SOMETHING TO KNOW
A. Tick (✔) the correct option:
1. A house that is always made above the ground level-
(a) Stilt house✔
(b) Bunglow
(c) Log cabins
Answer – (a) Stilt house✔
2. The material used in making permanent house is-
(a) Straw
(b) Cement✔
(c) Dry leaves
Answer – (b) Cement✔
3. A house on wheels is a-
(a) Hut
(b) Tree house
(c) Caravan✔
Answer – (c) Caravan✔
4. The type of a house a person builds depends on-
(a) Location & Money
(b) Climate & Natural Resources
(c) Both ✔
Answer – (c) Both ✔
B. Fill in the blanks:
Help Box –(flesh, water, nomads, huts)
1. The early man ate flesh of animals.
2. Huts are made of bamboo, straw, dried leaves and mud.
3. Nomads do not live permanently at one place.
4. Houses on seashores are made with water proof materials.
5. Wood keeps a house warm in cold weather.
C. Match the following:
1. Sloping roofs (c) mountain houses
2. Caravans (e) moving houses
3. Haveli (d) big village house
4. Stilt houses (a) flood prone areas
5. Early man (b) caves
D. Answer the following questions:
1. Why do we need a house?
Answer – We need a house because it provides us shelter and protects us from wild animals, robbers and thieves. It also protects us from adverse effects of hard weather like rain, snow and heat.
2. Different types of houses are built in different areas. Explain with examples.
Answer – Different types of houses are built in different areas like
in Meghalaya and Assam people made stilt houses because floods are very common there.
In Mountains like Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh people made sloping roofs house so that snow and rain slide down easily.
3. How do people living in hot climate keep their houses cool?
Answer – The people living in the hot climate keep their houses cool by-
Houses built with flat roof.
Made around an open veranda. It allows the free movement of air
Thick walls of their houses keep the house cool.
4. List the materials that people use for building permanent houses in cities.
Answer – People uses different materials to build permanent houses in cities like cement, bricks stones, steel, iron rod, glass etc.
5. Differentiate between a mountain house and a stilt house.
Answer – Mountain house
These houses are found in Mountain areas.
Sloping roof houses are made.
These houses are made is the areas where we receive heavy rain and snowfall.
It is found in Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh
Stilt house.
These houses are found near the water bodies.
Stilt houses are made which stand on stilt.
It is found in Meghalaya and Assam
The water drains easily through the stilt without damages.
Value Based Questions:
Piyush went to the school washroom and saw water leaking from a broken pipe. He informed his teacher. She told the plumber to repair it immediately.
(a) What is your reaction when you see leaking taps at home or in school?
Answer – My reaction will be the same as Piyush reaction was, in school I will also inform about the broken pipe to my class teacher.
(b) What do you do when you see the lights switched on in a vacant classroom?
Answer – I will switch off the lights in a vacant classroom.
(c) Why is it important to conserve food, water, electricity etc.?
Answer – Food – Many people are not getting food to eat.
Water – Without water any living being will not survive.
Electricity – Everybody have to leave in dark without lights.
There are the major reasons to conserve food, water, electricity etc.
Map Skill
On a political map of India, mark and colour-
A state where houseboats are common.
A state with stilt house.
A state where houses have sloping roofs.
SOMETHING TO DO
1. Make a list of people of different occupations/professions who help in building a house.
Answer – (a) Civil engineer.
(b) Architect
(c) Mason
(d) Labourer
(e) Electrician
(f) Plumber
2. Collect a picture of any one type of house and write three sentences on it.
Answer –
-Cost Effective
– Approaching nature
– Flexibility
3. You are fortunate to have a home. There are some people who are homeless.
(a) Identify the given picture.
Answer – Its shelter house where many people came her for taking shelter.
(b) Why do people live here?
Answer – They want shelter as they do not have any place to live in. So they live here.
(c) What problems do they face?
Answer – They might be facing unhygienic surrounding, less place to sleep in seat, zero privacy and also the fear of theft.
4. Suppose you are living in a tree house. List 10 things you will need if you cannot get down from the tree for two days.
Answer – Water
Ration
Clean clothes
Inverter
Medicines
Vegetables
Juices
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