WORKSHEET 7

How Food Is Grown

Q Choose the correct option

1. The tremendous increase in the quantity of food grain is termed as
_________ revolution.
a. White b. Blue c. Green
2. The process of loosening and turning the soil.
a. threshing b. ploughing c. harvesting
3. The cutting and gathering of mature crops.
a. threshing b. ploughing c. harvesting
4 . The combine is a farm machine used for
a. harvesting b. threshing c. both a and b
5. It means supplying water to the fields.
a. agriculture b. irrigation c. both a and b
Q Match the following
1. Grass farm machine 3
2. Tube well Godowns 4
3. Combine pests 5
4. Storage irrigation 2
5. Termites weeds 1
Q What is agriculture? HW
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Q What is irrigation? Why is it important for plants? HW
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Q Name the main crop growing seasons in India. HW (Refer Chapter 10)
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Arrange the sequence of farming. HW

WORKSHEET 8
Locating Places On Maps and Globe
I. Choose the correct options

1. Maps can be

a. Physical political

b. Thematic

c. Physical map

d. All of these

2. Map of a region can be used to show

a. Mountains

b. Plains

c. Rivers

d. All of these

3. Which of the following lines of the globe is imaginary?

a. Axis

b. Latitude

c. Longitude
d. all of these

4. A globe is the model of

a. Seas

b. Continents

c. Oceans

d. Earth

II.. Name these

1. Imaginary line drawn halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole.

Equator

2. The network of latitudes and longitudes on the globe.

Grid

3. It is the two-dimensional representation of the earth on a flat surface.

Map

4. The imaginary line passing through the earth’s centre on which it rotates.

Axis

5. It is the distance between two places on a map in proportion to the actual

distance between the same two places on the ground.

Scale

III. Write the difference between-

a. Small Scale Map and Large Scale Map

Small Scale Map Large Scale Map

It shows large areas with fewer It shows small areas in great
details. details
Eg. Map of a country or Eg. Guide map of a city or town
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b. Longitudes and Latitudes

Latitudes
They are a set of circles drawn
from east to west on the globe
They are also called as parallels
There are 180 parallels
The length of all the latitudes is
different
Longitudes
They are a set of semi-circles
drawn from north pole to south
pole on the globe
They are also called as
meridians
There are 360 meridians
The length of all the longitudes
is same

c. Globe and Map

Map
It is drawn on a flat surface
and does not give us any idea
about the exact shape of the
earth
It can be rolled or folded and
carried easily
It can show details of all the
parts of the earth
Globe
It is a three dimensional model
of the earth and gives us an
idea about the exact shape of
the earth
It is difficult to carry a globe
from place to place
It cannot show details of all
the parts of the earth

IV. Write the names of the following parallels. OMIT

V. Draw and label the different latitudes. OMIT

VI. Draw the signs and symbols to show the following. HW

Q. Name the standard colours used to represent the
following features. HW
VII. Mark the important latitude and longitude on the
given map. What is the network of latitudes and
longitudes on the map known as? OMIT
WORKSHEET 9
India-Physical Divisions

I. Name these HW
II. Name the three ranges of the Himalayas. HW
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III. The rivers in the northern plains do not dry up, even in the summer.
Why? HW
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IV. Write the difference between HW
a. Western Coastal Plains and Eastern Coastal Plains

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b. Island and peninsula

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V. Define HW
VI. On the given map mark the neighbouring countries. OMIT