New Worksheet of Chapter 19

                                             

   CLASS 5 SUBJECT EVS                                

CHAPTER 19 A SEED TELLS THE FARMER’S STORY

                                                             WORKSHEET

Q1. FILL IN THE BLANKS :-

1.     ______ is a natural fertilizer. (manure, compost)

2.     In earlier times, farmers used ______ leaves to protect the seeds from insects. (neem)

3.     Undhiya means ____. (upside down).

4.     Cotton used to be spun on a _____ by the village people at home. (spinning wheel)

5.     _____ are used to plough the fields nowadays instead of bullocks. (tractors)

6.     The new seeds are such that the crops can easily affected by harmful ____.(insects)

7.     Farmers grow different kind of crops according to their ____. (need)

8.     The ______ are called the best friends of the soil. (earthworms)

Q1. MARK(Y) FOR THE CORRECT STATEMRNT ANR CROSS(X) EOR THE WRONG STATEMENT ALSO CORRECT THE WRONG STATEMENT.

1.     Farmers have been sent to jail for not playing their loans.                      [Y]

2.     Undhiya is made up with different pulses.                                                    [X]

Correct Statement: Undhiya is made up with different vegetables.

3.     Electric motors are used to pump water for irrigation.                             [Y]

4.     In Olden times, seeds are stored in dried guard.                                        [Y]

5.     The bajra cobs are crushed with a pestle.                                                     [X]

Q3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BRIEFLY:-

1.     Name two festivals related to seasons.

Ans: The two festivals related to seasons are as follow:

a.     Basant

b.     Holi
c. Baisakhi
d. Pongal

2.     Why did medicines have to be sprayed on the crops?

Ans: Medicines have to be sprayed to keep the insects away from the crops.

3.     What do you mean by technology?

Ans: Technology means the application of scientific knowledge for practical purpose.

It means to use machines to do certain jobs.

4.     What would happen if all the farmers were to use only one kind of seed and grow only one kind of crop?

Ans: If the farmers were to use only one kind of seed and grow only one kind of crop there will be following problems:

a.     There will be no variety of foods.

b.     It will also harm the soil as the soil will lose its fertility.

c.      There will be a severe outbreak of diseases.

d.     The attack of insects on the plants will be more.

e.     Profit from agriculture will decrease every year.

Q4. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION IN DETAIL:-

1.     What replaced the crops like bajra and jawar and why?

Ans: Wheat and cotton replaced the bajra and jawar because these crops got better prices in the market.

2.     How has farming become easier in modern times?

Ans: Farming has become easier with the use of scientific methods.

The use of modern machines such as tractors, harvesters, thrashers and combines have made the agriculture easy and time saving.

3.     How do the plants like crotons give a signal that which part of the farm needs to be watered?

Ans: The roots of the croton plants do not go deep in the ground.

When the top layer of the soil become dry, the croton leaves bend and become limp. This signal tells us which part of the farm need to be watered.

4.     What are threshers?

Ans: Thrasher is a machine that separates grain from the crops by beating the cobs.

5.     Difference between progress and development?

Ans:

S No.	Progress	Development
1.	Progress is a part of development	Development is an overall growth.
2.	The growth in progress is short lived.	Development is a permanent change.
3.	Progress is measured step by step.	Development is the final result of the progress.
4.	Progress is a part of development.	Development acts like a big picture with progress of every concerned area as one of its factors.