Part 5 

The desrt and plateau regions

Hello boys!! 

We were learning about the Great Indian Desert. We learnt about the climate in previous class and today we will know about the vegetation and wildlife in Thar desert. 

The Great Indian desert is also called the Thar desert.

You must be thinking that what is the meaning of vegetation?

Vegetation is a general term for plants of a particular area. Due to very less rainfall and scarcity of water, vegetation in Thar is scanty.

(scanty means small or insufficient in quantity or amount)

Let's watch a video to get a better idea of this topic..

Alright!! So now you know about the plants of the desert. Plants like cactus, keekar and babul grow here as they require less water. They have long roots that reach the deep underground water.

We've also learnt about the oasis in the video. An oasis is a fertile spot in the desert where water is found.

An Oasis 👇

What are the animals found in Thar desert?

  1. Camel                                      2. Blackbuck      

3. Chinkara                         4. Great Indian Bustard

         

5. Red Fox                                 6. Caracal (type of                                                          wild cat)

Task-1

Learn the animals and plants found in Thar desert. 

That's all for today! See you in the next class.

 

 ✐✎HOLIDAY HW ✐✎ 

TAKE IT IN A GOOD SPIRIT.JUST LIKE REVISION

MRS. SHEEL'S MESSAGE

"As we approach the summer break, the childlike excitement is all pervasive!!! 

It's a time when we at St.Columba's, wish that our students and their families stay safe and bond like never before.

 Keeping in mind several requests from parents, during interactions lately, we have tried to strike a balance between academic revision for PA1 and fun filled activities!!! 

There is a week by week capsule lined up for you. 

Please visit the last post on all your regular blogs for an update on the holiday homework. 

Please note that the submission for these assignments will be when the session resumes in July!! 

Wishing you happy and fun filled holidays!!"

TOPIC- MY COUNTRY AND ITS LANDSCAPE

WEEK-1

PHYSICAL DIVISIONS OF INDIA REVISION WORKSHEET

Look at the Physical divisions of India Map and answer the following:

1.     India has _______________ physical divisions.

2.     The Great Indian desert is the region coloured ________________.

3.     The Dark Green region is the ______________________.

4.     The beige coloured area represents ________________________.

5.     The Indo Gangetic Plains are coloured in _____________________ colour.

6.     The ______________________________ are coloured brown.

7.     __________________ and __________________ are Indian islands.

8.     _________________ is the water body on the west coast of the Indian Peninsula.

9.     River Ganga flows in the ______________________________.

10. _________________ is a River in the Deccan Plateau.

WORKSHEET:

Answer the following questions:-

1. What is the capital of Maharashtra?

a.    Mumbai

b.    New Delhi

c.    Chennai

d.    None of the above

2. ________________ is the capital of Uttarakhand.

a.    Lucknow

b.    Prayagraj (Allahabad)

c.    Dehradun

d.    Shimla

3. Dispur is the capital city of which north-eastern state?

a.    Assam

b.    Tripura

c.    Meghalaya

d.    Mizoram

4. Which city is known as the “summer capital” of Jammu and Kashmir?

a.    Jammu

b.    Srinagar

c.    Shimla

d.    Anantnag

5. Kavaratti is the capital of which Union Territory?

a.    Daman and Diu

b.    Lakshadweep

c.    Dadar and Nagar Haveli

d.    Chandigarh

6. Port Blair is the capital of which Union Territory?

a.    Andaman and Nicobar Islands

b.    Daman and Diu

c.    Puducherry

d.    None of the above

7. Itanagar is the capital of _______________ .

a.    Bihar

b.    Goa

c.    Chattisgarh

d.    Arunachal Pradesh

8. Ranchi is the capital of which Indian state?

a.    Bihar

b.    Telangana

c.    Jharkhand

d.    Madhya Pradesh

9. ________________ is the capital of Odisha (Orissa).

a.    Kolkata

b.    Shillong

c.    Bhubaneshwar

d.    Cuttack

10. Silvassa is the capital of which Union Territory?

a.    Mumbai

b.    Puducherry

c.    Daman and Diu

d.    Dadar and Nagar Haveli

11. What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh?

a.    Prayagraj (Allahabad)

b.    Kanpur

c.    Gorakhpur

d.    Lucknow

12. _________________ is the capital of Meghalaya.

a.    Aizawl

b.    Kohima

c.    Shillong

d.    Agartala

13. Gandhinagar is the capital of which state?

a.    Gujarat

b.    Maharashtra

c.    Telangana

d.    Goa

14. Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of __________________.

a.    Telangana

b.    Andhra Pradesh

c.    Jammu and Kashmir

d.    Kerala

15. Gangtok is the capital of which state?

a.    Sikkim

b.    Arunachal Pradesh

c.    Nagaland

d.    Mizoram

16. _________________ is the capital of Chattisgarh.

a.    Bengaluru (Bangalore)

b.    Ranchi

c.    Raipur

d.    Patna

17. The capital of Goa is _____________________.

a.    Imphal

b.    Itanagar

c.    Hyderabad

d.    Panaji

18. What is the capital of Himachal Pradesh?

a.    Shimla

b.    Chandigarh

c.    Manali

d.    Bhopal

19. _______________ is the capital of Punjab.

a.    Delhi

b.    Jaipur

c.    Chandigarh

d.    Chennai

20. Kolkata is the capital of which eastern state?

a.    West Bengal

b.    Odisha (Orissa)

c.    Jharkhand

d.    TripurA

______________________________________________________________ 

WEEK-2

TOPIC- MY COUNTRY AND ITS LANDSCAPE

WEEK-3

TOPIC:-  Our National Symbols.

1.    ACTIVITY:-

           Students will Stick pictures or Draw and label  pictures of  the National Symbols of India:-

●     National Flag

●     National Emblem

●     National animal

●     National flower

●     National bird

●     National tree.

●     National sport

●     National fruit

2.    Students will prepare a poster ( using crayons / colour pencils/ paints) on the given topic:-

●     Awareness regarding the killing of wild animals by humans.

3.    Students will complete the word- search  given on this lesson.

Revision worksheet

Q1. Choose the correct option:-

      I.         Our National flag or the Tiranga has-------- horizontal bands of the same size.

a.    four

b.    three

c.    two

d.    five

    II.         Our National song , Vande Mataram was composed by ---------.

a.    Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore

b.    Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

c.    Bhimrao Ambedkar

d.    Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

  III.         Which of these is the National emblem of India?

a.    the tricolour

b.    the lotus

c.    the Lion Capital

d.    the peacock

 IV.         Our National emblem is adapted from the ------------------

a.    Sanchi stupa , Madhya Pradesh

b.    Ashokan Pillar, Sarnath

c.    Lotus temple, Delhi

d.    Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Q2.Look at the image  of the Tiranga / our National Flag  and answer the questions that follow:-

a.) The saffron band at the top symbolises -------------and -------------.

b.) The white band in the middle symbolises ---------, purity and ----------.

c.) The green band at the bottom represents ----------------.

d) The navy blue wheel in the centre represents the ---------- Chakra. It symbolises ------------------------.

e.) The Tiranga is hoisted on -------------days, like the Independence Day and the Republic Day.

Q3. Take a look at the image below and answer the questions asked:-

a. Identify the national symbol shown in the image .

b. Where was it adapted from?

c. Write 4 sentences describing it:-

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Q4. Define the term :-
a.    Symbol-  ________________________________________________

WEEK 4

THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

Paste or draw and colour the different kinds of crops/trees/plants that grow in the northern mountains and the northern plains.

Things you will need:

·      A3 size sheet

·      Glue & scissors (if you are cutting and pasting pictures)

·      Pictures of such trees/crops/plants (from old magazines/books/newspaper)

·      Pencil, eraser, sharpener and Colour pencils (if you are drawing the pictures)

·      Thick sketch pen to write the heading and for labeling the pictures.

What you need to do:

·      Take an A3 size sheet and make a neat border on all sides. You can also use coloured cello tape to make the border.

·      Divide the sheet into two equal halves.

·      On one side write the heading – NORTHERN MOUNTAINS

·      On the other side write the heading – NORTHERN PLAINS

·      Write the sub-heading – Crops/trees/plants on both the sides.

·      Now start drawing or pasting your pictures accordingly.

·      Don’t forget to label your pictures.

WORKSHEET

Choose the correct answer:

1.             What is the area which is watered by a river or its tributaries called?

a)             Silt           b) Delta        c) Sunderban       d)Basin

2.             The Greater Himalayas are also known as __________

a)             Himachal      b) Himadri    c) Shiwalik     d)Himalayas

3.             Punjab and Haryana are located in which basin?

a)             Satluj     b) Ganga     c) Brahmaputra   d) None of these

4.             Where is terrace farming done?

a)             Greater Himalayas                   c) Middle Himalayas

b)            Lower Himalayas                      d) Mount Everest 

5.             From which glacier does the river Ganga originate?

a)             Tributaries     b) Sangam      c) Yamuna     d) Gangotri

6.             Which is the second highest dam in India?

a)             Bhakra-Nangal     b) Hirakund     c) Mettur   d) Rihand

7.             The soil of the plains are carried by the __________

a)             Rains         b) Storms        c) Rivers        d) Ponds

8.             The meeting point of river Ganga and Yamuna at Allahabad is known as _____________

a)             Sangam       b) Beas       c) Sunderban        d) Satluj

                                                      

WEEK -  5

TOPIC- The plateaus and desert regions

ACTIVITY

1.    Draw/ Sketch a desert scene:

a.    depicting the arid land of a desert,

b.    sand dunes,

c.     the camel

d.    the Oasis.

You may use HB pencils for shading or crayons/colour pencils/ water colours

2.    Project work. (Refer to page no. 40 of the S.S.T reader).

Collect a few pictures of:

a.    the people of the Thar desert,

b.    forts and palaces and famous monuments of Rajasthan.

Make a collage. Stick the work in A notebook.

WORKSHEET

The Plateau and the Desert Regions

Q1. Fill in the blanks:

a.    A _____________ is a highland which is higher than the land around it and has a flat table like top.

b.    ____________ river divides Southern Plateau into two parts.

c.     Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats join each other at _____________ hills.

d.    Mahanadi,_____________, _____________ and Kaveri are the main rivers originating in Southern Plateau.

e.    The soil in the Deccan Plateau is ___________ and __________ in colour.

f.     To supply land with water is called ______________.

g.    The Chottanagpur plateau is rich in minerals like coal, __________, _____________, _____________ and mica.

h.    An area of land that is a part of a continent is called ________________.

Q2. Choose the correct option:

a.    ___________ is called the ship of the desert.

             i.         Black buck          

           ii.         Chinkara

          iii.         Great Indian Bustard

          iv.         Camel.

b.    The climate of the desert remains _____________

             i.         Rainy

           ii.         Hot

          iii.         Humid

          iv.         Cloudy

c.     Most part of the Thar desert lies in the state of _______________.

             i.         Madhya Pradesh

           ii.         Himachal Pradesh

          iii.         Bihar

          iv.         Rajasthan

d.    Shifting of sands in deserts by strong winds is called ________________.

                         i.         Hailstorm

                        ii.         Dust Storm

                      iii.         Thunder Storm

                      iv.         Cyclone.

Q3. State True or False

a.    The Thar Desert is also called The Great Indian Desert.

b.    The Thar Desert is inhabited by banjaras.

c.     Satluj is the seasonal river of the Great Indian Desert

d.     The Indira Gandhi Canal gets its water supply from Indus river.

e.    Cactus, keekar and babul are not found in the Thar Desert.