Class-4 EVS, Chapter-13, A River's Tale, Additional Exercises with Solutions / NCERT
Chapter – 13
A River’s Tale
Match the column:
A
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B
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People use river water for
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is seen during rainy season
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Filtering, boiling, UV treatment are methods for
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dissolve in water.
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Sugar, salt, lemon juice, sherbet
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washing clothes, bathing animals and cleaning utensils
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Muddy water in reservoirs
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cleaning water
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Ans
A
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B
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People use river water for
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washing clothes, bathing animals and cleaning utensils
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Filtering, boiling, UV treatment are methods for
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cleaning water
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Sugar, salt, lemon juice, sherbet
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dissolve in water.
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Muddy water in reservoirs
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is seen during rainy season
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Fill in
the blanks:
1- Water in the river keeps changing as it flows through
various places.
2- Flow of stream is different at different
times of a year.
3- Water from the sea is not drinkable.
4- Industrial effluents pollute the river water.
Answer the following questions:
Q. What could the reason for decrease in number
of fishes in river?
Ans- The reason for decrease in number of fishes
in river is pollution.
Q. What could be done to keep rivers clean?
Discuss.
Ans- Following things can be done to keep
rivers clean:
1- Stop washing/ bathing activities
2- Treating the municipal waste
3- Treating industrial effluents
Q. If you want to drink some water, from which
part of the river would you like to drink? Why?
Ans- I would like to drink the water of the
river from the mountain region as it is the cleanest water.
Q. Will there be same amount of water in the
ponds or rivers during the rainy season and in summer?
Ans- No, the amount of water in the ponds or
rivers will be more in rainy season compared to summer.
Q. Find out the many different ways of cleaning
water at home.
Ans-
Following are different ways of cleaning water at home:
1- Boiling
2- Using Filters
3- Using Purification drops. Tablets
4- Solar treatment
5- UV treatment
6- Using Bleach/ alum
Draw pictures of various ways of cleaning the water.
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