Revision questions

Based on first summative assessment portion

2010-2011
Class- V
Subject-science
I) Shot answer questions:1.
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Name an action controlled by the spinal cord.

Which is the moveable part of the skull?
Name two invertebrates
Name the five main senses of the human body
Name the longest bone in the body.

6. Name the organs of the body that is protected by :the vertebral column,:
the rib cage and the skull.
7. Which is the organ system that helps us get rid of our body wastes?
8.List any two reflex actions
9. Name a living organism that has d) scales

a) spiracles

b) flippers c) cuticle

e) webbed feet

II). Define the following terms:Deficiency disease, Camouflage, Migration, habit, Disease, Hygiene,
Agriculture, Fracture,

Germination, dispersal, agriculture, harvesting.

pesticides, Irrigation, health, vaccination, communicable disease,

non- communicable disease

III) .Write the functions of the following:a) Cotyledons. B) ribcage c)seed coat d)sternum
e) Wings or hair on some seeds
f) Spines or hooks on seeds
g)bone marrow h)scales in fish i)spores

IV) Write difference between

a) Rabi crops and Kharif crops
b) sensory and motor nerve
c) bone and cartilage
d)coconut seed and dandelion seed
e)smooth muscles and cardiac muscles
f)knee joint and hip joint
g) respiratory system and circulatory system
h) herbivores and carnivores

V) Write answers in detail:1. What is reflex action ? Draw a reflex arc and label it.
2. Mention the adaptive features of animals living in polar regions and mountains
3. Why do we call measles or chicken pox a communicable disease?
4. How should we take care of blisters?
5. Why adequate amount of sleep is necessary?
6. What first aid is given when a person is bitten by a poisonous snake?
7. Firefighters do not use water to put out electric fires . Why?
8. How does a frog breathe?
9. Snakes are limbless reptiles. How do they move?
10. What special features are seen in penguins, frog, turtles to swim in water?
11. What is the difference between the respiratory organ of an insect and an
earthworm?
12. The leaf insect looks like a leaf. What is this mechanism called and how is it useful?
13. A bat and a bird can fly but they are different.
14. Vaccination is taken for children up to 13 years. What is the need?
15. Describe the structure of a seed with a diagram.
16. Draw the different stages of germination.
17. Why are sense organs important?
18. Why is dispersal of seeds necessary?
19. How is soil important for the plants?

VI). Draw labeled diagrams:

1. Structure of a bean seed.

2. Stages of germination of a bean seed.
3. Seeds dispersed by wind, water and explosion.
4. Structure of human brain.
5. Nervous system.
6. Plants that reproduce by spores

Note------ These Questions are for revising yourself and will be discussed in the
class after holidays.