Contents
Chapter 1: The Earth in the Solar System
1.
What do animals and plants require in order to grow and survive?
2.
How does a planet differ from a star?
3.
What is meant by the ‘Solar System’?
4.
Name all the planets according to their distance from the sun.
5.
Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
6.
Why do we see only one side of the moon always?
7.
What is the Universe?
Chapter 2: Globe: Latitudes and Longitudes
1.
What is the true shape of the earth?
2. What is a globe?
3.
What is the latitudinal value of the Tropic of Cancer?
4.
What are the three heat zones of the Earth?
5.
What are the parallels between latitude and meridians of longitude?
6.
Why does the torrid zone receive the maximum amount of heat?
7.
Why is it 5.30 p.m. in India and 12.00 noon in London?
Chapter 3: Motions of the Earth
1.
What is the angle of inclination of the earth’s axis with its orbital plane?
2.
Define rotation and revolution.
3.
What is a leap year?
4.
Differentiate between the Summer and Winter Solstice.
5.
What is an equinox?
6.
Why does the Southern Hemisphere experience Winter and Summer Solstice at different times than that of the Northern Hemisphere?
7.
Why do the poles experience about six months of day and six months of night?
8. What would happen if the earth did not rotate?
Chapter 4: Maps
1.
What are the three components of a map?
2.
What are the four cardinal directions?
3. What do you mean by the term ‘the scale of the map’?
4.
How are maps more helpful than a globe?
5.
Distinguish between a map and a plan.
6.
Which map provides detailed information?
7.
How do symbols help in reading maps?
Chapter 5: Major Domains of the Earth
1.
What are the four major domains of the earth?
2.
Name the major continents of the earth.
3.
Name the two continents that lie entirely in the Southern Hemisphere.
4.
Name the different layers of the atmosphere.
5.
Why is the earth called the ‘blue planet’?
6.
Why is the Northern Hemisphere called the Land Hemisphere?
7.
Why is the Biosphere important for living organisms?
8. What is a Strait? Name the strait between India and Sri Lanka?
9. What is Isthmus? List the major Isthmus of the world.
Chapter 6: Major Landforms of the Earth
1. What are the major landforms?
2.
What is the difference between a mountain and a plateau?
3.
What are the different types of mountains?
4.
How are mountains useful to man?
5.
How are plains formed?
6.
Why are the river plains thickly populated?
7.
Why are mountains thinly populated?
Chapter 7: Our Country – India
1.
Name the major physical divisions of India.
2.
India shares its land boundaries with seven countries. Name them.
3.
Which two major rivers fall into the Arabian Sea?
4.
Name the delta formed by the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.
5.
How many States and Union Territories are there in India? Which states have a common capital?
6.
Why do a large number of people live in the Northern plains?
7.
Why is Lakshadweep known as a coral island?
Chapter 8: India: Climate, Vegetation, and Wildlife
1.
Which winds bring rainfall in India? Why is it so important?
2.
Name the different seasons in India.
3.
What is natural vegetation?
4.
What do we get from the forest?
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