Maharashtra Board Class 5 EVS Solution Chapter 2 – Motions of the Earth
Balbharati Maharashtra Board Class 5 EVS Solution Chapter 2: Motions of the Earth. Marathi or English Medium Students of Class 5 get here Motions of the Earth full Exercise Solution.
Std |
Maharashtra Class 5 |
Subject |
Environmental Studies Solution |
Chapter |
2 |
Chapter Name |
Motions of the Earth |
Additional Questions and Answers:
1.) Answer the following questions
1) What is axis of rotation?
2) Name the poles of earth.
3) What is equator?
4) Name the hemispheres of Earth.
5) How does the Earth rotate?
6) What is a day?
7) What is a year?
8) What is a leap year?
9) Why the length of day and night is not the same?
10) When we can see the moon and when we couldn’t?
2.) Fill in blanks
1) The Earth Rotates on its own ______ .
2) The imaginary line that device Northen and Southern hemisphere is called _______ .
3) Earth Rotates in _______ direction.
4) There are 365 days in ______ calender.
5) February 29 occurs in ______ year.
6) ______ hours it takes Earth to complete one rotation on its axis.
7) There are ______ days and ______ hours in one year.
8) A leap year contains ______ days.
9) ______ has no light of its own.
10) Everyday of lunar month is called a ______ .
3.) Write true or false
1) Earth Rotates around itself on an axis of its own.
2) Earth needs 23 hours to complete a rotation around its axis.
3) Equator is an imaginary line.
4) Equator is drawn from North to South.
5) According to Gregorian calendar the year is 365 days.
6) Rituchakra is composed of 3 seasons.
7) February has 29 days in leap year.
8) Moon doesn’t have it’s own light.
9) We can see multiple side of moon.
10) Changing of full moon to new moon is called tithi.
4.) Match the columns
A | B |
Gregorian calendar | Earth’s rotation |
Equator | 24 hours |
A day | Six seasons |
Leap year | New moon |
Waxing moon | Own axis |
Waning moon | 365 days |
Rituchakra | 29 days |
Cycle of seasons | Imaginary line |
Earth moving around itself on | Full moon |
5.) Multiple choice questions
1) Turning of Earth on its own axis is called –
a) Flotation
b) Rotation
c) Revolution
d) None of the above
2) Equator is drawn from –
a) North to South
b) East to North
c) East to West
d) West to North
3) Equator divides the Earth in –
a) 1 hemisphere
b) 2 hemispheres
c) 3 hemispheres
d) 4 hemispheres
4) The period of time that the earth takes to complete one rotation is called –
a) A day
b) A year
c) A week
d) A month
5) The period of time that the earth takes torevolve around sun is called –
a) A day
b) A year
c) A week
d) A month
6) A year consists –
a) 365 days
b) 356 days
c) 366 days
d) 367 days
7) In leap year the month having extra one day is –
a) January
b) August
c) December
d) February
8) Moon gets light from –
a) It’s own
b) Sun
c) Earth
d) Stars
9) From full moon to new moon and new moon to full moon, the cycle is called –
a) Lunar month
b) Lunar cycle
c) Lunar rotation
d) None of the above
10) Everyday of Lunar month is called –
a) Rituchakra
b) Tithi
c) Chandra din
d) None of the above
Answer
1.) Answer the following questions
1) What is axis of rotation?
Answer – Earth rotates around its imaginary line called axis of rotation.
2) Name the poles of earth.
Answer – North pole and South Pole.
3) What is equator?
Answer – Equator is an imaginary line which divides the Earth in two hemispheres.
4) Name the hemispheres of Earth.
Answer – Northern and Southern hemisphere.
5) How does the Earth rotate?
Answer – The Earth rotates anti-clockwise.
6) What is a day?
Answer – A day is a period of time taken by Earth to complete a full rotation.
7) What is a year?
Answer – Year is a period of time taken by Earth to completes revolving around the Sun.
8) What is a leap year?
Answer –Earth takes 365 days and 6 hours to complete a full circle around the Sun but Gregorian calendar only has 365 days. To even it out every four years we increase the days of February to 29 which makes the year 366 days. This year is called leap year.
9) Why the length of day and night is not the same?
Answer – the length of day and night is not the same because Earth’s inclined axis and rotation around the Sun.
10) When we can see the moon and when we couldn’t?
Answer – We can see the moon during the full moon and we can’t see it before new moon.
2.) Fill in blanks
- The Earth Rotates on its own axis .
- The imaginary line that device Northern and Southern hemisphere is called Equator.
- Earth Rotates in anti-clockwise
- There are 365 days in Gregorian
- February 29 occurs in Leap
- 24 hours it takes Earth to complete one rotation on its axis.
- There are 365 days and 6 hours in one year.
- A leap year contains 366
- Moon has no light of its own.
- Everyday of lunar month is called a Tithi .
3.) Write true or false
1) Earth Rotates around itself on an axis of its own.True
2) Earth needs 23 hours to complete a rotation around its axis.False
3) Equator is an imaginary line.True
4) Equator is drawn from North to South.False
5) According to Gregorian calendar the year is 365 days. True
6) Rituchakra is composed of 3 seasons.False
7) February has 29 days in leap year.True
8) Moon doesn’t have it’s own light.True
9) We can see multiple side of moon.False
10) Changing of full moon to new moon is called tithi.False
4.) Match the columns
A | B |
Gregorian calendar | 365 days |
Equator | Imaginary line |
A day | 24 hours |
Leap year | 29 days |
Waxing moon | Full moon |
Waning moon | New moon |
Rituchakra | Six seasons |
Cycle of seasons | Earth’s rotation |
Earth moving around itself on | Own axis |
5.) Multiple choice questions
1) Turning of Earth on its own axis is called –
a) Flotation
b) Rotation✔️
c) Revolution
d) None of the above
2) Equator is drawn from –
a) North to South
b) East to North
c) East to West✔️
d) West to North
3) Equator divides the Earth in –
a) 1 hemisphere
b) 2 hemispheres ✔️
c) 3 hemispheres
d) 4 hemispheres
4) The period of time that the earth takes to complete one rotation is called –
a) A day✔️
b) A year
c) A week
d) A month
5) The period of time that the earth takes torevolve around sun is called –
a) A day
b) A year✔️
c) A week
d) A month
6) A year consists –
a) 365 days✔️
b) 356 days
c) 366 days
d) 367 days
7) In leap year the month having extra one day is –
a) January
b) August
c) December
d) February ✔️
8) Moon gets light from –
a) It’s own
b) Sun✔️
c) Earth
d) Stars
9) From full moon to new moon and new moon to full moon, the cycle is called –
a) Lunar month✔️
b) Lunar cycle
c) Lunar rotation
d) None of the above
10) Everyday of Lunar month is called –
a) Rituchakra
b) Tithi✔️
c) Chandra din
d) None of the above