Class-5 EVS Chapter-14 When the Earth Shook, Additional Exercises with solutions / NCERT
Chapter- 14
When the Earth Shook
Fill in the blanks:
1- The shaking of earth is known as Earthquake.
2- Earthquake is a natural disaster.
3- There was an earthquake in Kutch area of Gujarat on 26 January,
2001
4- During earthquake, victims were moved from affected area with the
help of local people and army jawans.
5- Sarpanch gave rice and wheat to
everyone from his godownAnswer these questions:
Answer these questions:
1- A lot of people from other places came to Jasma’s village. Who were
these people?
Ans- A
lot of people from other places came to Jasma’s village. These people were:
1- Engineers and Arctitects
2- Scientists
3- NGOs
4- Doctors
5- Army Jawans
6- Fire personnel
7- Many other people from cities
2- In what ways these people from cities helped villagers.
Ans-
These people from cities helped villagers by providing following:
1- Food
2- Clothes
3- Medicines
4- Tents
5- Special design for houses
6- Building houses and village school
3- People in Jasma’s village rebuilt their houses with suggestions
from the engineers. Will these houses be safer than before?
Ans-
Yes, these houses are rebuilt with special design that will minimize the damage
in case of earthquake. Hence, these houses will be safer than before.
4- What will you do to save pet animals during natural disaster?
Ans- We
will quickly evacuate and move out the pet to a safer place during natural
disaster.
5- Compare your house with that of Jasma. List in your notebook what
material were used in making both the houses.
Jasma’s
House
|
My
House
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Cow dung and clay from the pond is used to build Jasma’s house.
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Bricks, cement, steel, sand and gravel are used to build my
house.
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Jasma’s house has thatched roof.
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My house has concrete roof.
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Walls are decorated with beautiful designs and small pieces of
mirror.
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Walls of my house are painted with beautiful colours.
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6- What should one do in case of earthquake?
Ans- In
case of earthquake, we should-
(a) Leave the house and go to an
open ground.
(b) If we cannot go out of the house, we should lie down under a strong
thing like table and hold it tightly so that it does not slip away.
7- Why do people live together in a neighbourhood?
Ans-
People live together in a neighbouhood so that they can help each other in case
of difficulties and share their joys and sorrows.
8- What can be done in case of famine and drought?
Ans- In
case of famine or drought, food can be brought from other places so that there
is no famine.
Name these natural calamities:
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Name these helping organizations:
Find out the meaning of these terms:
1- Seismology
2- Sesimograph
3- Richter Scale
Ans-
Seismology-
Seismology
is the study of earthquakes and seismic waves that move through and around the
earth.
Seismograph-
Seismograph
is an instrument to detect and record earthquakes.
Richter
Scale-
Richter
scale is a mathematical device to determine the magnitude of earthquake. It was
developed by Charles F. Richter in 1935.
You may need some help from these in
case of an accident or emergency. Find out and write their addresses and phone
numbers.
Address
.
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Phone Number
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Fire Station
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Nearby Hospital
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Ambulance
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Police Station
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(Ask
children to collect information and bring to school as their homework)
Report Writing-
Write a report with the help of the following words:
Floods, river water, injured people, food packets, rescue work,
camps, dead bodies, dead animals
floating in water, house under water, aerial survey (to see the scene of
disaster from a plane), sad people, diseases, spread by dirty water, homeless
people, trapped people
Bihar, August.
2017
With
water levels in all major rivers going down, the flood situation is gradually
improving in Bihar, an official said on Monday, adding that 514 dead bodies
have been recovered so far.
A Bihar Disaster Management Department official said 171.64 lakh people in 2,371 panchayats under 187 blocks in 19 districts had been affected by the floods.
According to an official release, over the last two weeks, 8,54,936 trapped people were evacuated to safer places by the rescue teams of the Army, National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force. Prime Minister announces Rs. 500 crore for relief after performing an aerial survey.
Following improvement in the flood situation, the number of relief camps for homeless people set up by the state government has come down and stood at 115 on Monday from nearly 2,000 a week ago. Similarly, the number of people living in these camps has come down to 1,06,650 from over two lakh.
A Bihar Disaster Management Department official said 171.64 lakh people in 2,371 panchayats under 187 blocks in 19 districts had been affected by the floods.
According to an official release, over the last two weeks, 8,54,936 trapped people were evacuated to safer places by the rescue teams of the Army, National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force. Prime Minister announces Rs. 500 crore for relief after performing an aerial survey.
Following improvement in the flood situation, the number of relief camps for homeless people set up by the state government has come down and stood at 115 on Monday from nearly 2,000 a week ago. Similarly, the number of people living in these camps has come down to 1,06,650 from over two lakh.
For the flood victims, only 794 community kitchens are running now as for making food packets, against over 1,000 earlier, the official said.
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