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Class 5 The World Around Us — Rhythms of nature

Explain what makes day turn into night, read a globe, and name and order the six Indian seasons and the festivals that go with them.

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Before you start

A torch shining on a globe, the way the class set it up.

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  1. 1. Torch
  2. 2. Day
  3. 3. Night

The torch does not move and the globe does. Turn it a quarter and the green shape that was in the light is in the dark — which is a day passing, sped up. The half facing the torch is having its day; the half turned away is having its night.

  1. 1.What is a season, as this chapter defines it?

    • a) A stretch of months in which the weather does not change
    • b) The time between one harvest and the next
    • c) A change in the weather that happens once and does not return
    • d) A pattern of change in nature that repeats itself year after year

  2. 2.Match seas and oceans to how the chapter tells them apart.

    • Seas
    • Oceans
    • Usually smaller, and partly enclosed by land
    • Vast and open water bodies

  3. 3.You see a line of ants carrying their eggs to higher ground. What is that a natural sign of?

    • a) The dry season has begun
    • b) A cold spell is on the way
    • c) The nest has grown too large
    • d) Rain is coming soon

  4. 4.Why do farmers grow different crops in different seasons?

    • a) Seeds are sold at just a few times of the year
    • b) Some crops grow best in the cold, some in the heat, and some need the rains
    • c) Fields have to be rested between one crop and the next
    • d) The same crop cannot be planted twice in one field

  5. 5.Dong in Arunachal Pradesh is known as India's First Village of the Sunrise. Why?

    • a) It was the first village in India to be given electricity
    • b) It is the first place where the Sun's rays touch Indian land each morning
    • c) It is the highest village in India, so it sees the Sun first
    • d) Its people hold a sunrise festival at the start of each year

  6. 6.Watch the Sun through a whole day. Which way does it appear to travel across the sky?

    • a) It seems to rise in the north and set in the south
    • b) It seems to rise in the east and set in the west
    • c) It seems to rise in the west and set in the east
    • d) It seems to stay overhead and simply grow dimmer

  7. 7.Match each Indian season name to the season it names.

    • Vasanta
    • Grishma
    • Varsha
    • Sharad
    • Hemant
    • Shishir
    • Monsoon
    • Spring
    • Summer
    • Pre-winter
    • Autumn
    • Winter

  8. 8.The seasons come round year after year with no true beginning, so begin at Vasanta and put the six in the order the chapter lists them.

    • Hemant
    • Shishir
    • Sharad
    • Varsha
    • Vasanta
    • Grishma

Answer key — Class 5 The World Around Us — Rhythms of nature

  1. 1. d) A pattern of change in nature that repeats itself year after year
  2. 2. Seas → Usually smaller, and partly enclosed by land; Oceans → Vast and open water bodies
  3. 3. d) Rain is coming soon
  4. 4. b) Some crops grow best in the cold, some in the heat, and some need the rains
  5. 5. b) It is the first place where the Sun's rays touch Indian land each morning
  6. 6. b) It seems to rise in the east and set in the west
  7. 7. Vasanta → Spring; Grishma → Summer; Varsha → Monsoon; Sharad → Autumn; Hemant → Pre-winter; Shishir → Winter
  8. 8. 1. Vasanta 2. Grishma 3. Varsha 4. Sharad 5. Hemant 6. Shishir