Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 19 Life Under Water Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.
PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 19 Life Under Water
EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Life Under Water Textbook Questions and Answers
Textbook Page No. 125
Activity 1
Take an empty box of sweets or shoes. Paste a blue paper inside the box. Show the vegetation with grass at the bottom of the box. Colour the pieces of thermocol and make rocks and stones with it. Now paste the pictures of fish and other water animals. Cover it with a lamination sheet. Now, the model of aquarium is ready.
Answer:
Do it yourself.
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Activity 2
Show the various pictures of water creatures to the students and tell them to prepare a model.
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Textbook Page No. 127
Question 1.
Fill in the blanks : (Lotus, world, water/aquatic, blue whale)
(i) The whole lives in water.
(ii) animals always live in water.
(iii) The biggest sea animal is
(iv) Leaves of are round and broad.
Answer:
(i) world,
(ii) Water/Aquatic,
(iii) blue whale,
(iv) lotus.
Question 2.
Tick (✓) the right and cross (✗) the wrong sentences :
(i) Animals living under water are called land animals.
(ii) Blue whale is the biggest water animal.
(iii) Water lily grows in fresh water.
(iv) There is vegetation inside the sea.
Answer:
(i) ✗
(ii) ✓
(iii) ✓
(iv) ✓
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Question 3.
Matching :
A – B
1. Shark – (a) Eight legs
2. Octopus – (b) Gills
3. Tortoise – (c) Sharp teeth
4. Fish – (d) Hard shell
Answer:
1. (c)
2. (a)
3. (d)
4. (b)
Question 4.
Tick (✓) the correct answers :
(i) Which one is an amphibian ?
(a) Shark
(b) Crocodile
(c) Whale
Answer:
(b) Crocodile
(ii) Which flower blooms in water ?
(a) Rose
(b) Sunflower
(c) Water Lily
Answer:
(c) Water Lily
(iii) By which organ does fish breathe in water ?
(a) Nose
(b) Lungs
(c) Gills
Answer:
(c) Gills
(iv) Which bird lives on water ?
(a) Duck
(b) Sparrow
(c) Peacock
Answer:
(a) Duck
(v) Animal living in deep, salty sea water.
(a) Frog
(b) Tortoise
(c) Star fish
Answer:
(c) Star fish
Question 5.
Name any five water animals.
Answer:
Star fish, octopus, seal, hippopotamus, whale.
Question 6.
Name any three amphibians,
Answer:
Frog, crocodile, tortoise.
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Question 7.
Which is our National Flower?
Answer:
Lotus.
Question 8.
Name the biggest sea animal.
(From Board M.QuestionP.)
Answer:
Blue whale.
Question 9.
Name some water birds.
Answer:
Duck, Swan.
Question 10.
What do you know about whale ?
Answer:
It is 120 to 150 tons in weight.
It is 90 to 100 feet long.
Question 11.
How do the fish breathe ?
Answer:
Fish use their gills for breathing and use the oxygen dissolved in water.
Question 12.
Write about lotus.
Answer:
Lotus is our national flower. This flower grows in water. Its leaves are round. Flowers can be red and pink. It has a long stalk.
PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Life Under Water Important Questions and Answers
1. Tick the correct option :
(i) Insects have for breathing
(a) gills ( )
(b) lungs ( )
(c) trachea ( )
(d) none ( )
Answer:
(c) trachea
(ii) can swim despite being bird.
(a) Penguins ( )
(b) Frog ( )
(c) Fish ( )
(d) all ( )
Answer:
(a) Penguins
(iii) Crocodile can live on earth as well as in water, it is :
(a) aquatic ( )
(b) territorial ( )
(c) amphibian ( )
(d) ugly ( )
Answer:
(c) amphibian
2. Answer in one/two lines :
Question 1.
Who gives food to plants ?
Answer:
Plants make their own food.
Question 2.
What do you know about water Hyacinth ?
Answer:
It is like a vine which grows in standing water. Its growth is very rapid.
Question 3.
What type of animal is tortoise?
Answer:
It is an amphibian and is very lazy.
Question 4.
Name one amphibian animal.
Answer:
Tortoise
3. Fill in the blanks :
(i) Fish have ………………………………… for breathing.
(ii) Insects have ………………………………… for breathing.
(iii) Water lily and water ………………………………… float on water.
(iv) Weight of blue whale can be ……………………………….. .
Answer:
(i) gills,
(ii) trachea,
(iii) hyacinth
(iv) 120 to 150 ton.
4. True/False :
(i) Penguins can swim despite being birds.
(ii) Fish have scales which prevent it from wetting.
(iii) Sea horses, star fish etc. are found in sea water.
(iv) Tortoise is not an amphibian.
Answer:
(i) T,
(ii) T,
(iii) T,
(iv) F.
5. Match the following column :
(i) crocodile (a) skin
(ii) frog (b) amphibian
(iii) fish (c) lungs
(iv) tortoise (d) gills
Answer:
(i) (b),
(ii) (a),
(iii) (d),
(iv) (c)
6. Mind Map :
Answer:
7. Answer in one/two lines :
Question Write about any two amphibians?
Answer:
Amphibian means those animals which live in water and as well as can live on earth, e.g. crocodiles, frogs, tortoises etc.
- Crocodile : Its jaw is very strong and teeth are very sharp. It can hold its prey very firmly.
- Frog : It can swim very fast in the water and can jump high on the ground. It has a long tongue with which it catches it prey.