,tongue ,ears and skin.

2.Why sense organs are important?

Ans: Sense organs are important because it helps us to know about the world.

3.Why do people talk through actions?

Ans: People talk through actions because it is easily understand by other peoples like dump and deaf.

4.How do people exchange their thoughts without speaking?

Ans: People exchange their thoughts without speaking by means of sign language.

5.What do You understand by the word communication?

Communication is the act of the sending or receiving messages and information.

Match the following:

1. People who cannot hear – blind -3

2. People who cannot speak – handicap-4

3. People who cannot see – dumb-2

4. People who lack one or more body parts – deaf-1

8.Flying High

Hard words:

1.Crest

2.Peacock

3.Grooved

4.Feathers

5.Dead

6.Vulture

7.Stitching

8.Wood pecker

9.Claws

10.Beaks

11.Eagle

12.Imitate

13.Rotate

14.Movements

15.Backwards

Answer the following puzzle:

1.     I am the National Bird of India

       Peacock

2.     You cannot see me in daylight. I hoot when it is night

           Owl

3.     I am green with red beak. I like guava and chilli to eat

          Parrot

4.     I am black my voice is sweet everybody loves me when i sing

         Cuckoo

5.     I eat dead animals and make places clean

         Vulture

Match the following:

    Birds                              Their foods

1. Eagle                               Dead animals 2

2. Vulture                            Insects3

3. Wood pecker                   Rat 1

4.Parrot                               Grains 5

5. Pigeon                             Green chilli 4

Answer the following:

1.How does  beak helps a bird?

Ans: Beaks helps birds in eating their food,catching the prey.

2. Name a bird which can imitate our voice .

Ans: Parrot is a bird which can imitate our voice.

3.Why do birds move from one place to another?

Ans:

·        To escape from cold weather

·        Shortage of food (in search of food)

·        In order to breed.

4.How do feathers help birds?

Ans: Feathers help  the bird to fly and change direction while flying and also it keeps the body of bird warm.

5. How do birds communicate?

Ans:

·        A call

·        A song

 9.Its Raining

Hard words:

1.Drooping

2.Evaporation

3.Condenses

4.Banana

5.Trunk

6.Water droplets

7.Survival

8.clouds

9.Rainbow

10.Water cycle

Fill in the blanks:

1. The main source of water is Rain.

2. Rainbow is a band of seven colours.

3. Appu likes eating bananas.

4. Plants and Animals need water for survival.

5. Appu poured water on the banana trees with its trunk.

Questions and Answers:

1.How did appu know that banana trees needed water?

Ans: Banana trees were drooping. This made appu know that banana trees needed water.

2. What happens to the plant if it is not watered at all?

Ans: If the plant is not watered regularly, it will die.

3. How are rainbows formed?

Ans: Rainbow is formed when sunrays pass from the water droplets present in the air.

4. How many colours are there in Rainbow? What are they?

Ans: The sunlight splits into seven colours. They are Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red.

5. Define water cycle

Ans:

·        The sea water gets evaporated by the heat of sun

·        This forms clouds

·        The cloud condenses and falls on earth as rain

·        This cycle is called Water cycle.

                                                   10.What is Cooking

Hard words:

1.Kneading

2.Dough

3.Grilling

4.Boiling

5.Roasting

6.Steaming

7.Frying

8.Wok

9.Pan

10.Tawa

Fill in the blanks:

1.In town most of the people have gas stove.

2.The best source of environment friendly fuel is sun.

3.An example of liquid fuel is kerosene.

4.Cooking food over direct heat or in an oven is called Roasting.

5.Cooking the food item without adding any liquid or fat is called baking.

Question and Answers:

1. What are the different methods of cooking?

Ans: The different methods of cooking are

·        Boiling

·        Roasting

·        Steaming

·        Grilling

·        Frying

·        Baking

2. Name different kinds of stoves?

Ans: Food is cooked on different kinds of stoves they are

·        Gas stove – LPG as fuel

·        Chula – kerosene as fuel

·        Micro oven & grillers – electricity

3. Why do we cook food?

Ans: Cooking makes the food soft, tasty and easy to chew and digest. Cooking kills the germs in the food .

4. Name the food items which can be eaten raw.

Ans: Food items like cucumber, radish, beetroot, carrot and tomato can be eaten raw.

5. Name any four utensils used for cooking. What are they made up of?

Ans:

·        Frying pan

·        Tawas

·        Wok

·        Pressure cooker

They are made up of steel, iron, aluminium, glass etc.  

11.From Here to There

Hard words:

1.Aeroplane

2.Train

3.Ambulance

4.Transport

5.Track

6.Petrol

7.Diesel

8.Electricity

9.Helicopter

10.Scooter

11.Fire engine

12.Police jeep

13.Bicycle

14.Vehicles

15.Travelling

Fill in the blanks:

1. Early man travelled on foot.

2. Ambulance is used to carry patients.

3. Aeroplane is the fastest but costliest means of transport for going to far places.

4.There are three kinds of transport .

5. A train runs on iron paths or track.

Choose the following:

1. Which one is a mean of land transport - bus

a)Boat      b)Bus      c)Helicopter

2. Means of transport are used for – travelling and carrying goods

a) Travelling and carrying goods

b) Travelling only

c)  carrying  goods only

3. We travel to a far off places by-  train

a) Train     b)bicycle      c)scooter

4. Auto rickshaws have- three wheels

a) Three wheels   b)four wheels     c)two wheels

5. Which one is the means of water transport- ferry

a) Car       b)aeroplane     c)ferry

Questions and Answers:

1. What do you understand by the term transportation?

Ans: The movement of people and goods from one place to another is called transportation.

2. Name the kinds of transport with example

Ans: Land transport – bus, train, scooter, bicycle

Water transport – ship, boat, ferry

Air transport  – aeroplane, helicopter.

3. Why do people travel?

Ans: People travel from one place to another for different reasons. We travel to school, market, office etc.

4. What are special vehicles?

Ans: Ambulance, police jeep, fire engines are some special vehicles.

5. Name some fuels which are used in means of transport.

Ans: Petrol, Diesel, CNG(compressed natural gas), electricity.

6. List some animals that help us in transporting goods and people.

Ans: Bull,Camel, Elephant, Horse, Ox, Mules ,Donkeys. 

                   

                                       12. Changing times

I. Hard words:

1.     Chetandas

2.     Dera gazhikhan

3.     Understand

4.     Pakistan

5.     Sohna village

6.     Insects

7.     Termites

8.     Unbaked bricks

9.     Cement

10.                        White wash

11.                        Courtyard

12.                        Toilet

13.                        Renovated

14.                        Buildings

15.                        Construction

II. Write true or false:

1.     Chetandas was a teacher by profession – True.

2.     Chetan das was 9 years old when partition of India took place – True.

3.     In village , we see many multi store buildings  - False

4.     Dera gazhikhan is presently in Punjab  - False.

5.     Chetandas has two daughters and one son – False.

III. Fill ups:

1.     Chetan das was nine years old when he shifted to India. Now he is seventy  years old.

2.     Chetan das shifted from Dera gazhikhan to a place near New Delhi.

3.     The country was divided into two parts India  and  Pakistan  in 1947.

4.     Now his family consists of his wife Suman and his two sons Raju  and  montu and his daughter simi.

5.     When he moved from Pakistan to India he lived big tents put up in a huge ground.

III. Write the  names of profession:

1.     A person who repairs taps and pipes – Plumber.

2.     A person who fits electric wires and plug -  Electrician.

3.     A person who lays bricks, tiles etc.,  -  Mason.

4.     A person who makes things out of wood  -  Carpenter.

5.     A person who paints walls, doors etc.,  -   painter.

   IV.Question and answers:

1.     Why did Chetandas’s family move from Pakistan to India?                          There was a lot of problem all around us and people were saying that our country being divided into two – India and Pakistan. So his family moves from Pakistan to India.

2.     List out the things needed to make a modern house.                                      

     The things needed to make a modern house are

·        Marble chips

·        Fancy material

·        Tiles

·        Cement.

        3. What did Chetandas see on his way from Sohna village to Delhi?

                   He gone through Gorgoan. There he saw big high rise buildings.

        4. Why Chetan das’s mother coated the floor with cow dung and mud?

Chetan das’s mother coated the floor with cow dung and mud because this mixture would keep the insects away.

                                           

   13. A river’s tale

I. Hard words:

1.     River

2.     Flowing

3.     Factories

4.     Dirty

5.     Utensils

6.     Affected

7.     Share bets

8.     Garbage

9.     Harmful

10.                        Impurities

11.                        Dissolve

12.                        Cholera

II. Fill ups:

1.     Rain is the main source of fresh water.

2.     The level of ground water is decreasing in cities.

3.     ORS stands for  Oral rehydration solution.

4.     The Ganga is a holy river of Hindus.

5.     Boiling is the best way to clean dirty water.

III. Give two examples for the following:

1.     Disease caused by impure water.

          Cholera and Dysentery.

      2. Rivers of India.

                   Kaveri and Brahmaputra.

      3. Natural source of water.

                   Rain and river water.

IV. Unscramble the following words given below. All these words are associated with rivers.

          1. nbka       -        Bank

          2. atled       -        Delta

          3. dbe         -        Bed

          4. etanimatnoc     -        Contaminate

          5. esaesid              -        Disease

V. Question and answers:

1. How does the water become dirty?

          Water becomes dirty by human activities.

2. Why is it important to clean the water before we drink it?

          It is very important to clean water before we drink it, otherwise it might cause disease like cholera, diarrhoe etc.,

3. List the ways in which drinking water made clean in your house.

          The ways in which drinking water made clean is by

·        Boiling

·        Water purifier

4. What are water pollutants?

          The pollutants that contaminate the water is known as water pollutants such as water from house hold, toxic substances, chemicals from factories etc.,

5. What are reasons for river pollution?

          Industries lead the pollute water into river and also domestic waste sewage that we through into river increases the pollution level.

          

                             14. BASVAS’S FARM

I.Hardwords:

1.     Belvanika

2.     Karnataka

3.     Preparing

4.     Khunti

5.     Implements

6.     Kurige

7.     Sprouts

8.     Weeds

9.     Fertilisers

10. Leaves

11. Onions

12. Illige

13. Fingers

14. Truck

15. Fields

II. Fill ups:

1.     Basva live in Belvanika village of  Karnataka.

2.     Basva’s father is a farmer.

3.     Basva’s father is Preparing in the field for sowing.

4.     He uses tradional methods of farming.

5.     He used a truck or a bullock cart to carry fruits and vegetables to the market.

III. Match the following:

1.     Bullock cart                   -        It is used to pull kurige.

2.     Kurige                  -        It is used to sow seeds at regular intervals.

3.     Illige                     -        It is used to cut dried leaves to onion.

4.     Khunti                  -        It is used to loosen the soil.

5.     Sack                     -        It is used to pack the onions.

IV. Write true or false:

1.     Basva goes with his father to the farm to help him – True.

2.     The onions were not bid and healthy – False.

3.     Weeds take up the water and fertilizers from the soil – True.

4.     Seeds should be sowed close to one another – False.

5.     The bull will pull the khuti – True.

v. Name the staple crop of the following:

1.     Punjab       -        Wheat.

2.     Kerala        -        Paddy.

3.     Mizoram    -        Rice.

V. Question and answers:

1.     What should be taken care of while sowing the seeds?                                                  While sowing the seeds. It is necessary to drop the right amount of seeds at a regular interval.

2.     What are weeds? Why should they be removed?                                                 Weeds are unwanted plants grown along with crops. It should be removed because it takes water, fertilizers which we supplied to crop.

3.     In how many days do the sprouts come out after the seeds are sown? The sprouts came out after 20 days.

4.     What does Basva’s father use Khunti for?                                                                    Basva’s father used khunti [ an iron rod] to dig the soil, loosen it and make it soft.

5.     Why should onions be taken out at the right time?                                                             

      It is important to take out onion at right time because if it is late the onions will rot in the ground itself and all the hardwork will be wasted.

          

                             15. FROM MARKET TO HOME.

I. Hardwords:

1.     Market

2.     Vegetable seller

3.     Basket

4.     Tempo

5.     Mandi

6.     Sprinkle

7.     Pumpkin

8.     Gourd

9.     Handcart

10.  Bazaar

11.  Sorting

12.  Dried

13.   Spoilt

14.   Bhindi

II. Write the names of vegetables by using clues:

1.     They have eyes, are brown and full of starch.                                                            Potato.

2.     They are violet and have a crown.                                                                       Brinjal.

3.     They are long , green and look like a finger.                                                        Ladies finger.

4.      They are red juicy and also called a fruit.                                                       Tomato.

5.     They are orange and are present in roots of plants.                                             Carrot.

III. Give two examples of each of the following:

1.     The vegetables which can be cooked as well as eaten raw.                                 Carrot, Tomato.

2.     The vegetables which can be eaten only after being cooked.                         Pumpkin, Spinach.

3.     The vegetables which get spoiled easily.                                                         

                            Green peas, Brocolli.

IV. Choose the correct answers:

1.     Vegetable seller sprinkle water on the vegetable to keep them  Fresh.                                   (i) Sale        (ii) Fresh     (iii) Tasty    (iv) Nutritious.

2.     Which vegetable is green in colour and rough to touch? Bitter guard.                             (i) Bottle gourd    (ii) Bitter gourd   (iii) Spinach      (iv) Pumpkin.

3.     Which of these vegetables is green in colour and has smooth, containing seeds inside?  Capsicum.                                                                                             (i) Brinjal        (ii) Tomato                (iii) onion   (iv) Capsicum.

4.     Which one of these vegetables has a very strong odour?  Garlic.                                     (i) Potato      (ii) Okra                   (iii) Carrot        (iv) Garlic

V. Question and answers:

1.     How does the day at Vaishali’s house begin?                                                          The day out Vaishali’s house begins by taking out the previous day’s vegetables from gunny bags and baskets.

2.     Why does Vaishali’s father take out the previous day’s vegetables from the basket?                                                                                                             Vaishali’s father took out the previous day’s vegetables from the basket to prepare for bringing fresh vegetables from the mandi.

3.     What happens if Vaishali’s father is late to the bazaar?                                            If Vaishali’s father is late to the bazaar, then his regular buyers may buy their vegetables from someone else.

4.     Why does chottu goes to the market?                                                                        Chottu goes to the market to give food for his babuji and bhhaiya.

5.     How could we know that the vegetables are spoilt?                                                We can know that the vegetables are spoilt by seeing a liquid coming out of them with a foul smell. 

                                             

16. A BUSY MONTH.

I. Hard words:

1.     Children

2.     Sparrow

3.     Sunbird

4.     Hatches

5.     Feeding

6.     Insects

7.     Courtyard

8.     Chicks

9.     Beak

10. Mouth

11. Coppersmith

12. Binoculars

13. Enemies

14.   Prey

15.  Nest

II. Fill ups:

1.     Most birds make their nest in the beginning of summer season.

2.     Bird’s beak depend on the food they eat.

3.     Migratory birds migrate for foods, change of habitat or because of extreme climate.

4.     Teeth of a squirrel  grow throughout its life.

5.     Enemies of birds wait for a chance to eat their eggs.

III. Name the following:

1.     National bird of India              -        Peacock

2.     National animal of India                   -        Tiger

3.     Smallest bird                           -        Humming bird

4.     The bird which cannot fly       -        Penguin

5.     An extinct bird                        -        Tasmanian emu.

IV. Give two examples for the following:

1.     Flesh eating animal.                                                                                                  Lion, Tiger.

2.     Bird sanctuariesinIndia.                                                                                                             (i) Bharatpur  bird sanctuary in Rajasthan.                                                              (ii) Vedanthangal bird sanctuary in India.

V.Question and answers:

1.     Why do birds make nest?                                                            

      Birds make nest to hatch the eggs rise the chicks safely and to keep them safely and to keep them safe from enemies.

2.     When do the birds leave their nest?                                                                       

·        Birds leave their nest only to lays egg .

·         After the eggs have hatched and their chicks have grown, they leave the nest.

3.     Where does Koel lay its egg?                                                                                        

·        Koel does not have its own nest.

·        It lays eggs in crow’s nest.

·        The crow hatches them along with its own egg.

4.     Write four different things for which the birds use their feet and claws.

·        To catch the prey.

·         To swim in water.

·        To hold the tree branches.

·        To climb the tree.

·        To walk on the land.