BHAI PARMANAND VIDYA MANDIR
CLASS – V
Social Science Holiday Homework Worksheet
Topic: Know Your Planet (Ch-1) and Parallels and Meridians (Ch-2)
Name: ______________ Sec __________ Roll No. _________
1. Fill in the blanks:
a) A globe is ________ of the earth.
b) The first person to publish a collection of maps in the form of a book was _________.
c) The earth rotates on its ________ .
d) There are ________ meridians on the globe.
e) The Prime Meridian passes through ________ .
f)
________ is known as the longest parallel.
g) The ________ is the unique planet in the Solar system.
h) The large land masses are called ________ .
i) ________ is an imaginary line which passes through two extremes points on a sphere.
j)
All parallels are located at a ________ distance from each other.
2. Give one word answer:
a) The largest and deepest ocean - __________________
b) The smallest continent and country- ________________
c) The ocean that bears the name of a country -________________
d) The hemisphere above the equator - _________________
e) The starting point for numbering meridians - ________________
f) A network of lines formed by Parallels and Meridians on the globe - _____________
g) The ocean between America and Africa - ________________
h) The frozen continent in the southern hemisphere - ________________
i) Mark or sign with a particular meaning - ____________________
j) One continent lying in both the hemispheres - _________________
3. Write True and False for the following:
a)
The earth is flat and has steep edges.______________
b)
There are seven oceans and four continents on the earth.______________
c)
The needle of the compass always points towards the north direction.____________
d)
There are 182 parallels in all._____________
e)
Meridians are the lines of latitude. ______________
f)
A place that is closer to the poles is always colder than a place that is closer to the
Equator._______________
g)
h)
i)
j)
Maps are never drawn to scale.___________
A book of map is known Atlas.___________
The earth is divided into unequal parts._____________
Plains are shown in the shade of green.______________
4. Choose the correct answer:
a)
Water bodies on map are always shown in ______ .(green/blue)
b)
A ________ (globe/map) represent the earth on a flat surface.
c)
Parallels and meridian cross each other at _____.(right/left)
d)
Only ________ (one half/one third) of the earth can be seen at a time on a globe.
e)
The part of the earth which lies to the ________-(north/south) is called the northern
hemisphere.
f) The Arctic and the Antarctic circles are called __________ (polar/points) circles.
g)
Parallels are the lines of ___________ (latitude/longitude)
h) The earth is __________. (cylindrical/spherical)
i)
The ocean that is the smallest and remains frozen throughout the year is called
___________ (Arctic/Pacific) ocean.
k) The continent lying entirely in the southern hemisphere is _________ .
(Asia/Australia)
5. Match the following columns:
LIST A
a) Island Continent
b) Equator
c) Large water bodies
d) Tropic of cancer
e) Intermediate directions
f) Physical maps
g) Land boundary of country
h) Highlands
i) North pole
j) Prime meridian
LIST B
Shown by dots in black
Brown
Show physical features
900north
Australia
Greenwich
Imaginary line
231/2 0 north
Four
Ocean
6. HOTS Question :QUESTION : Why is Northern Hemisphere known as “Land Hemisphere” while Southern
Hemisphere is known as “Water Hemisphere” ?
ANSWER : __________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
7. With the help of an atlas, write five countries of the world from where the following
lines pass :a) EQUATOR - ___________ , ___________ ,___________, _____________ ,
_____________ .
a) PRIME MERIDIAN- ___________ , ___________ , ____________ , _____________,
_____________ .
8. Locate the following on the given diagram:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Equator
The North pole
The South pole
The Tropic of
Cancer
e) The Tropic of
Capricorn
f) The Arctic circle
g) The Antarctic
circle
9. Differentiate between:
a) Parallels and Meridians
b) Globe and Map
10. On the political map of the world, mark the following: a) The longest Parallel- ______________
b) The largest of all the Continents - ______________
c) Any one Continent in the Northern Hemisphere - ____________
d) The smallest Continent and Country - ____________
e) Any one Continent in the Southern Hemisphere - _____________
f) The Continent between Africa and Asia - _____________