D.A.V. SCHOOL, CLASS-5, GENERAL SCIENCE, Topic-3 FORESTS

QUIZ  OF CLASS -5,  (Topic- FORESTS)


A    Fill in the blanks :

1.  Forest serve as home to many types of ...................   .
.
2. Forest absorb large amounts of  ................  gas. 
                                                                                     3. Deforestation................
rainfall  in  the  surrounding areas.
   
 4.  ............................................... is              the largest bird  sanctuary in  Asia .             

5.  For early man ,forests were source of              ...........  and  ............  .  

Answer:-1-animals  2-carbon dioxid  3-decrease  4-Bharatpur bird sanctuary in rajasthan  5-food, shelter


B  Match the following : 

      1  resins               a.  cutting down of tree 
    2.  forests             b.  adhesives 
    3.  deforestation    c.  soil  conservators 
    4.  aswagandha   d.  paint 
   5.  gums            e.  medicinal plant   


Ans  - 1-d,  2-c,  3-a,  4-e,  5-b  


C.   Tick the correct option:-


1.  The  leaf,  use  to  make  disposable  plates,
              is  the--..                               
     a) tendu leaf                b) areca nut leaf 
      c) amla leaf                  d) brahmi leaf

2.  Deforestation  results  in  --                                                                               
     a) soil erosion             b) floods 
      c) low rainfall             d) all of above

3. bee  wax  is  used  to  make--                                                                             
    a) spices    b) varnish    c) medicine    d) adhesive

4.  witch  of  the  following  is  not  forest  product ?                                                   
    a) gum     b) timber     c) aswagandha     d) kerosene

5.  If  forest  disappear,  the  amount  of  ----                                                             
     a)  carbon  dioxide,  in  air,  will  decrease .
     b) oxigen  in  air  will  increase.
     c) carbon  dioxide,  in  air,  will  increase.
     d)nitrogen, in air,  will  increase.


   Ans. :- 1-(b), 2-(d), 3-(c), 4-(d), 5-(c)       

D.  Answer  the  following   questions  in  brief:- 

1.  Name  any four  products  that  are  obtained  from
     for  forests.
  Ans.-  Oxygen, wood, fruit, medicines, gums etc.

2.  why do some men cut trees ?
  Ans:-  Need more land to make house,  industries,         
    agriculture    and need wood for constructions.

3.  What is the Gir National Park famous for ?
  Ans:-  Gir National Park is famous for Asiatic Lion. 

4.  Name two migratory birds that visit Bharatpur Bird
     Sanctuary.
  Ans:-  Siberian cranes,  brons,  ibis,  pelicans,  and  painted 
     storks. 

5.  what is the average temperature and annual rainfall neded
     for a forest to develop ?
  Ans:-  A forest to develop average temperatures is grater than 
    10 digries C and an annual rainfall of at least 200mm.  


E. Answer the following question.  


 1. List four harmful effects of deforestation ?
  Ans.-  1) Decreasing rainfall, 
    2) Increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 
    3) Decreasing the levels of ground water.
    4) Increasing in soil erosion by floods.

2.  How do forests prevent soil erosion ?
  Ans.-  Trees bind soil particles with their strong roots. This  prevents soil from being washed away.

3.  State the importance of forests to humam beings ?
  ans.-  Forest is more importance of human beings becouse forest are air purifiers and give us fruits,  woods, maedicines,  gums etc......

4. Why are forests known as the ‘lungs of the earth’ ?
 Ans. Becouse forests purify the air by absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen forests helps to maintain the climate balance over a large area. so it is knows at lung of earth. 

 5. How can we contribute towards protection of forest ?
 Ans. We will contribute towards protection of forest :
 1) Minimum use of wood and woods products. 
 2) Not using products that promots destruction of forests.
 3) Not killing of wild animals. 
 4) We celebrating van-mahotsave, and thousend of trees are planting during this forest festival.


F.  Do  you  know  these.......question............  .

1. What is Chipko Andolan ?
  Ans.-  It means hug the trees by women of the Reni village                   in  1972, prevented the workers from using their axes and
      saws  to cut trees.
2. Which percent (%) of the world’s  ancients forests  are left ?
Ans--   Only 20% lefts.
3. Which  second, a forest of the size of a football field, disappears every seconds ?
 Ans-    Every two second.
4.  Bees wax is uses in .........  ?
 Ans-    Cosmetic and medicines.
5.  Write any three medicinal plants ?
 Ans-    Amla, Aswagandha and Brahmi.
6.  What are use of Resins ?
  Ans-   Resins are use of warnish and paints.
7.  What are use of trees gum ?
  Ans-   Trees gum is use of medicines and foods.
8.  What are use of dyes ?
   Ans-   Dyes are use of colours clothes and paper etc.
9.   Which leaf  is also called green gold of Odisa ?
   Ans-   Tendu leaf.
      10.  What is use of Bamboo ?
  Ans-   Bamboo is use of  baskets boats, bridges,                            buckets,  fishing rods, musical instrument,                          paper,  furniture etc.......

              thanks......

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