Syllabus from 1st April to 29 May

 Unit 1: The Earth as a Living Planet

 Unit 2: Changes in Living Things

 Unit 5: Natural, Human and Capital Resources

 UNIT 1
The Earth as a Living Planet

Brief Description

 Recognizing that heat and light of the sun help to sustain life on earth
 Defining the term habitat
 Describing the different habitats for living things
 Defining the term ecosystem
 Identifying the environmental factors that support life in a habitat
 Identifying the ways plants and animals adapt to their habitat
 Identifying the ways human activities affect the natural habitats
 Solved Exercise
1.Colour those who need energy from the sun to grow.
2. Read the short stories. Find out the habitat.
i. A camel is standing on sand. He is trying to eat the cactus.

Ans. Desert.

ii. A polar bear is running after a penguin’

Ans. Polar region.

iii. An alligator is resting on a bank of a river.

Ans. River.

iv. A frog is trying to catch a fly.

Ans. Ponds.

v. A blue whale has jumped into the air from water.

Ans. Sea.

vi. A boy is going to school.

Ans. Land.
3.(a) How does the polar bear adapt to the polar habitat?

4.(b) How does a cactus adapt itself to the desert habitat?

5. Look at the pictures.Which environmental factor is helping life? Write its

name.
6.Match the animal or plant with its habitat.
Pond
Ocean
7. Which part helps the camel in a desert habitat?

a. long neck
b. brown colour
c. broad feet
d. short tail

8. Answer the following questions.

i. Define habitat.

Ans. The natural home or environment of an animal, plant or any other organism is
called a habitat.

ii. How has a pine tree adapted itself to its habitat?

Ans. Pine tree has adapted to its habitat due to its needle like leaves and cones.

iii. List the effects of human activities on habitats?

Ans. Land pollution, water pollution, air pollution, deforestation atc.

iv. What are the environmental factors that support life?

Ans. Temperature, air, light, water.

v. Describe your favourite habitat?

Ans. My favourite habitat is sea habitat. It covers 75% surface of the earth. Animals
like fish, turtles, crab etc. are found in this habitat.
9. Who am I?

i. I am white. I live in white. I walk on white. I see white around me.

Anima l= Polar Bear

ii. My first name starts with the first letter of fox. Second letter is the first letter of
orange. Third letter is the first letter of rat. Fourth is the first letter of elephant.
Fifth is the first letter of snake. My last letter is the first letter of tree.
Habitat = Forest
 HOME TASK

Work in group of 5 and do the following activities.

i. Suppose your school is a natural habitat. Who are the members of this habitat?
Make their list. Also tell how it is affected by the activities of the students.

ii. Imagine our earth without the sun? What do you think? Will life be possible then?
Will it be possible for plants to grow and make food in the absence of light and
heat of the sun? Write reasons for your answer.
 UNIT 2
Changes in Living Things

Brief Descriptions

 Comparing young plants and animals with their parents

 Recognizing that plants and animals change in form as they go through
different stages of their life cycles
 Identifying the changes that animals and plants undergo during their life
 Interpreting diagrams of the life cycles of animals and plants to identify the
different stages
 Sequencing the stages of life cycle a plant/animal
 Solved exercise

1. Mark (T)for True and (F)for False in the box.

a. The young one of a cat is called puppy. F

b. The young one of a cow is a calf. T
c. The young one of a lion is a cub. T
d.The young one of a dog is a colt. F
e.The young one of a camel is a calf. F

2. Look at the diagram of life cycle of a hen.

What will come in the empty box in the life cycle of hen?
3.Match the young ones with their parents.
4. Answer the following question

1. How would you define the term life cycle?

Ans. Life cycle is the series of changes in the life of an organism.

2. What are the seedlings?

Ans. Young plants are known as seedlings.

3. What is germination?

Ans. When seeds are sown in the soil, then after sometime, they produce shoots
which later become the stems and roots.

4. What are the requirements for germination?

Ans. Seed, water, and air.

 HOME TASK

 Take two small cups with a little water in each

one. Place a few seeds in each one. Keep
one in a dark place inside a room and others
on a window sill. Observe what happens after
a few days and share with your class.
 UNIT 5

Natural, Human and Natural Resources

Brief Descriptions

 Defining the term natural resources, human resources and capital resources
 Identifying natural resources, human resources and capital resources
 Defining the terms: goods, services, buyers and sellers
 Recognizing the need for interdependence as not all goods and services are
available in their area
 Recognizing that people make economic choices because goods and services
are limited
 Solved Exercise
1. Can you write the names of natural resources in the circles?
2. Circle services or goods in each case.

What I paid for What I bought

A computer Goods services
A toy Goods Services
Teaching Goods Services
Hair cutting Goods Services
Milk Goods Services
Sugar Goods Services
Driving Goods Services
Cooking Goods Services
Chocolate Goods Services
Car washing Goods Services
3. The picture shows three types of resources.

i. Draw circles around the natural resources

ii. Draw squares around the human resources
iii. Draw triangles around the capital resources
4. Choose the correct option from.
a. I bought a pencil and a notebook for myself:
a. A natural resources c. a service
b. A seller d. a buyer
b. I sold a cow:
a. A buyer c. a seller
b. a service d. a thief
c. I come from natural and capital resources. I am solid. People buy me:
a. service c. goods
b. buyer d. seller
d. I am not solid. I am something people do for each other. I am useful:
a. Service c. goods
b. air d. electricity
 5. Answer the following questions.
i. Define scarcity.

Ans. When a thing is available in small quantity, it is called scarcity.

ii. What is the difference between goods and services?

Ans. Goods are the things we can buy and sell. For example books, pencils,
clothes etc. Service is something that someone does for you. For example
cleaning, banking, teaching etc.

iii. What happens when goods and services are scarce?

Ans. When goods and services are scarce, our needs and demands are not
fulfilled.

iv. How do people help each other?

Ans. People help each other through interdependence

v. Give two examples of interdependence in your school or home.

Ans. Teacher – student, parents – children.

 HOME TASK

 Name three services people do for you.

_____ _____

_____
 Write the correct interdependence occupation to fill in the blanks.

a. We depend on ____________ to teach us.

b. ________________ to care for illness.
c. ________________ to make buildings.
d. ________________ to sell us things.
e. ________________ to grow crops.