Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 20 Earth to Sky Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.
PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 20 Earth to Sky
EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Earth to Sky Textbook Questions and Answers
Textbook Page No. 130
Question 1.
Do any of your relatives live far away? If yes, then write which means of transport do you use to go to meet them. If you travel by more than one mode of transport, you can write the name of all.
| Name of village or town where you live | Name of village or town where you go to meet them | Mode of Transport |
| 1. Mohali | Pathankot | Bus |
| 2. …………………………. | …………………………. | …………………………. |
| 3. …………………………. | …………………………. | …………………………. |
| 4. …………………………. | …………………………. | …………………………. |
| 5. …………………………. | …………………………. | …………………………. |
Answer:
| Name of village or town where you live | Name of village or town where you go to meet them | Mode of Transport |
| Mohali | Pathankot | Bus |
| Jalandhar | Ludhiana | Bus, Train, Car |
| Amritsar | Delhi | Train, Car |
| Delhi | Mumbai | Train, Aeroplane. |
Textbook Page No. 131
Activity
Have you ever seen any advertisement which shows this kind of warning with some pictures on it? What kind of pictures did it show? Let’s write and draw some pictures.
Answer:
Do it yourself
Textbook Page No. 132
Activity 1
Some pictures are given below, write something you know about them, in front of them. You can take the help of your teacher, parents or elder family member.
Answer:
Activity 2
The price of oil and gas is not the same in every city at a particular time. Inquire about the price of oil and gas in your area?
Petrol ………….. ₹/litre
Diesel ………….. ₹/litre
Kerosene Oil ………….. ₹/litre
LPG ………….. ₹/litre
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Activity 3
Note down the expenses of your family on oil and gas, and write it in the spaces given below :
Petrol ₹/month
Diesel ₹/month
Kerosene ₹/month
LPG ₹/month
Coal ₹/month
Wood ₹/month
Answer:
Do it yourself.
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Question 2.
How will you save LPG, wood and kerosene oil?
Answer:
LPG, wood, kerosene oil are usually used as fuel in kitchen. We can use solar energy to save these fuels. We should use biogas. If we use renewable sources of energy, we can save non-renewable sources. If we use pressure cooker for cooking we can save LPG, kerosene, wood etc.
Activity 4
You have already told your relatives about staying at far off places. When you go to visit them you come across so many things in the surroundings. Let’s make a list of them.
Trees, shops ……………..
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Textbook Page No. 134
Question. Sukhdeep’s mother says that like boys, girls should also be given the equal opportunities to move ahead in life. What do you think about this?
Answer:
Girls should also be given equal opportunities to move ahead in life. Girls are doing well in all the fields of life. Girls are in no way less than boys.
Textbook Page No. 135
Question 3.
What would you like to become, when you grow up?
Answer:
I would like to become a doctor.
Question 3 (i).
Have you got the opportunity to see the hills?
Answer:
Yes.
Question 3(ii).
Did you do this on foot or by any vehicle?
Answer:
Some part of journey in car and some on foot.
Textbook Page No. 137
Question 4.
Fill in the blanks :
(heat, pressure, energy, pilot, limited, mountaineers)
(i) Coal, petrol and gas are formed due to ………………… and ………………… of earth.
(ii) Burning of coal produces …………………
(iii) Sukhdeep Kaur was a …………………
(iv) The sources of energy are …………………
(v) The mountain trekkers are called …………………
Answer:
(i) heat, pressure,
(ii) energy,
(iii) pilot
(iv) limited,
(v) mountaineers.
Question 5.
Who was Bachendripal?
Answer:
She was first Indian lady who climbed Mount Everest.
Question 6.
How were petrol, diesel and L.P.G. formed under the earth?
Answer:
Millions of years ago, big number of animals and trees got buried under the earth. Time passed on, these were covered with the layers of soil, rocks and stones. Due to excessive heat and lack of air under the earth those buried trees and animals got transformed gradually into oil, gas and coal.
Textbook Page No. 138
Question 7.
Who was Sukhdeep? What did she want to be in her childhood?
Answer:
Sukhdeep Kaur is a pilot. She wanted to become a pilot since her childhood.
Question 8.
How can we control air pollution caused by petrol and diesel?
Answer:
- We should switch off the vehicle at red light.
- We should go to nearby places on foot or cycle.
- We should use public transport instead of private vehicles.
- Vehicles should be serviced at the appropriate time to decrease fuel consumption.
PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Earth to Sky Important Questions and Answers
1. Tick the correct option :
(i) Correct statement is
(a) L.P.G., Coal etc. are natural resources. ( )
(b) We should save natural resources. ( )
(c) Sukhdeep became a commercial pilot in 2009. ( )
(d) All ( )
Answer:
(d) All
(ii) is not a natural resource.
(a) Air ( )
(b) Water ( )
(c) Polyethene ( )
(d) L.P.G. ( )
Answer:
(c) Polyethene
2. Answer in one/two lines :
Question 1.
Who was first woman pilot instructor from Punjab?
Answer:
Sukhdeep Kaur.
Question 2.
What is mountaineering?
Answer:
Climbing the mountains only on foot is called mountaineering.
3. Fill in the blanks :
(i) Petrol and diesel reserves are ………………………
(ii) Other than petrol and diesel some other resources like ……………………… and etc. will be depleted.
(iii) Sukhdeep was bom on ………………………
(iv) Climbing the mountains or hills only by foot is called ………………………
Answer:
(i) limited,
(ii) coal, gas,
(iii) 13 May 1986,
(iv) mountaineering.
4. True/False :
(i) Petrol and diesel reserves are limited.
(ii) LPG is a natural rešource.
(iii) Electricity is produced by burning coal.
Answer:
(i) T.
(ii) T.
(iii) T.
5. Match the following column :
(A) – (B)
(i) Truck – (a) Petrol
(ii) Train – (b) Diesel
(iii) Scooter – (c) Electricity
(iv) Kitchen Stove – (d) Gas
Answer:
(i) (b)
(ii) (c)
(iii) (a)
(iv) (d)
6. Mind Map :
Answer:
7. Answer in five/six lines :
Question What do you know about first time climbing by Bachhendri Pal?
Answer:
When Bachhendri Pal was 12 years old. She went to a picnic with her friends. There they started climbing and climbed the height of 4000 m. They could not come down because it was late evening. They had to stay there without food and tent.
Next morning they came down. After that Bachhendri Pal took proper training in mountaineering. She made India proud by furling the ‘Tiranga’ on Mount Everest.